INDEX. 



xvii 



magnetisation in the dimensions of 

 rings and rods of iron, and of some 

 other (BidweJl), 406. 



Metals, on the oxidation under voltaic 

 influence of, not ordinarily regarded 

 as spontaneously oxidisable (Wright 

 and Thompson), 268. 



velocity of sound in, and a com- 

 parison of their moduli of torsional 

 and longitudinal elasticities as deter- 

 mined by statical and kinetical methods 

 (Tomlinson), 88. 



Meteorites, researches on the spectra of, 

 a report to the Solar Physics Com- 

 mittee (Lockyer), 117. 



Micro-organisms in air, a new method 

 for determining the number of 

 (Carnelley and Wilson), 368. 



in moorland air, note on the num- 

 ber of (Carnelley and Wilson), 

 369. 



obtained from water and soil, on 



some new and typical (Franklaud and 

 Frankland), 414. 



Millepora plica/ a, on the sexual cells 

 and the early stages in the develop- 

 ment of (Hickson), 245. 



Mivart (St. G-.) on the possibly dual 

 origin of the mammalia, 372. 



Monkey (JIacacus sinicus), a further 

 minute analysis by electric stimulation 

 of the so-called motor region of the 

 cortex cerebri in the (Beevor and 

 Horsley), 86. 



Monkey's brain, an investigation into the 

 function of the occipital and temporal 

 lobes of the (Brown and Schafer), 

 276. 



on electrical excitation of the 



occipital lobe and adjacent parts of the 

 (Schafer), 408. 



Moorland air, note on the number of 

 micro-oi'ganisms in (Carnelley and 

 Wilson), 369. 



Motion of a sphere in a viscous liquid, 

 on the (Basset), 174). 



Motor region of the cortex cerebri, a 

 further minute analysis of the so- 

 called, in the monkey {Macacus 

 sinicus) (Beevor and Horsley), 86. 



Muscles, latency periods of the ocular 

 (Schafer), 411. 



Nephridia of Perichaeta, preliminary 



note on the (Beddard), 309. 

 Nerves, on the relation between the 



structure, function, and distribution of 



the cranial (G-askell), 382. 

 Nervous system in vertebrated animals, 



contributions to the anatomy of the 



central (Sanders), 420. 

 Neutralisation of acid and alkaline 



fluids, on the voltaic circles producible 

 by the mutual (Wright and Thomp- 

 son), 489. 



Newton (E. T.) on the skull, brain, and 

 auditory organ of a new species of 

 ~Ptero$anri{m(Scap7iognatkus Pardon i) 

 from the Upper Lias near Whitby, 

 Yorkshire, 436. 



Nickel and cobalt, the ultra-violet spectra 

 of (Liveing and Dewar), 430. 



Nitrogen of vegetation, on the present 

 position of the question of the sources 

 of the, with some new results, and 

 preliminary notice of new lines of 

 investigation (Lawes and Gilbert), 

 108. 



| Obituary notices of Fellows deceased : — 

 Baxendell, Joseph, iv. 

 Burrows, Sir Greorge, vi. 

 Denham. Sir Henry Mangles, i. 

 | Key, Sir Astley Cooper, ix. 

 Phillips, John Arthur, iii. 

 Spratt, Vice- Admiral, T. A. B., xi. 



Occipital and temporal lobes of the 

 monkey's brain, the function of the 

 (Brown and Schafer), 276. 



lobe and adjacent parts of the 



monkev's brain, on electrical excita- 

 tion of the (Schafer), 408. 



Occipito-temporal and frontal regions 

 of the brain, on excitation of the 

 (Schafer), 411. 



Ocean, on tidal currents in the 

 (Buchanan), 340. 



Ocular muscles, a comparison of the 

 latency periods of the, on excitation 

 of the frontal and occipito-temporal 

 regions of the brain (Schafer), 411. 



Officers, election of, 195. 



nomination of, 165. 



! Orniihorhynchus paradoxus, true teeth 

 in the young (Foulton), 353. 



Os pubis, on the bone in Crocodilia 

 commonly regarded as the, and its 

 representative among the extinct 

 Reptilia (Seeley), 235. 



Oxidation under voltaic influences of 

 metals not ordinarily regarded as 

 spontaneously oxidisable, note on the 

 development of feeble currents by 

 purely physical action, and on the 

 (Wright and Thompson), 268. 



Oxygen and hydrogen, on the relative 

 densities of (preliminary notice) 

 (Rayleigh) , 356. 



Oxyhydrogen flame, on the spectrum of 

 the (Liveing and Dewar), 347. 



I Parker (T. J.) preliminary note on the 

 development of the skeleton of the 

 1 Apteryx, 391. 



