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Physiology. 



Prof. D. J. Cuimingliam, f.e.s. — "The Parietal Lobe of the 

 Brain in men of distinguished abiKty." 

 Zoology. 



Eeport from the Fauna and Flora Coinmittee by Eev. W. F. 

 Johnson, m.a., and J. N. Halbert. — "A List of Irish Beetles." 



In Polite Literature and Antiquities. 

 Archceology . 



Rev. M. H. Close, m.a. — " Eemarks on a Cosmographical Tractate 

 of the Fourteenth Century in the Irish Language, in the 

 Library of the Academy." 



George Coffey, a. i.e. — A Note " On a Series of partially 



worked Pebbles from the ' Quany-shop ' sites of JS'orth 



America, illustrating the manufacture of Stone Imple- 

 ments." 



Professor J. P. O'Eeilly, c.e. — " The mode of Pinging or Sound- 

 ing Bells in the early Churches of Northern Spain and of 

 Ireland." 



Thomas J. Westropp, m.a. — (1) " The Ancient Forts of Ireland, 

 their plans and structural features." (2) " Dolmens and 

 Pillar Stones in the Baronies of Bunratty, Co. Clare." 

 Sistory. 



Henry F. Berry, m.a. — " I^otes on an unpublished MS. Inquisi- 

 tion (a.d. 1258), relating to the Dublin City Watercoui'se, 

 among the Muniments of the Earl of Meath." 



C. Litton Falkiner, m.a.— (1) "The Irish Guards (1662-1795)"; 

 (2) "The Phoenix Park, its origin, formation and early 

 history ; with some notices of its Royal and Yiceregal 

 residences"; (3) and a Note "On an Unpublished Diary, 

 relative to the French Invasion in Mayo, 1798, presented 

 by him to the Academy." 



Professor Edward J. Gwynn, m.a., f.t.c.d., delivered the Todd 

 Memorial Lectures on " Poems from the Bmdsenchas.'" Professor 



