INDEX 
Acanthias vulgaris (Spiny Dog), 207. 
Addresses. — Opening Address, Session 
1887-88, by Lord McLaren, 2. 
— Closing Address, Session 1887- 
88, by the Kev. Professor Flint, 
476. 
Agonus cataiohractus (Foggy ; Lyrie), 
209. 
Aitken (John), F.P.S.E., on a Mono- 
chromatic Rainbow, 135. 
on the Number of Dust Par- 
ticles in the Atmosphere, 158. 
Alternants . — On a Class of Alternants 
expressible in terms of Simple Alter- 
nants, by Thomas Muir, LL.D., 
F.R.S.E., 298. 
on Certain Theorems mainly 
connected with Alternants, by Prof. 
Anglin, F.R.S.E., M.R. I.A., 381. 
on Alternants which are con- 
stant Multiples of the Difference- 
Product of the Variables, by Prof. 
Anglin, F.R.S.E., M.R. I. A., 468, 
Amagat (M. ), Exhibition of his Pho- 
tographs of the Crystallisation of 
Chloride of Carbon, 381. 
Anglin (Prof.), F.R.S.E., M.R. I. A., 
on Certain Theorems mainly con- 
nected with Alternants (II.), 381. 
Alternants which are constant 
Multiples of the Difference-Product 
of the Variables, 468. 
Antiseptical Surgical Lotions. See 
Mercuric Salts. 
Aplanatic Objective, The Four Surfaces 
of, by the Hon. Lord McLaren, 
355. 
Araneina, Malpighian Tubes and 
“ Hepatic Cells ” of the, by Dr A. B. 
Griffiths, F.R.S.E., and Alexander 
Johnstone, F.G.S., 111. 
Argentina sphyrcena, 220. 
Arnoglossus laterna (Scald Fish), 218. 
Asteridea, The Diverticula of the, by 
Dr A. B. Griffiths, F.R.S.E., and 
Alexander Johnstone, 111. 
Benzyl Phosphines, by Professor Letts 
and W. Wheeler, 66. 
Birds, The Soaring of, by William 
Fronde, 256. 
Bischoffsheim (M.). See Nice Obser- 
vatory. 
Blood. — On a new Method for Pre- 
serving the Blood in a Fluid State 
outside the Body, by Professor Hay- 
craft, F.R.S.E., and E. W. Carlier, 
M.B., 130. 
Morphological Changes that 
occur in the Human Blood during 
Coagulation, by Prof. Haycraft and 
E. W. Carlier, M.B., 220. 
Blood Plates, Action of Inert 
Solids on, by Prof. Haycraft and 
E. W. Carlier, M.B., 224. 
on Invertebrate Blood removed 
from the Vessels and entirely sur- 
rounded by Oil, by Professor Hay- 
craft and E. W. Carlier, M.B., 
423. 
Boltzmann (Professor), Reply to Pro- 
fessor Boltzmann, by Professor Tait, 
Sec. R.S.E., 140. 
Boreophausia inermis, 414. 
Boreophausia raschii, 414, 415. 
Bottomley (J. T.), F.R.S.E., on a 
Practical Constant- Volume Air Ther- 
moraeter, 85. 
on some Glass Globes with 
Internal Cavities produced during 
Cooling, 108. 
Bramwell (Dr Byrom) and R. Milne 
Murray, M.B., on a Method of 
graphically recording the Exact 
Time Relations of Cardiac Sounds 
and Murmurs, 66. 
Brook (George), F.R.S.E., Notes 
on a Lucifer-like Decapod Larva 
from the West Coast of Scotland, 
420. 
and Hoyle (W. E.), F.R.S.E., 
The Metamorphosis of British 
Euphau-siklffi, 414. 
