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SCIENCE. — INDEX TO VOLUME L 



Papaver rlioeiis, 303. 



Papilio Aliaska, 371; Biirymeclon, 371; 

 Machaoii, 371; oregoniiis, 371 ; Rutullie, 

 371; Turnus, 371; Zolicaon, 371. 



Papuans and Polynesians, 341, 



Paramecium, 60;'bursaria, 31. 



Paramioippa .iffiiiis, 173. 



Parasites of elephants, 148. 



Pai-asitic Copepoda, 343. 



Parental instinct a factor in the evolution 

 of species, 303. 



Paris anthropological society, 207. 



Paris meteorites, reviewed, 41. 



Parkes museum of hygiene, 6S8. 



Parmacella, .anatomy of, 899; Olivieri, 

 433. 



Parthenogenesis of acarids, 951. 



Partitions, 586. 



Pascal hexagram, 692. 



Passalus cornutus, 33-1. 



Passiflora, 259, 316. 



Passifloreae, new, 560, 670. 



Pasture-lands of far west, 186, 335. 



Patagonia, 1033; eastern, 659. 



Patagonian voyage, Bove's, 1085. 



Patio process in San Dinas, 599. 



Paulownia, 80. 



Peabody academy of science, 207. 



Peabody museum of American archae- 

 ology, 83, 84, 292, 319, 348, 373, 496; 

 report of, reviewed, ill., 308. 



Pearls, American, 788. 



Peat, action of, on insoluble phosphates, 

 880. 



Pebbles resembling artificial objects, 343. 



Peccary, fossil, from New York, 159. 



Pelagia, 287. 



Pelargonium, 306; graveolen.5, 202; di- 

 chogamy of, 445. 



Pellaea, 370. 



Pelycosauria, 204. 



Penipelia lignosella, 487. 



Penaeus, m'etamorphosis of, 901 ; nan- 

 plius, 4:33. 



Pendulum-chronograph, 703. 



Pendulum, motion of, 415. 



Penfield, S. L. Fluorine minerals, 331 ; 

 optical researches on garnet, 600. 



Penhallow, D. p. Ai nos of Japan , 307 ; 

 flight of flying-flsh, 278. 



Penhallow, D. P. Houghton Farm experi- 

 ments, reviewed, 250. 



Penicillium, 178. 



Pennatula, 553. 



Pennatnlida, 1090. 



Pennsylvania, anthracite coal-fields of, 

 647 ; lakes and valleys in, 304; second 

 geological survey, 208. 



Pentacrinus, 83, 527. 



Perameles, tongue of, 583 ; nasuta, 232. 



Perception of light by low organisms, 53. 



Perception, reflex, varying thermal b.ack- 

 ground of, 345. 



Perfossus, Cotta's, 511; angularis, 230; 

 costatus, 230; punctatus, 230. 



Peridermium pini, 369. 



Peripatus, blastopore and mesoblast of, 

 453. 



Periphylla mirabilis, 196. 



Peruvian fishes and reptiles from Texas,- 

 463 ; Ginkgos, 563 ; plants from east- 

 ern Russia, 331 ; reptiles, 532. 



Peronospora viticoia, 583. 



Peroxides, reactions of, 435 ; volumetric 

 .analysis of, 366. 



Persia, 7541 ; improvements in, 1037 ; 

 northern, 503; southern, 733. 



Peruviiin stone-tjuarrying, 748. 



Peters, Dr. W., 438. 



Petrogale penicillatus, 24. 



Petroleum as bl.-ist-furnacc fuel, 490. 



Petromyzon, 584; planeri, development of 

 hypophysis in, 356. 



Peziza vesiculosa, 683. 



Phalacros, 466. 



Pbaseolus lunatus, 14; nanus, 14; vulga- 

 ris, 12, 13. 



Phenoxybromacrylic acid, 305. 



Philadelphia academy of natural sciences, 

 26, 27, 56, 375, 50, 51, 63, 68, 153, 

 159, 160, 880, 335, 339, 348, 463, 

 464, 493, 507, 533, 753, 771, 783, 

 783, 801, 843, 945, 957, 958, 1089, 



struction in miner<alogy and lithology 

 at, 56; American philosophical soc. 

 (see Amur. phil. soc.) ; engineers' club, 

 5.59,616, 543, 647, 814: Franklin in- 

 stitute (see Franklin institute). 



Philipp, S., on the Ego of organisms, 

 498. 



Philippine Islands, 1039; house-flies in, 

 169; odonataof, 1173. 



Philologic science, 853. 



Philotheca australis, 80. 



Phoberus caecns, 547. 



Phoca vitulina, 24, 63, 543. 



Phoenix, 230. 



Pholidophyllum, 202. 



Phosphates, action of peat on, 880. 



Phosphoric acid, determination of, 884. 



Phosphoric and silicic o.xides, 981. 



Phosphorus, new acids containing, 488 ; 

 ■white, 705. 



Photogi-aphic defects and remedies, .588 ; 

 focusing, 160 ; halos and reversals, 390 ; 

 measurements, 417 ; notes, 589. 



Photographs, astronomical, 349. 



Photographing the corona, 4. 



Photography, applications of, to meteor- 

 ology, 11.^7 ; applied to animal locomo- 

 tion, 189; astronomical, 413, 867, 

 86». 



Photometer, wedge, 450. 



Photoraeti'ic measurements of sun, moon, 

 and electric light, 9; observations of 

 transit of Venus, 97. 



Photometry, solar, 480 ; spectrum, 696. 



Phryganea, 654. 



Phrynosoma Douglassi, 204. 



Phy'llites, Ardennes, 1038. 



Phyllotheca, 397. 



