CONTENTS. 



Gastrostyla stcinii, 203 

 Hctcromita globosa, 39 



,, ovata, 38 



Motias ramulosa (2 figs.). 37 



,, varians (3 fig's.), 37 

 Oikomonas steinii, 38 

 Opisthotricha parallela, 203 

 Paramaecium aurelia, 82 

 ,, bursar ia, 83 



Pleuronema chrysalis, 109 

 Spirostomuin anilignum, 138 

 Stentor niger, 138 

 Stylonichia irtytilits, 202 

 Tracheloccrca olor, 109 

 Urocentrum turbo, 306 

 Urotricha lagenula, 83 

 Uvella virescens, 10 

 Vorticella nutans, 307 

 Zoothamnium affinc, 308 



Konjica, View near, 241 



Lankester, Prof. E. Ray, 113 

 Leonids, Paths of, 161 

 Leucaniafaricolor, 299 



,, lut os a, 299 



,, straminea, 299 

 Luminous Animals, 317 

 Lundy : Harbour and Rat Island, 49 



Malta, Extinct Animals, 65 



,, Fungus Rock, The, Gozo, 145 

 ,, Ghar-il-Kbir, 103 

 ,, Jaws of Ursus, 105 

 ,, La Fenestra, Gozo, 106 

 ,, Map of Sea at, 67 

 Marine Water-glass, 373 

 Mars, The Planet, 249, 283 

 Metric System, Diagrams of Lengths, 337 



,, ,, Vessels of Volume, 338 



Microscopy Illustrations. 

 Ant, Tibia of, 57 



Earthworm, Auditory Organs, 57 

 Fram Microscope, 217 



Gates Double Microscope and Camera, 



252 

 Imbedding Table, Paraffin, 57 

 Lampyra noctiluca, 317 



,, ,, Larva of a, 317 



Lipura noctiluca, 317 

 Lobster, Ear of, 56 

 Microtome, Student's, 56 

 Micro-Photographic Camera, 187 

 Shrimp, tail of, 57 



Tow-net for Microscopists, (3 figs.), 186 

 Monaco, Prince of, 1 

 Morplw cpistropliis, 353 

 Paths of Planets, 374 



Physical Apparatus, new. 



Cathode x-rays Tube, adjustable, 231 

 Cribb's Double Surface Condenser, 303 



,, ,, ,, Section, 303 



Electroscope Goldleaf, 230 



,, ,, Section of, 230 



Expansion of Solids, Testing Appara- 

 tus, 197 

 Expansion of Solids, Specimen Curve, 



.197 

 Limelight Apparatus, Portable, 231 

 Modified Gas Furnace, 279 



,, ,, ,, attachment, 279 



Vertical Hot-air Motor, 278 



,, ,, ,, Section, 278 



Review Illustrations. 



Ants building Covered Way, 213 



Blackbird, Pied and Chicks, 247 



Brora, Caithness, 27 



Carboniferous Strata, Donegal, 177 



Fieldfares in London, 19 



Great Auk, 341 



Joints in Granite, Scotland, 31 1 



Lily Tank at Kew, 87 



Scale, White Wool, 280 



Suilven, Peak of, 26 



Wireless Telegraphy, 148, 149 

 Rose, Abnormal growth of, 155 

 Rose, Section of bud, 220 



Sarajevo, view of, 209 

 Shells, Armature of 

 Kaliella cugenii, 172 

 Plcctopylis achatina (6 figs.), 114 

 ,, „ juvenile (7 figs.), 115 



i) >> va r - obesa(j, figs.), 115 



,, ,, var. venusta (3 figs.), 



,, ,, var. castanca (3 figs.), 



'34 

 ,1 ,, var. breviplica{i, figs.), 



'34 

 ,, ,, var. infrafasciata 



(3 figs.), 134 

 ,, alphonsi (3 figs.), 239 



,, anguina (6 figs,), 75 



,, cairnsi, 171 



congesta, (6 figs.), 333 

 ,, eugenii, 172 



,, giardi, (5 figs.), 332 



,, laincabcnsis, 171 



,, Iciophis, (3 figs.), 16 



,, linterac, 170 



,, ,, var. fust a, 170 



,, pscudopliis, (2 figs.), 17 



,, rc/uga, (5 figs.), 15 



,, repercussa, (9 figs.), 75 



,, sowerbyi, (6 figs.), 239 



Telescope, Alt-Azimuth Stand, 314 

 ,, Banks Equatorial, 375 



,, Calvers Stand, 347 



Telescopic focus, Diagram of, 314 



Thrush, nest with Stays, 363 



Tiger-beetles, British, 357 



Tisavica, view near, 241 



Tree, Singular, 24 



Trees, curious growth of, 97 



Venus Fly-trap, Leaf of, 235 



Wheat, Section of Grain, 204 



Zebra, Burchell's, 334 

 ,, Hybrid, 334 



ARTICLES, NOTES, ETC. 



