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lv CONTENTS. 
XI. Description of a Blind Fish, from a cave in Kentucky ; 
by Jerrrigs Wyman, M.D.,_ - - - - - 
XII. On the Adverbial Genitive Case in oe by Prof. 
J. W. GIBBs, - - - - - - - 
XIII. On Phosphate of Lime (Apatite), in the Virginia Mete- 
oric Stone; by Prof. CHartes UpHam Sueparp, M. D., 
XIV. On the Analogies between the Modern Igneous Rocks 
and the so-called Primary Formations, and the Meta- 
morphic changes produced by heat in the associated 
sedimentary deposits; by James D. Dana, - - 
XV. On the Temperature limiting the Distribution of Corals ; 
by James D. Dana, - - - - - - 
XVI. On the Areas of Subsidence in the Pacific, as indicated 
by the Distribution of Coral Islands; by James D. 
Dana,—(with a map,)— - - - - - - 
XVII. Abstract of the Proceedings of the Fourth Session of the 
Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, - 
XVIII. Description of a new species of Torpedo; by D. Hum- 
PHREYS STorER, M. D.—(with a plate,) —- - - 
XIX. Description of some New Species of Plants; by 8. B. 
Bucxiey, A.M., - - - - - - - 
XX. Ornithichnites of the Connecticut River Sandstones and 
the Dinornis of New Zealand, - - - - 
XXI. On the Great Comet of 1843; by Mr.S. C. ieee and 
Prof. EX. O. KeEnpALL, = - - - - - - 
XXII. Remarks on Mr. Owen’s Letter to the Editors on Dr. 
Harlan’s New Fossil Mammalia, - - - - 
XXIII. Bibliographical Notices :—Agassiz’s Histoire Naturelle 
des Poissons d’Eau Douce de Europe Centrale, and 
Vogt’s Embryologie des Salmones, 211.—Hooker’s Ico- 
nes Plantarum, 214.—Tuckerman’s Enumeratio Method- 
ica Caricum quarundam, 216.—Endlicher and Martius’s 
Flora Brasiliensis, 217.—Chauvenet’s Binomial Theorem 
and Logarithms, 218.—Transactions of the Association 
of American Geologists and Naturalists, 1840-42, 220. 
Miscettanies.—Notice of certain siliceous tubes (Fulgurites) 
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formed in the earth, 220.—Supplementary notice of the Ce- 
raurus crosotus, 222.—Cambridge Observatory, 224.—Notices 
of Botanical collections, 225.—Iodine in Phanerogamic Plants 
and Mosses: Disengagement of Carbonic Acid by the Roots 
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