CONTENTS. 



Armature of Helicoid Landshells— Con<. 

 Pkctopytis scvica, 205 



,, shiroiensis, 155 



,, smithiaiia, 274 



,, stenochila, 204 



Aryeniirus brtizdii, 264 

 Arremmts crassipetiolatus, 264 

 Artesian Well, Geological Formation of, 

 333 



Batrachospcrmuni, 145 

 Bavarian Forest, Scene in, 289 

 Beech Branch, Flowering State, 14 

 Beech Branch, Ramification of, 15 

 Beech Branch, Winter State, 16 

 Birch, Spring State, 43 

 Birch, Summer State, 42 



Calophasia platyptcra, 141 

 Closterium, Subdivision of, loi 

 Corilla, Diagram of Relationship, 128 

 Convolvulus, Leaf variations, 210 



Dactylopius lichtdiisioidis, 199 

 Desmids, Straining-Net for, 323 

 Pipette, 324 

 ,, . Test-tube Stand for, 3S4 

 ,, Test-tube Table for Microscope, 

 324 

 Diagon-Fly, Nymph Tail-Fan=, 9 



Eclipse of Sun, Total, 319, 320, 321 

 Epichloc typhiiiu, 291 



Ficiis carica, Leaf variadons, 210 

 Fiat-Fish, Transformation of, 335 

 Flea-Egg and Larva, 95 

 Flounder, Transformation of, 334 

 " Fram " Imprisoned in Ice, 259 

 Freshwater Mites, New British, 264 

 Fungus, Abnormal [RussiUa), 20/ 



Grass-Snake, X Rays Photo of, 279 

 Grass, White Circles on, 291 



Guelder Rose, 87 



Guelder Rose, Abnormal, 87 



Guillemots and Razorbill, 76 



Hare Drive, 46 



Hare, English, 47 



Hawfinch, 191 



Hawk, Kestrel (Taxidermy), tg 



Hawkbit, Fasciated, 113 



Helix aspersct, Teeth of, 75 



Heron, Claw of, igo 



Hippobosca equina, 18 



Hippobosca equina, Claws, 18 



Holly, Abnormal, 269 



Hornbeam, Witches' Broom, 2go 



Horse Chestnut, 150 



Horse Chestnut, Autumn State, 151 



Leaf-blade, Variations of, 61, 62, 117, 210 

 Lime, common, 71 

 Lime, small-leaved, 70 



Manna, Coccus manniparus, 232 

 Manna, Edible Lichen, 229 

 Manna, Lecanora ajfinis, 229 

 Manna, Lecanora esculenta, 229 

 Manna, Lecanora fruticulosa, 229 

 Manna, Lecanora tartarea, 229 

 Manna, Tamarix gallica, 230, 231 

 Mealy-Bug, New, igg 

 Mollusc, New British, 147 

 Moth, Lesser Shark, 141 

 Mourne Mountains (Map), 31 

 Mourne Mountains, Newcastle (Co. 



Down), 29 

 Movable Meteorological Station, 260 



Nightjar, Claw of, igo 



Oak, Qnercits pcdunculata, Flowering, 1S7 

 Oak, Q. pcdunculata, Fruiting State, 1S5 

 Oak, Q. pcdunculata, Summer State, 185 

 Oak, Q. sessilijiora. 186 

 Orchis maculata, Variations of, 175 

 Oyster Killing Mice, 82 



Parasite of Tortoise, 23 

 Petrel, Stormy. 77 

 I'ctricola pholadiformn, 147 

 Physa fonlinalis, 308 

 Polycltaeta, Heads of, 220 



Rotifer, Brachionus bahcri, 121 



Sabcllaria alveolata, 221 



Saturn's Rings, 99 



Scabiosa arvonis. Abnormal, 248 



Science at National Portrait Gallery: 



Banks, Sir Joseph, K.B., 3 



Bewick, Thomas, 4 



Brewster, Sir David, 65 



Canton, John, F.R.S., 60 



Darwin, Charlts, t 



Darwin, Erasmus, g7 



Faraday, Michael, 3 



Goldsmith, Oliver, 98 



Herschel. Sir William, 37 



Jenner, Dr. Edward, 37 



Owen, Sir Richard, 35 



Richardson, Sir John, 38 

 Sea-Urchin, Full-grown Larva, 105 

 Shells First Time Figured : — 



Corasia laurae, 57 



Endodonta fusca, 59 



Endodonta quadrasi, 58 



Gauesella apex, 58 



Gancsclla apex, v. apiculata, 58 



Ganesella catocyrta. 57 



Pyramidula omaiisina, 59 



Trochomorpha boettt;eri, 59 

 Spider, Tarantula, 104 

 Sunspots, Great Group of, 193 



Vitrina pellucida, 308 



Wallflower, Abnormal, 269 

 Water-Mites, 169 

 Witches' Broom, 290 



ARTICLES, NOTES, ETC. 



