CONTENTS. V 



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V. Stewart (John Alex.), Notes on some Points in the Natural 



History of the West Coast of Ross-shire, . . 86 



VI. Murray (Andrew), a beautiful series of varieties (in plum- 

 age) of the Common Pheasant were Exhibited, the Pro- 

 perty of Walter May, Esq., . . • . 87 



March 23, 1859. 



I. Lowe (W. H.), M.D., Extract of Letter from the Rev. Hugh 

 Goldie, Old Calabar, to Dr Greville, respecting some sin- 

 gular Silk " Bags" formed by Insects in Africa, . 87 

 II. Murray (Andrew), a Series of recently discovered Eyeless 

 Beetles, from the Caves of Carniola and Hungary were 

 Exhibited, ...... 88 



III. Bryson (Alex.), Notice of the Tenacity of Life in Buccinum 



coronatum and Helix virgata, . . . .89 



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



phytes — Kionistes retiformis (with figure), . . 91 



V. Cleland (John), M.D., on the Vomer in Man and the Mam- 

 malia, and on the Sphenoidal Spongy Bones (Plate V.), 91 

 VI. Peach (Charles W.), on the Discovery of Nullipores (cal- 

 careous plants) and Sponges in the Boulder Clay of 

 Caithness, ...... 98 



April 27, 1859. 



I. Kelaart (E.F.) M.D., (communicated by Dr R. K. Greville), 

 Report on the Pearl Banks of Arippo, Ceylon, for Season 



1858, 101 



II. Banks (James), (communicated by Dr J. A. Smith), Note on 



the Luminosity of the Lantern-fly of Honduras, . 102 



III. (1.) M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Notice of a Fossil Nau- 



tilus from the Isle of Sheppey, .... ,103 

 (2.) M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Notice of the Nucula 

 decussata y found in the so-called Raised Sea-beach Bed 

 at Leith, ....... 105 



IV. Bryson (Alex.), Contribution to a Monograph of Iceland 



Spar (Part I.), . . . . .107 



V. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., on a Method of Constructing 



Polarizing Prisms of Nitrate of Potash, . . . 107 



VI. Carruthers (William), Notes on the Geology of Swellendam, 



South Africa, ...... 108 