Acetylene Exhibition, 47 



,, Explosive value of, 294 



,, Lantern, 263 



,, Lectures on, 216 



,, The New llluminant, 274 



Agriolima.x laevis var. maculatus, 157, 



220 

 Albatross, Protection of, 62 

 Albinism in Flowers, 92, 125, 155, 203, 



250, 284 

 Aneroid, Watkins Mountain, 294, 339 

 Animals, Coast, spreading inland, 88 

 Antarctic Expedition, 195 

 Anticosta, Island of, 216 

 Ants, Immense Flight of, 188 

 Aquaria in Hot Climates, 92 

 Armature of Land Shells, 15, 74, 114, 133, 



170, 239, 332 

 Artesian Well at Bourn, 143 

 Astronomy, 23, 55, 89, 122, 153, 183, 215, 

 248, 282, 313, 346 



Astronomers, Chaps, for, 249, 283, 314, 

 347. 375 

 ,, Conference of, 78 



,, Women, 342 



Astronomical Photographs at Harvard, 

 342 

 ,, Society of Wales, 216 



Aurora, Davlight, 253 

 Brooks, Prof. W. H., 122 

 Celestial Plates at Helsingfors, 245 

 Comet, Encke's, 23, 122, 215 

 ,, Brook's, 215 

 ,, Pechuelle's, 183 

 ,, Perrine's, 23, 122, 153, 183 

 ,, Temple's, 23 

 Comets, 89, 122, 153, 183, 215, 248, 282, 



346, 374 

 Conjunction, Planets with Moon, 23 

 Corona, Spectrum of, 313 

 Earth's Mass, The, 315 

 Eastman, Prof. J. R,, 153 

 Ero.s, Witt's Planet named, 313 



Geminids, The, 261 

 Hercules, Stars in, 22 

 Hungaria, The Planet, 215 

 Jupiter, Red Spot on, 23, 122, 248 



,, Satellite I, Ellipticity of, 89 

 Leonids, The, 215, 248 



of 1898, 161 

 Magnetic Storm, 153 

 Mars, Physical State, 24 



,, The Planet, 249, 270, 283 

 Meteor, A Brilliant, 122, 153 



,, A Large, 346 



Meteorite, Immense in Africa, 62 

 Meteors, 55, 346 



,, August, 153 

 ,, November, 161, 282 

 ,, Observed from Balloon, 282 

 Moon, Eclipse of, 55, 282 



,, Second to Earth, 55 

 Moon's Atmosphere, 23 

 Nebula, Espin's, Correction, 23 

 Nebulae, 30 



Occultationand Near Approach, 23,55, 

 iS3> 2I S. 2H2, 313, 346 

 ,, Photographed, 62 



Observatory, Aberdeen, New, 313 

 ,, Ben Nevis, 122, 153 



,, Edinburgh, New, 183 



,, Greenwich, 52 



,, Hamburgh, 313 



,, Heidleberg, 141 



Lick, 55 

 ,, Swift's, 12 



,, Vatican, 313 



Yerks, 86 

 Orion, Spectrum of Nebula, 315 

 Planet " Hungaria,'' 215 

 ,, Witt's Named, 313 

 ,, New, 248 

 Planets, Conjunctions of, 55 



,, New Minor, 122, 153, 183, 



248, 282, 375 

 ,, Paths of, 374 



Pegasi, 313 



Satellites of Mars, 270 



Saturn, 333 

 Saturn's Ninth Moon, 333 

 Star Motion, 55 

 ,, New, 375 

 ,, Remarkable, 282 

 Sun, Annular Eclipse, 55 



,, 1900 Eclipse, 55 

 Sunspots, 55, 183 



,, and Aurora, 153 



,, Great, of 1898, 248 



Telescope, Choice of, 314, 347, 375 

 ,, Great, for Paris, 154 



,, Grubb's, for Paris, 216 



Yerks, 89 

 Zodiacal Light, Photographed, 248 

 Atella phalanta in Australia, 189 

 Atmosphere of Moon, 23 

 Autumn Woodlands, The, 178 



Bacteria, 139 



Bacteriological Laboratory, London, 217 



Bee-Louse, 245 



Bee, Tenacity of Life in, 21 



Bees, Parasite of, 343, 373 



,, at Whortleberry Flowers, 125 

 Beetles, British Burying, 271 



Tiger, 356 

 Bermuda, 257 

 Birds, English in Tasmania, 355 



,, Late Arrival of, 188 



,, List of Australian, 117 



,, Protecting, in Switzerland, 216 



,, Speed of Flying, 157 



,, Washed over Niagara Falls, 196 

 Books to Read, 18, 54, 85, 120, 148, 181, 

 213, 246, 280, 310, 340,- 371 



Acetylene Gas and Calcium Carbide, 

 120 



Acetylene, Lighting by, 120 



African Plants, Catalogue of, 54 



Animals of To-day, 341 



