No. 370. 



Page 



Meeting of March 11, 1897, and List of Papers read 51 



The artificial Insemination of Mammals and subsequent possible Ferti- 

 lisation or Impregnation of their Ova. By Walter Heape, M.A., 

 Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Francis Galton, 

 F.RS 52 



The Comparative Physiology of the Suprarenal Capsules. By Swale 

 Vincent, M.B. (Lond.), British Medical Association Eesearch Scholar. 

 Communicated by E. A. Schafer, F.RS 64 



The Origin and Destination of certain Afferent and Efferent Tracts in 

 the Medulla Oblongata. By J. S. Eisien Bussell. M.D., M.E.C.P., 

 Eesearch Scholar to the British Medical Association, Senior Assistant 

 Physician to the Metropolitan Hospital, and Pathologist to the 

 National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen's Square, 

 London. Communicated by Professor Victor Horsley, F.E.S 73 



On the Orientation of Greek Temples and the Dates of their Founda- 

 tion derived from Astronomical Considerations, being a Supplement 

 to a Paper published in the £ Transactions of the Eoyal Society ' in 

 1893. By F. C. Penrose, F.E.S 7< 



A Study of the Phenomena and Causation of Heat- contraction of 

 Skeletal Muscle. By T. G. Brodie, M.D., and S. W. F. Eichardson, 

 M.B., B.S. Communicated by W. D. Halliburton, F.E.S 78 



Some Experiments with Cathode Bays. By A. A. C. Swinton. Com- 

 municated by Lord Kelvin 79 



No. 371. 



Eeport of the Kew Observatory Committee for the Year ending Decem- 

 ber 31, 1896 96 



Eeport of Magnetical Observations at Falmouth Observatory for the 

 Year 1896 127 



Meeting of March 18, 1897, and List of Papers read 135 



The Cultural Evolution of Cyclamen latifolium (Sibth.). By W. T. 

 Thiselton Dyer, C.M.G., CLE., F.E.S 135 



No. 372. 



Meeting of March 25, 1897 (Discussion Meeting) 148 



On the Chemistry of the Hottest Stars. By J. Norman Lockyer, C.B., 

 F.E.S. (Plates 1—3) , 148 



Note by Professor Schuster, F.E.S., " On the Chemical Constitution of 

 the Stars" 209 



Additional Eemarks by Mr. Lockyer 213 



Note by Mr. Fr^nk McClean, F.E.S., " On Comparative Photographic 

 Spectra of Stars to the 3^ Magnitude " 213 



