CONTENTS. 



xvii 



V. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo- 



phytes and Protozoa. 1. Clava nodosa ; 2. Acharadria 

 larynx ; 3. Zooteirea rdigaia ; 4. Freya (Lagotia) obstet- 

 rica, Freya stylifer ; 5. Chcetospira maritima ; 6. Oxy- 

 tricha longicaudata (Plates XVII., XVIII., XIX.), . 378 

 VI. Peach (Charles W.), Esq., On peculiar Hooked Spines on 

 Ophiocoma bellis, with Observations on the Spines of 

 other Opliiocomm (Plate XX.) (Specimens and Draw- 

 ings were exhibited), ..... 3S2 

 VII. Carruthers (William), Esq., F.L.S., The Geology of Moffat, 



Dumfriesshire, ...... 383 



April 23, 1862. 



I. Wallace (John), M.D., Observations on the PJiocidce of the 



Greenland Seas. (Communicated by R. Brown, Esq.) 391 



II. (1.) Smith (John A.), M.D., Notice of a Mass of Meteoric 



Iron, found in the Village of Newstead, Roxburghshire ; 

 with some General Remarks on Meteorites (Plate XXL). 

 (Three electro-cuts). ..... 396 



(2.) Thomson (Murray), M.D., Analysis of the Meteorolite 



described in the foregoing paper by Dr J. A. Smith, . 414 



III. Young (William S.), Esq., On Professor M 'Coy's Ray with- 



out a Name, taken in the Firth of Forth, May 1861. 



(The Specimen was exhibited), .... 417 



May 7, 1862. 



I. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notes of the Capture of the Red- 

 Crested Whistling Duck (Fuligula rufina, Selby), in 

 Argyleshire ; and of the Common W r ild Duck building 

 on a Tree, ...... 420 



II. Traquair (R. H.), M.D., Note on a Case of Abnormality in 



the Ossification of the Parietal Bones in the Human 

 Foetus, ....... 421 



III. M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Remarks on the so-called 



Raised Sea-beach Bed in the Neighbourhood of Leith, 



and its Relations to other Deposits, . . ' . 422 



IV. Bryson (Alexander), Esq.,F.R.S.E., On the Danger of Hasty 



Generalization in Geology ; with Special Reference to 

 the so-called Raised Sea-beach at Leith (woodcut), . 430 

 V. (1.) Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., On the Pigmental System 



of the iEquoreal Pipe-fish, .... 438 

 (2.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Description of this iEquo- 

 real Pipe-fish, . . . . . 438 



VI. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo- 



phytes. (1.) Vorticlava Proteus ; (2.) Trichydra 

 pudica ; (3.) On the Development of Pycnogon Larvee 

 within the Polyps of Hy 'dr -actinia (Plates XVII, XXII), 439 



