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guMMARY OF CURRENT Resbarohes, &c. — Continued. 



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Amphipoda of the Adriatic 453 



New Species of Entomostraca 455 



Adriatic Orustaceans parasitic on Fish 45Q 



Development of Sermella alveoluta 45g 



Anatomy of Sternaspis scutata __ 457 



Entozoic Vermes , 457 



Structure of the Cestoda, and especially of Tetrdbothriidse and Tetrarhyn- 



chid.se 453 



New Form of Cestode, of the Type of the Cysticercua of Arion 460 



New Form of Segmental Organ in the Trematoda 460 



Excretory Apparatus of the Turbellaria 460 



Observations on the Orthonectida , 4gl 



Systematic Position of Balanoglossus 462 



Arctic Echinodermata , _ _ 453 



Echinoidea of the ' Gazelle ' Expedition 464 



Locomotor System of Echinodermata . . . . 464 



Circulatory and Respiratory Organs of the Ophiuroidea 466 



Stomach and Genital Organs of Astrophytidse 466 



Preliminary List of the known Genera and Species of Living Ophiuridse 



and Astrophytidse 467 



Nervous System of the Siphonophora 468 



Colouring Matter of Medusse . . 468 



Australian Distichopora , .. ., , ,. ,, 47Q 



Observations on Hydroid Polyps ^ .... 470 



Formation of Ova in Eudendrium , 47O 



New LyssaMne Hexactinellid , , 471 



Fossil Sponge Spicules 47I 



BiitschWs ' Protozoa ' , . 471 



Acineta dibdalteria, a neic Species of Marine Infusorian from the Gulf of 



Genoa .. 472 



Foraminiferous Silt BanTis of the Isle of Ely , , 473 



Production of Amoebx 473 



New Bhizopoda (Plate YI.) 474 



Botany. 



Structure of Protoplasm and of the Cell-nucleus .. . . 475 



Crystalloids in the Cell-nuclei of Pinguicula and Utrieularia 477 



Tegumentary System of Boots in Phanerogams . . . . , , 478 



Growth of Cuttings 479 



Function of Chlorophyll, and its relation to Light 479 



Transpiration 480 



Formation of Starch-grains .. . . . . , . , . , . . 481 



Action of Frost on Evergreen Plants 483 



Insects and the Fertilization of Heterostylous Flowers .. 485 



Contrivances for Insect-pollination in Erodium 485 



Lime in Plant Life 486 



Classification of Thallophytes , . . , 486 



European Harpidia 488 



Hymenomycete with the Hymenium on the under side , . 488 



Gymnoascacese 489 



Glceosporium reticulatum Mt. in France , 49I 



Blodgettia, a neio Genus of Parasitic Fungi ., . . . . , . 491 



^^ Leaf -brown" of the Bean , 492 



ChrysomyoM pyrolata 492 



Ergot 492 



Fungoid Diseases of Animals 492 



Magnin's ' Bacteria ' 493 



Beproduction of the Bacteria 494 



New Coloured Bacterium 495 



Bacillus of Contagious Molluscum , . 496 



Fungus of Bingworm {Trichophyton tonsuran^s) .. 496 



Absorption of Pigment by Bacteria 497 



Bacterium decalvans 498 



Mitigation and Renewed Activity of Organized Poisons 498 



Inoculation a means of protecting Sheep against Charb&n .. . . . . . . 499 



