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Series B. Vol. 82. 



No. B 553. 



BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



CONTENTS. 



The Germicidal Action of Metals and its Relation to the Production of 

 Peroxide of Hydrogen. By ALL.AN C. RANKIN, M.D., Demonstrator in 

 Bacteriology, McGill University, and Assistant in Bacteriology, Royal 

 Victoria Hospital, Montreal . . . ■ . . . 



Gametogenesis of the Gall- Fly, Neuroterus lenticularis (Spathegaster 

 baccarum).— Part I. By LEONARD DONCASTER, M.A., Lecturer on 

 Zoology, Birmingham University. (Plates I — 3) . . . . . 



Preliminary Note upon the Cell Lamination of the Cerebral Cortex of 

 Echidna, with an Enumeration of the Fibres in the Cranial Nerves. By 

 EDGAR SCHUSTER, D.Sc, Fellow of New College (Pathological 

 Laboratory, Claybury Asylum, Essex, and Department of Comparative 

 Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford). (Plates 4 and 5) . 



Cortical Lamination and Localisation in the Brain of the Marmoset. By 

 F. W. MOTT. M.D.. F.R.S. ; E. SCHUSTER, D.Sc. ; and W. D. HALLI- 

 BURTON, M.D.. F.R.S. (Plates 6 and 7) 



The Caudal Fin of Fishes (Preliminary Paper). By RICHARD H. 

 WHITEHOUSE, M.Sc. Birm 



Some Experiments with the Venom of Causus rhombeatus. By H. E. 

 ARBUCKLE, M.B., West African Medical Service 



On the Comparative Action of Stovaine and Cocaine as measured by their 

 Direct Effect upon the Contractility of Isolated Muscle. By V. H. 

 VELEY, F.R.S., and A. D. WALLER, F.R.S 



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