Ixix 



Paramoudras, supposed fossil sponges, 272. 



Paris, International Exhibition of, five ar- 

 ticles of the Museum applied for, Ap- 

 pend., p. xi; loan to, Append., p. xiii. 



Parke family, arms of, 181, 186. 



Parkinson, Henry, on an inscribed stone 

 in Tullagh churchyard, 340, Append., 

 p. xxxiv. 



Pasqual de Gayangos, the Arabic scholar, 

 474. 



Paterson family, arms of, 181, 186. 



Patrick family, arms of, 181, 186. 



Patterson family, arms of, 403, 410. 



Paul, St., epistle of, worn round Mo- 

 rann's neck, 38. 



Penny, Rev. W. G., on the rotatory mo- 

 tion of the ^heavenly bodies, 189, Ap- 

 pend., p. xxvi. 



Percy family, arms of, 181, 186. 



Perse family, arms of, 403, 410. 



Petrie, George, LL. D., sixteen water- 

 colour drawings by, presented, Append., 

 p. xii; his Museum purchased by Go- 

 vernment, Append., p. xxvii; deposited 

 in the Academy, Append., p. xlv. 



Phillipsite, found in Co. of Antrim, 327. 



Phinisk river, 454. 



Phvseter bidens, or Ziphius Sowerbiensis, 

 51. 



Pictet, Adolphe, Gallo-Roman inscription 



published by, 421. 

 Pitchstone porphyry, in Co. of Antrim, 



224, 327. 



Plain of the Hurlers, at Moy Tura, 22. 

 Plants of Southern Europe growing in 



Ireland, 66. 

 Plunket family, arms of, 99, 403, 404, 



410. 



Plunket, Francis, monument of, in Ro- 

 bertstown churchyard, 99. 



Porcelain seals, Chinese, 175. 



Porphyry, occurrence of, at Cushendall, 

 291 ; and at Sandy Brae, 292 ; Pitch- 

 stone, 294. 



Port family, arms of, 404, 410. 



Porter family, arms of, 404, 410. 



Portrush, rocks at, 319. 



Pottery found in Indian cairns, 63. 



President, see under Academy. 



Psychrometer, or wet-bulb Thermometer, 

 465. 



Purser, J. M., report on Herr Cohnheim's 

 researches on inflammation, 499, Ap- 

 pend., p. li. 



Pus, corpuscles of, 499. 



Pyrenees, Basses, Megalithic remains at, 

 472. 



Quartz, in Co. of Antrim, 327. 



Quartzite, 236. 



Rammage family, arms of, 181, 187. 



Rathlin, columnar basalt in, 314. 



Rathmichael, inscribed stones at, 341. 



Ravel Water, the, 454. 



Raven, a Norse banner, 439. 



Rea family, arms of, 181, 187. 



Read, Brig. -General J. Meredith, elected a 



Member, Append., pp. v, xv. 

 Recht Maoisi, Moses' Law, 43. 

 Red bole, or ochre, of Co. of Antrim, 307. 

 Redg, who, 429. 



Red Hall, Co. of Antrim, salt mine at, 264. 



Reeves, Rev. William, D. D., late Secre- 

 tary, Append., p. xvi. 



Regnault, M., description of his hygro- 

 meter, 459 ; Mr. Donovan's modifica- 

 tion of it, 459. 



Reilly family, arms of, 404, 410. 



Rennes, Irish MS. at, Append., pp. xxiii, 

 xxvii. 



Rennie, George, an Hon. Member, death 



of, Append., xiv. 

 Report. See under Academy. 

 Reports, Scientific, grants for, Append., p. 



xxxiii. 



Retannsnody family, arms of, 179, 183. 

 Reynolds, Anglicised form of Mac Rannail, 

 484. 



Reynolds, George Nugent, of Letterfian, 

 485. 



Rheusa, of Spenser, 7. 



Rhodalite, found in Co. of Antrim, 327. 



Riastartha, a name of Cuchullain, 438. 



Richardson, Dr., his account of whin- 

 dykes, 318. 



Richardson, Thomas, M. D., a Member, 

 death of, Append., pp. xxx, xlvi. 



Richey, Alexander George, elected a 

 Member, Append., pp. xvii, xxxi ; on 

 Council (Com. Pol. Lit.), Append., p. 

 xlviii. 



Righe, the Rye Water, 455. 



Rittias, a name of frequent occurrence in 

 Oghams, 120. 



Rivers, giving name to towns, 6 ; generally 

 feminine in Irish, 454, their gender in 

 Spenser, 7, 8 ; origin of their names, 

 101, 443; often called from trees, 444. 



Robe, or Rodhba, the river, 454. 



Robertstown, Co. Meath, Barnewal monu- 

 ment at, 99. 



Robinson family, arms of, 181, 187. 



Robinson, Dr., account of coal pit in Co. 

 of Antrim, 242. 



Rock-basin, a kind of monument, 104. 



Rock carvings, H. M. Westropp on, 232. 



Rock Salt, in Co. of Antrim, 327. 



