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INDEX. 



Bonney (T. Gr.), note on the microscopic 

 stuctnre of rock specimens from three 

 peats in the Caucasus, 318. 



Bottoniley (J. T.) on radiation from 

 dull and bright surfaces, 433. 



on thermal radiation in absolute 



measure, 357. 



Bourne (A. Gr.), the reputed suicide of 

 scorpions, 17. 



Boys (C. V.), preliminary note on the 

 ' radio-micrometer,' a new instru- 

 ment for measuring the most feeble 

 radiation, 189. 



Branchial arterial arches in birds, the 

 development of the, with special 

 reference to the origin of the sub- 

 clavians and carotids (Mackay), 429. 



Brunton (T. L.) and J. T. Cash, action 

 of caffein and theine upon voluntary 

 muscle, 238. 



contributions to our know- 

 ledge of the connexion between che- 

 mical constitution and physiological 

 action ; preliminary communication 

 on the action of certain aromatic 

 bodies, 240. 



Buchanan (John Young) elected, 352. 



admitted, 352. 



Burch. (Gr. J.) on a perspective micro- 

 scope, 49. 



Caffein and theine, action of, upon volun- 

 tary muscle (Brunton and Cash), 238. 



Calamites, on the true fructification of 

 the carboniferous (Williamson), 389. 



Caldwell (W. H.), the embryology of 

 monotremata and marsupialia. Part I, 

 177. 



Candidates for election, 145. 



list of selected, 316. 



Carboniferous calamites, on the true 



fructification of the (Williamson), 



389. 



Carnelley (T.) and J. S. Haldane,the air 



of sewers, 394, 501. 

 Cash (John Theodore) elected, 352. 

 admitted, 352. 



and T. L. Brunton, action of 



caffein and theine upon voluntary 

 muscle, 238. 



contributions to our know- 

 ledge of the connexion between che- 

 mical constitution and physiological 

 action ; preliminary communication 

 on the action of certain aromatic 

 bodies, 240. 



Caucasus, note on the microscopic struc- 

 ture of rock specimens from three 

 peaks in the (Bormey), 318. 



Cell of the honey bee, second note on the 

 geometrical construction of the (Hen- 

 nessy), 176. 



Ceratochelys sthenurus, preliminary note 

 on the fossil remains of a chelonian 

 reptile, from Lord Howe's Island, 

 Australia (Huxley), 232. 



Cerebral cortex, a record of experiments- 

 upon the functions of the (Horsley 

 and Schafer), 111. 



Chemical constitution and physiological 

 action, contributions to our knowledge 

 of the connexion between (Brunton 

 and Cash), 240. 



Chlorophyll, contributions to the che- 

 mistry of, No. II (Schunck), 184. 



Cholera, note on the anatomy of Asiatic, 

 as exemplified in cases occurring in 

 Italy in 1886 (Sherrington), 474. 



Chree (C), conduction of heat in liquids, 

 300. 



Clausius's formula for the change of 

 state from liquid to gas applied to- 

 Messrs. B,amsay and Young's observa- 

 tions on alcohol (Fitzgerald) , 216. 



Coal-dust explosion, a (Galloway), 174. 



Coal-measures, on the organisation of 

 the fossil plants of the ; Heterangium 

 Tiliceoides (Will.) and Kaloxylon 

 HooTceri (Williamson), 8. 



Collier (M.), note on the functions of 

 the sinuses of Valsalva and auricular 

 appendices, with some remarks on the 

 mechanism of the heart and pulse, 

 469. 



Colour-relation between certain exposed 

 lepidopterous pupae and the surfaces 

 which immediately surround them, an 

 inquiry into the cause and extent. of a 

 special (Poulton), 94. 



Computation of the harmonic compo- 

 nents of a series representing a pheno- 

 menon recurring in daily and yearly 

 periods, on the (Strachey), 61. 



Conduction of heat in liquids (Chree),, 

 300. 



Continuity of the liquid and gaseous- 

 states of matter, preliminary note on 

 the (Ramsay and Young), 3. 



Cortex cerebri in the monkey (Macacus 

 sinicus), a further minute analysis by 

 electric stimulation of the so-called 

 motor region of the (Beevor and 

 Horsley), 483. 



Cotopaxi, on the occurrence of silver in 

 volcanic ash from the eruption of, of 

 July 22nd and 23rd, 1885 (Mallet), 1. 



Crookes (W.) on the supposed ■ new 

 force ' of M. J. Thore, 345. 



on radiant matter spectroscopy ; 



examination of the residual glow, 

 111. 



on the crimson line of phosphor 



rescent alumina, 25. 

 Croonian lecture (Seeley), 337. 