Phylloxera, fears concerning, 498; Rileyi, 

 577; vastatrix, 577. 



Phylloxera in France, reviewed, 576. 



Phylogeny of the Sirenia, 160. 



Physa hetcrostropha, 202 ; humerosa, 202 ; 

 virgata, 202. 



Physalia, tentacles of, 94.3. 



Phytonomus punctatus, 409. 



Pickering, W. H. Horse-trotting from 

 a mathematical stand-point, 355; photo- 

 graphic focusing, 160. 



Pictet, Raoul, high speed steamer, 558. 



Pieris Beckeri, 554; sisymbri, 554. 



Pike's skull, development of, 613, 738. 



Pilcomayo, 660. 



Pilidium larva, 1000. 



Pilling, J. C. Catalogue linguistic manu- 

 scripts, 208. 



Pilularia, 397. 



Pilumnopeus crassimanus, 173. 



Piiumnus deflexus, 173. 



Pine moth of Nantucket, 905. 



Pinner's Organic chemistry, reviewed, 

 223. 



Pinnotheres ostreum, 568. 



Pinus, 20; excelsa, 553; koraiensis, 1089; 

 Btrobus, 369. 



Pipes, mound-builders', 478. 



Piriqueta capensis, 522; caroliniana, 466. 



Pirus, 466. 



Pisidium,61; arcticum,584; glaciale, 584 ; 

 nivale, 684. 



Pithecia satanas, 24. 



Pithom, 1013. 



Pithom-Snccoth, 581, 687. 



Pitt-Rivers collection in anthropology, 

 374. 



Plagusia depressa, 467. 



Planarian, cave-dwelling, 451. 



Planeri Un-reri, 259. 



Planets, mass of, 919; small, 392. 



Planetary induction, 899. 



Plant-life, past and present, 358. 



Plants, van.ation in. 1087. 



Platessa vulgaris, 289. 



Pl.ato, lunar cr.ater, 637. 



Platyarthus Hoft'manseggii, 81. 



Platycodon grandiflornm, 20. 



Platygonus compressus, 53. 



Platymesopus, 599. 



Platyphyllum,202; sinense, 202. 



Pl.ay.a8 and playa-lakes, 319. 



Plectrocnemia. 345. 



Pleistodonta, 599. 



Pleurocera elevatum, 495. 



Pleuronectoid hybrid, 633. 



Plioplateoarpus, 372. 



Plumatella, 38. 



Plumularia balicioides, 344. 



Plusia brassicae, effect of pyrethrum 

 upon, 349. 



Poa, 187, 370. 



Podalirius, 654. 



Podostemaceae, holdfasts in, 835. 



Podura, 612. 



Poey, F. Ichthyologia cubana, 184. 



Pogge and Wissmann, 381. 



Point Barrow observing party, 208, 497. 



Polar quadrilateral, 888, 754. 



Polar research, 657. 



Polarization of diffracted light, 186. 



Pollen in cycads and conifers, develop- 

 ment of, 41. 



Pollenia rudis, 82. 



Pollination of Araceae, 993 : Arum itali- 

 cum, 446; fig, 615; Rulingia, 1088; 

 Rutaceae,330. 



PoUiuia, withdrawal of, in bee orchis, 

 994. 



Polygons, geodesic, 639. 



Polyides, 344. 



Polymorphism of acarids, 951. 



Polynesia, 1038. 



Polynesians and Papuans, 341. 

 . Polynoe globifera, 260; scolopendrina, 

 260. 



Polyophth.almus, 96; pictns, 96. 



Polyphylla, 203. 



Polypodium, 370. 



Polystigma, 178. 



Polyxenus, dermal appendages of, ilL, 

 798; fascioularis, 371. 



Pomaceae, 941. 



Porapholyx, variations of, 450. 



Ponape, Micronesia, alleged ancient build- 

 ings at, 293. 



Pontophilus Jacqueti, 647. 



Pontoporeia, 495. 



Poole's Index to periodical literature, re- 

 viewed, 68. 



Population, aboriginal, of northern Amer- 

 ica, 833 ; march of centre of our, 331 ; 

 statistics of, 411. 



Porphyrites, Oheviot, 773. 



Porphyry, Leadville, 192. 



Portugal, rights of, 990. 



Positive prints from positive, 869. 



Potamogeton, 468. 



Potassium chroraate, separation of barium 

 from strontium or calcium by, 361. 



Potato-disease, prevention of, 371. 



Potentilla anserina, 306. 



Potsdam sandstone, impressions on, 378. 



Pouchet, U-., 376. 



Power, transmission of, 697. 



Precious metals from slags, 368. 



Precocity in chicken, 574. 



Prehistoric antiquity of man, 585. 



Prehistoric man, 222; trephining, 307. 



Prejevalsky's movements, 265. 



Prentiss, D. W., 375. 



Pressure in carbon, 540 ; influence of, 

 on chemical action, 801. 



Primogeniture, development by, 165. 



Primula, Indian species of, 47. 



Prionastomata, 699. 



Pristis, use of the saw in, 61. 



Prize question of Royal Danish society 

 of sciences, 392. 



Prizes, Walker. See Walker prizes. 



Procyon, 82. 



Prognostics, popular weather, 216. 



Projectile, rifled, radius of gyration of, 

 864. 



Pronuba, 287. 



Propionic acids, 768. 



Prorastomus, 346. 



Prorhynchus, anatomy of, 846. 



Prorocentrum micans, 568. 



Prosopis juliflora, 554. 



Prostomura, 51. 



Proteine, digestion of, 601. 



Proteles, myology of, 358; oristatus, 



Protella, 554. 

 Proto, 554. 



Protocattannic acid, 816. 

 Protophasma Dumasii, 96. 



