Index. 



473 



Pyx, trial of, temp. Elizabeth, 82. 

 QtJATBEFAaES on metamorphosis, 137. 



Ravens, St. Cuthlac's, 319. 



Red ware of Roman sites, 227. 



Reindeer period, deposits of, 62. 



Relations between functions and organs, 

 385. 



Resolvability of nebulee, 108, 238, 303, 

 349. 



Respiratory nerves of insects, 225. 



Respiratory organs of swan mussel, 71. 



Resting-spore of fungi, 31. 



Rhinoceros of Bhotan, 170. 



Rhytisma, growth of, 31. 



Riccia fruticulosa, 337. 



Richborough, archaeological explora- 

 tions at, 217. 



Ring nebula of M. Lyrse, 403. 



Robert de Betun and his pets, 320. 



Rodents of north-west America, 417. 



Roman interments in Britain, 122. 



Roman pottery found at Caithness, 456. 



Roman remains at Leicester and Sil- 

 chester, 374. 



Roman Samian ware, 227. 



Rooks, St. Cuthbert's, 319. 



Rosaceous thyme thread moss, 162. 



Ross's new one-twelfth, 128. 



Rotifers, place of, in zoology, 366. 



Salicine, crystals of, 422. 

 Sailing line of bees, 97. 

 Samarcand, Vambery's visit to, 63. 

 Samian ware, examples of, 227. 

 Samson and the bees, 102. 

 Santonine, effects of, on vision, 88. 

 Saprolegniae,. probably forms of fungi, 



32. 

 Sarr, Anglo-Saxon cemetery at, 300. 

 Satellite of Jupiter, supposed 5th, 225. 

 Sclerostoma syngamus, 197. 

 Scolecida, characters of, 368. 

 Scolecida, forms of, parasite on the 



cockroach, 341. 

 Sea lilies, 1. 



Sea, formation of ice in, 226. 

 Secondary rocks, fossils of, 22. 

 Secretory organs of the swan mussel, 72. 

 Sensational functions of the bee, 97. 

 Sepulchral vases of middle Angles, 122. 

 Sewage, utilization of, 222. 

 Shakspeare's knowledge of bees, 100. 

 Shorea robusta in jungles, 172. 

 Sidereal colour-changing, 114. 

 Silicon, crystallization of, 43. 

 Silk, new source of, 305. 

 Silkworms, effects of aromatic plants 



on, 466. 

 Silurian series of rocks, 16. 



Silver, fineness of, for coinage, 86. 



Sirius, physical character of, 396. 



Size in relation to rank in the animal 



kingdom, 364. 

 Skull, modes of measuring, 64. 

 Skulls of ancient Britons, 456, 462. 

 Snakes tamed by St. Godric, 319. 

 Sobieski's shield, constellation of, 115. 

 Solids, flow of, under pressure, 464. 

 Soot perceptible in London honey, 95. 

 Spectra of heavenly bodies, 303. 

 Spectroscope apparatus, 238. 

 Spectrum analysis applied to the stars, 



388. 

 Spectrum of Comet II., 1834, 225. 

 Spherical aberration in photography, 



214. 

 Sphasria Scirpi, 256. 

 Sphserobolus stellatus, 252. 

 Spider, habits of the diadem, 285. 

 Spirogyra, growth of, 66. 

 Sponges, Lieberkuhn on, 66. 

 Sponges, relation of, to amoebse, 365. 

 Staffordshire, coal of, 412. 

 Stalked crinoids, 1. 



Standard gold and silver trial plates, 82. 

 Star catalogue, Herschel's, 349. 

 Star clusters, notes on, 108. 

 Star eclipsed by comet, 465. 

 Stars and nebulae, chemistry of, 108, 



238, 303, 346, 387. 

 Stars, colours of, 58. 

 Stars, physical character of, 393. 

 Statistics of British coinage, 271. 

 Steak of rhinoceros flesh, 174. 

 Sting of the bee, how inflicted, 97. 

 Stoke Newington, rurality of, 95. 

 Stone implements in India, 145. 

 Subjective phosphorescence, 88. 

 Substitutes for an observatory, 444. 

 Sulphate of iron, crystals of, 268. 

 Sun fountain, 306. 

 Sun, constitution of, 66, 387. 

 Sun spots and planetary positions, 



144. 

 Suture of a nerve, 65. 

 Swan mussel, 67. 

 Swammerdam's studies of ephemeridse, 



151. 

 Swarms of ephemeridse, 151. 

 Swiss lacustrine dwellings, pottery of, 



126. 

 Sycamore, fungi on leaves of, 31. 

 Synopsis hepaticarum of Lindenberg, 



331. 



T^nia solium, physiology of, 196. 

 Taenia echinococcus, 197. 

 Tapeworms, notes on, 190. 

 Tapeworms, source of, 305. 

 Tarsus, red pottery of, 229. 



