Bees, hermaphrodite, 388.
Behistun, inscription of, 328.
Belemnites, or thunderbolts, 229.
Belladonna, effects of, 306.
Big cañon on the Colorado River, 310.
Bilharzia hæmatobia, 462.
Birds of Ailsa Craig, 114.
Birds of Sikkim, 196.
Bitumens, native, 88.
Black cañon of the Colorado River,
312.
Blackcock in Lapland, 375.
Black Mountains, view from the, 316.
Blondeau on acetification, 468.
BLOOD, bacteriums in the, 177; causes
of coagulation of, 227; corpuscles,
structure of, 68; important duties of,
105; of slug, colourless, 111.
Blue cyanea, the, 149.
Blue Nile, source of the, 47.
Boletus, species of, described, 270.
Bolides at Rhodes and dust shower, 228.
Bolitos, 159.
Botanizing at Oakshott Heath, 266.
BOTANY.-Vaccinium vitis idæa, food
for Coleophora, 5; Larch, food for
tent-maker caterpillars, 5; Luzula,
Coleophora in seeds of, 6; Nostoc
pruniforme, botanic name of Ophry-
dium versatile, 25; the study of
mosses, 42; Cinchona bark from In-
dia, 65; Santalacea, 75; the Phas-
cums, or earth mosses, 173; Minute
structure of the vinegar plant, 238;
the Dicranums, or fork-mosses, 248;
botanizing at Oakshott Heath, 266.
Bothriocephalus, species of, 462.
Bouquet of wine, 228.
Brain of Bushwoman, and brains of
idiots, 387.
Branchipus eximiis described, 217.
Brass cells for mounting objects, 370.
Bread from Pompeii, 226.
British Association, 222, 303.
British fishes, history of, 301.
BRITISH METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY.-
Meteorological disturbances during
the storm of October, 30, 1863, 386.
British star-fishes, 251.
Bromine, preparation of, 304.
Bruce, discoveries of, 47.
Brutes, moral faculties of, 211.
Bugula found at Llandudno, 12.
Burton's, Captain, discoveries, 46.
Bushwoman, brain of, 387.
CAER Caradoc described, 397.
Caloric engines, 417.
Camphor pulsations, 17.
Cañons of the Colorado River, 309.
Capillary transpiration of gases, 416.
Carbon, an allotropic substance, 28.
Carbonic acid, diffusive powers of, 415.
Cardinas, Captain, travels of, 310.
Castle, ruined, 461.
Caterpillars, leaf-mining, 1.
Cattle breeding, novelty in, 306.
Cattle, number in Iceland and Den-
mark, 391.
Cells, the functions of, 42.
Cerasus lauro cerasus eaten by goats,
304.
Cerebral development of animals, 214.
Ceriornis Satyra (Horned Tragopan),
69, 195.
Ceylon pearl fisheries, 418.
Ceylon, Weddos or Widdos of, 464.
Chanks preying upon oysters, 420.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY.-Synthesis, 65; a
curious case of electrolytic action,
144; vanadium in English pig-iron,
386.
Chilian mountain system, 181.
Chimpanzee, anatomy of, 225.
Chlorine in animals, 304.
Chrysanthemum parthenium, 268.
Chrysaora, stinging powers of, 156.
Church Stretton, description of, 396.
Cidaris, spines of, 229.
Cinchona bark from India, 65.
Circulation of Coleophora, 3; of slug,
105; organs of, described, 137.
Cirrhigrade star-fishes described, 254.
Cladocarpi, an artificial group of mosses,
43, 355.
Clay, vanadic acid in, 432.
Clays, formation of, 410.
Cnide of Medusa described, 156.
COAL, depth of workings, 320; fields,
points of chief importance in, 318;
mines, exhaustion of, 222; supply
and waste of, 317; seams, number
and thickness of, 319; waste of in
households, 223; supply, further
note on the, 438.
Coast line of the Lothians, elevation of,
305.
Coinages of Judæa, 328, 442.
Coleophora, or tent-makers, 1.
Coleophora vitella making its case,
Colne oyster fishery, 424.
Colorado River, cañons of the, 309.
Colour, moonlight and, 127.
Columnar basalt of Pouk Hill, Staf-
fordshire, 98.
Comatula, British star-fish, 251.
Comet V., 1863, 388.
Comets whose orbits are not calculated,
218, 381.
Compressorium, a new reversible, 370;
Ross's new, 227.
Coney of Scripture, 139.
Consanguineous marriages, effects of,
Constitutional powers of animals, 304.
Contractile filaments of the thistle
tribe, 146.
Copponius, coinage issued by, 338.
Coprinus atramentarius (fungus), 279.
Corals of Jamaica, 65.
Corpuscules, structure of blood, 68.
Cossus, preparation of, by Mr. Robert-
son, 3.
Cotswold Field Club, 395.
Crassus, plunder of the Temple by, 337.
Crystalline quartz, of water origin, 409.
Crystals in the intestines of Artemia
salina, 94.
Cumene in photogenic oils, 91.
Cuneatic records of Assyria, 328.
Cuscuta Europæa, the great dodder,274.
Cynæa, a genus established by Peron,
Cypris cettica and other entomostraca,
217.
Cysticerci, or measles of pigs, 390.
DEDALEA quercinus, 270.
Daphnia Atkinsoni, and other entomos-
traca, 217.
Darius, first deciphering the name of,
328.
Dead sea water, use of, 307.
Deaths, number of, in Iceland, 392.
Deities, functions of, 73.
Denmark, number of cattle in, 391.
Desk-book of English Synonymes, 459.
Dialysis, 414.
Dialysis, Professor Graham's researches
into, 247.
Dicranums, or fork-mosses, 248.
