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Observations, Morphological and Physiological, on Pitchered Insecti- 
vorous Plants. By J. M. Macfarlane, D.Sc., . . . 199 
Preliminary Note on Observations with Aitken’s Thermometer 
Screens. By H. N. Dickson, Esq. (Plate VIII.), . . 199 
Notes on the For Tribe of Central Africa. By Dr Bobert W. 
Felkin, F.B.S.E., F.R.G.S., Fellow of the Anthropological 
Societies of London and Berlin, &c. (Plate IX.), . . . 205 
On Bisulphide of Carbon Prisms. By Dr Daniel Draper. Com- 
municated by Professor Piazzi Smyth, .... 266 
Vital Relations of Micro-Organisms to Tissue Elements. By G. 
Sims Woodhead, M.D., and Arthur W. Hare, M.B. Communi- 
cated by Professor Turner, ...... 269 
The Resistance during Recrystallisation of Fused Salts of the Halo- 
gens compared with some others and Glass. By Thomas Andrews, 
F.R.S.E., F.C.S., Wortley, near Sheffield. (Plate X.), . . 275 
Notice of a Second Specimen of Sowerby’s Whale ( Mesoplodon 
bidens), from Shetland. By Professor W. Turner, M.B., LL.D., 
F.R.S., . . . . . . . .279 
Preliminary Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H.M.S. 
“ Challenger.” Part II. The Decapoda. By William E. Hoyle, 
M.A. (Oxon.), M.R.C.S., . .... 281 
Some Stereoscopic Photographs, &c., by the Astronomer- Royal for 
Scotland, . . ..... 310 
On Patella. Part II. By Dr Harvey Gibson, . . .311 
On the Unifilar Knots with Ten Crossings. By the Rev. T. P. 
Kirkman, F.R.S. Communicated by Professor Tait, . 311 
Census of Ten-fold Knottiness. By Professor Tait, . . .311 
On the Thermal Effects produced, in Solids and in Liquids, by 
sudden large Changes of Pressure. By Messrs H. G. Creelman, 
B. A., and J. Crocket. Communicated by Professor Tait, . . 311 
On a Method of Measuring the Resistance of Electrolytes without 
endeavouring to prevent Polarisation. By W. Peddie, . .319 
Note on the Contraction of the Auricles of the Pig’s Heart. By J. 
MacFadyean, M.R.C.V.S., and G. Sims Woodhead, M.D., . . 323 
On the Heats of Combination of Zinc and Iodine in Presence of 
Water, as determined by the Measurement of the Electromotive 
Force of the Zinc-Iodine Cell. By A. P. Laurie, Esq., B.A., 
B.Sc., . . . . . . . .328 
On Expressions for the Areas of Rectilineal Figures, By A. H. 
Anglin, M.A., LL.B., ...... 336 
On Pritchered Insectivorous Plants. Part II. By J. M. Macfar- 
lane, D.Sc., ........ 347 
Note on the Salinity of the Tay Estuary and of St Andrews Bay. 
By Hugh Robert Mill, B.Sc., F.C.S., . . . .347 
Concluding Address by David Milne Home, Vice-President, . 351 
