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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



BERMUDA. By Major H. A. Cummins, M.D., R.A.M.D., 



F.L.S. Illustrated 257 



ADDITIONS AND NOTES ON SUSSEX FLORA. 



By Thomas Hilton ------- 260 



A NATURALIST IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE. 



By Malcolm Burr, F.E.S., F.Z.S. - - - - 262 

 AN ACETYLENE LANTERN. Illustrated - - - 263 

 PLEISTOCENE BEDS OF LOWER THAMES 



VALLEY. By A. Santer Kennard - 264 



BRITISH FRESHWATER MITES. By Charles D. 



Soar, F.R.M.S. Illustrated - - - - - - 265 



LEPIDOPTERA IN SOUTH-EAST ESSEX. By F. 



G. Whittle - -.- - - - - - - 267 



NORTH LONDON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



EXHIBITION . 26S 



INSTINCT. By R. Dickson-Bryson, B.A., F.P.S., 



F.R.As.S. Illustrated --.---.. 2 6g 

 THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB ----- 270 

 CHAPTERS FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS.— British 



Burying Beetles. By E. J. Burgess Sopp, F.E.S. 



Illustrated _•--_--.... 271 



ACETYLENE, THE NEW ILLUMINANT. By F. 



WlNSTONE --------- 274. 



SOME NEW PHYSICAL APPARATUS. By James 



Quick. Illustrated -' - - - - - - 278 



HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON ----- 279 



BOOKS TO READ. Illustrated 280 



GEOLOGY ---------- 281 



ASTRONOMY ------ - - 282 



CHAPTERS FOR YOUNG ASTRONOMERS.— The 



Planet Mars. By Frank C. Dennett. Illustrated 283 



SCIENCE GOSSIP -------- 284 



NOTES AND QUERIES - 2S4 



PHYSICS ' - - - 285 



MICROSCOPY - - 286 



TRANSACTIONS - - - - ' - - - 287 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES - - - - - - 2S8 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS - '- 288 



EXCHANGES 288 



