CONTENTS. 
V. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo- 
phytes and Protozoa. 1. Clava nodosa ; 2. Acharadria 
larynx ; 3. Zooteirea religata ; 4. Freya (Lagotia) obstet- 
rica, Freya stylifer ; 5. Chcetospira maritima ; 6. Oxy- 
tricha longicaudata (Plates XVII., XVIII., XIX.), 
VI. Peach (Charles W.), Esq., On peculiar Hooked Spines on 
Ophiocoma bellis, with Observations on the Spines of 
other Ophiocoma^ (Plate XX.) (Specimens and Draw- 
ings were exhibited), ..... 
VII. Carruthers (William), Esq., F.L.S., The Geology of MoiFat, 
Dumfriesshire, ...... 
April 23, 1862. 
- I. Wallace (John), M.D., Observations on the Phocidce of the 
Greenland Seas. (Communicated by R. Brown, Esq.) 
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). ..... 
(2.) Thomson (Murray), M.D,, Analysis of the Meteorolite 
described in the foregoing paper by Dr J. A. Smith, . 
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), .... 
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 Wild Duck building 
on a Tree, ...... 
II. Traquair (R. H.), M.D., Note on a Case of Abnormality in 
the Ossification of the Parietal Bones in the Human 
Foetus, . . . . . . 
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, 
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), 
V. (1.) Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., On the Pigmental System 
of the ^Equoreal Pipe-fish, .... 
(2.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Description of this .^quo- 
real Pipe-fish, ...... 
VI. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo- 
phytes. (1.) Vorticlava Proteus ; (2.) Trichydra 
pudica ; (3.) On the Development of Pycnogon Larvae 
within thePolyps oi Hydractinia (Plates XVII.,XXII.), 
