CONTENTS. 



VOL. XI. 



PAGE 



Apparatus for the Analysis of the Oases in Small Quantities of Blood. 

 (With Plate I.) By Joseph Barcropt .... 



On the Structure and Classification of the Cheilostomatous Polyzoa. By 



Sidney F. Harmer, Sc.D 11 



The Natives of the Maldives. By J. Stanley Gardiner ... 18 

 The Atoll of Minikoi. By J. Stanley Gardiner .... 22 

 Note on the Rational space curve of the fourth order. By J. H. Grace . 27 

 Trifolium pratense var. parviflorum. By I. H. Burkill ... 29 

 On the Leakage of Electricity through dust-free air. By C. T. R. Wilson 32 

 Observations on the Minute Structure of the Surface Ice of Glaciers (With 



Plate II.) By S. Skinner 33 



On a solar Calorimeter used in Egypt at the total solar Eclipse in 1882. 



By J. Y. Buchanan 37 



Theorems on Matrices and Bilinear Forms. By T. J. I'A. Bromwich . 75 

 On the question as to whether or not there are any free charged ions 

 produced during the combination of hydrogen and chlorine; and 

 on the effect produced on the rate of the combination by the presence 



of such ions. By Prof. J. J. Thomson 90 



Notes on some of the Rarer or more Interesting Fungi collected during the 



past year. By Prof. H. Marshall Ward 93 



Notes on Artificial Cultures of Xylaria. By Miss E. Dale. (Communi- 

 cated by Professor Marshall Ward) 100 



The Habits and Development of some West African Fishes. By J. S. 



Budgett 102 



On the Interference bands produced by a thin wedge. By H. C. Pock- 



lington 105 



On the most Volatile Gases of the Atmosphere. By Profs. G. D. Liveing 



and J. Dewar 107 