Alga, A Freshwater, 145 



Algffi, Microscopic, 270, 303 



Angler-Fish, 325 



Aquatic Hymenoptera, 13, 41, 48, 68 



Armature of Helicoid Landshells, 88, 126, 



154, 178, 204, 244, 274, 300, 332 

 Arrenurus bruzetii, 264 

 Arrcnunis crassipetiolatus, 264 

 Astronomy, 21, 49, 79, 107, 135, 163, 193, 

 223,253,281, 311, 337 



Almanack, Amateur Observer's, 253 



American Universities, 50 



Atlas, New Lunar, 21 



Aurora, 49 



Comet, 21, 163, 223, 253 



Comet, Brooks', 79, 107, 135 



Comet, Star Eclipsed by, 79 



Comet, Swift's, 21, 49 



Double Star, New, 163 



Eclipse, Lunar, 79, 107 



Eclipse, Sun, 79, 107 bis 



Eclipse, Total, Sun, 135 



Jupiter, Occultation, 79 



Jupiter, Rotation Period, 311 



Jupiter, Satellites, 311 



Jupiter's Belts, 337 



Lick Observatory, 134 



Lunar Object, 107, 135 



Mars, Opposition, 253, 337 



Meteor, April 12th, 21, 49, 107 



Meteor, Brilliant, 311 



Meteor, November 29th, 255, 281 



Metecr, September 12th, 134 



Meteorite near Nannir, 50 



Meteors, 21, 49, yg, 107, 163, 193, 223, 

 281, 311 



Nebula, Great, in Orion, 337 



Astronomy — Continued. 



Observations, Remarkable, 135 



Observatory, New London, 337 



Paris Observatory, Director, 223 



Paris Observatory, Sub-Director, 280 



Personal Equation, 21 



Planetoids, 21 



Planets, Minor, Discovery, 2bi 



Procyon, 223 



Saturn's Rings, 49, 99, 163 



Sirius, 223 



Sun Spots, ig3, 253, 281 



Sunspots and Weather, 338 



Sun's Surface, Study, ig3 



Telescopes, Driving Clcck, 79 



Variable Stars, 49, 79, 107, 135, 163, 193, 

 223, 253, 281, 311, 337 



Venus, Rotation, 281 



Yerkes Observatory, 223 



Zodiacal Light, 107 

 Auk, Great, Egj^s of, 341 

 Auk, Little, in Scotland, 326 



Batrachosperniuni, 145 

 Bats and Music, 212 

 Biological Jottings, 173, 237 

 Biological Station, Essex, 144 

 Bird Life on Lowland Loch, 160 

 Birds, Migration of, 277, 296, 329 

 Birds, Sailing Flight of, 152 

 Birds, storm-killed, 326 

 Bog Slide in Kerry, 248 

 Books to Rkau, 18, 45, 74, 104, 132, 161, 

 190, 220, 249, 279, 308, 334 



Affinities of Atoms, 75 



Anti-Vaccination, 77 



Books to Read — Continued. 

 Applied Nature, Investigations, 309 

 Arboricultural Society, 4* 

 Biological Experimentation, 45 

 Birds, British Sea, 76 

 Birds, Handbook, British. 77 

 Birds. Handbook, Great Britain, 20 

 Birds, Newton's Dictionary, 250 

 Botany, Elementary, 251 

 Cambridge Natural History, 220 

 Chemistry, Elementary, 250 

 Diagrainettes for Students' Sketches, 



221 



Diseases of Plants, Fungoid, 290 

 Domestic Animals, Insects Afifecting, 



309 

 Earth-Knowledge, 48 

 Evolution of Bird Song, 74 

 Fishes, Natural History of Marine, 



Cunningham's, 334 

 Flora, Dumfriesshire, 75 

 Flora of .\lps. 335 



Fuel and Refractory Materials, 250 

 Game Birds. Handbook, 250 

 Game Birds and Wild Fowl (British) 



Geology, Elementarv, 190 

 Geology, Student's Lyell, 20 

 Gleanings, Natural History, from 



Ancients, 221 

 Green Leaf and Sere, 190 

 Injurious Insects. Report on. ib 

 Insects and Spiders, 133 

 Hare, The, 46 

 Hemiptera-Homoptera, British Islands, 



309 

 Honey-Bee, The, 48 