Dictionary of Natural History Terms,
458.
Diffusiometer, 414.
Diptera, the order, 439.
Disease generated by infusoria, 177.
Distoma heterophyes, 462.
Dodder, does it root in the earth? 272.
Dog, reason of the, 212; entozoons in
the, 393.
Doris tuberculata, sea slug, 10.
Drosera rotundifolia, the sun-dew, 273.
Dry mounting for microscopic objects,
307, 370.
Dry processes in photography, 302.
Dudley Club, 396.
Dust shower at Rhodes, 228.
EAR, functions of the, 147.
Earth magnetism, 406.
Earth mosses (Phascums), 173.
Earthquake catalogue, 297.
Earthquake of October, 1863, 294,
Earthquakes, the philosophy of, 358.
Earthquakes at Rhodes, 227.
Earth's permanence, the result of
forces, 359.
East Indies, sandal wood in the, 78.
Echinococcus, natural history of, 390.
Edward I., cognomen of, 334.
Eel, how to obtain scales of the, 428.
Eggs, number of, in oysters, 425.
Egypt, cause of floods in, 46.
Electrical researches, by De la Rive and
Gassiot, 31.
Electricity and asthma, 466.
Electrolytic action, curious case of, 144.
Encrinite stems, 229.
England's Workshops, 460.
English Synonymes, Desk-book of, 459.
English lakes, our, 460.
Engraving, new process of, 148.
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Herma-
phodite form of papilio, 145; de-
structive habits of larvæ of Noctua
segetum, 305.
Entomostraca from Gihon, 217.
Entozoa in domesticated animals, 391.
Entozoology, recent discoveries in, 389.
Equisetum telmateia, 277.
Erica, species of, 275.
Eromanga, sandal wood of, 80.
Estheria Gihoni, described, 217.
ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-The Wed-
dos, or Widdos of Ceylon, 464.
Expedition of four Dutch ladies, 51.
Eye, refactive power of the, 224.
Eye-pieces, use of low powers with
deep, 169.
FECUNDATION of plants, artificial, 306.
Fern spores compared with moss, 43.
Fertilization of ferns and mosses, 44.
Festuca ovina, 274.
Field-clubs, a day with the, 395.
Fire-balls, 159.
Fishes of the British Islands, history of
the, 301.
Fissidens (moss), 248, 335.
Flora and Fauna of the Malay Archi-
pelago, 66.
Flora of Marlborough, 458.
Flora of Surrey, 458.
Fluorine, a powerful poison, 304.
Fork-mosses, 248, 355.
Formosa, geography of, 465.
Fossils of the Silurian system, 398.
Fucus serratus, animals found on, 86.
Fucus vesiculosus, bladder-weed, 11.
Fungi and algæ, distinct classes, 238.
GALLUS ferrugineus (jungle fowl), 196.
Gangrene quite different from putre- | Hippopotamus, molars of a large, 385.
faction, 104.
Gassiot spectroscope, 67.
Gaza, taking of, 320.
Generation, spontaneous, 466.
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
flora and fauna of the Malay Archi-
pelago, 66; discovery of snowy
mountain peaks in Tropical Africa,
by Baron Von Decken, 385; geo-
graphy of Formosa, 465.
Geological history of coal, 317.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—On the tertiary
shells and corals of Jamaica, 65; on
the occurrence of albertite at Mount-
Gerald, Scotland, 145; on some ich-
thyolites from New South Wales, 384.
Geology of the Nile Valley, north of
the second cataract, 384.
Geology, metamorphism, 403.
Germination, infusoria and, 308.
Gifford's injector, 224.
Gihon, entomostraca from, 217.
Gill feet of brine shrimps, 95.
Glaisher's, Mr., ascents, 67.
Goniaster equestris, (the sea pin-
cushion), 253.
Government monopolies, 421.
Granite, formation of, 410.
Grant's, Captain, discoveries, 46.
Great cañons of the Colorado River,
309.
Great Orme's Head, 8.
Greek Zeus, statue of, 333.
Green, an innocent, 148.
Greenstone, formation of, 410.
Griffith's Cuvier, singular error in, 136.
Grouse, the new British, 197.
Gryphea, or Devil's toe-nails, 229.
Gulls, species of, on Ailsa Craig, 122.
Gun-cotton, advantages of, 463.
Gunpowder, advantages of, in warfare,
463.
Gutta-percha cells for mounting objects,
HABIT in species, change of, 388.
Hadrian, Jewish coins of the reign of,
328.
Heart, muscles of the, 147.
Heat, dynamical theory of, 223; radi-
ant, 223.
Heath coleophora, tent of, 6.
Helminthologists, continental, 389.
Hermaphrodite bees, 388.
Hermaphrodite form of papilio, 145.
Herod Agrippa, coins issued by, 339.
Herod Antipas, coins issued by, 339.
Herod the Great, coins of, 337.
Hieracium pilosella, 268.
Hippobosca, or horse-fly, 439.
Hope Bowdler Hill, 400.
Horned pheasant, notes on the, 195.
Hull to Happaranda by steam, 374.
Hydatids, or watery cysts, 389.
Hydro-carbons suspended in oil, 93.
Hydrocotyle vulgaris, 277.
Hydrogen, diffusibility of, 415.
Hydropathy, practical, 460.
Hypericum elodes, flowers open only in
sunshine, 279.
Hyrax, the, of Syria, 134.
Hyrcanus II., coins of, 336.
ICELAND, horned cattle in, 391.
Ichthyolites from New South Wales,
384.
Ichthyology of Nova Scotia, 460.
Idiots, brains of, 387.
India, Cinchona bark from, 65.
Indian fibre-producing plants, 436.
Infrascata, Hill of, 326.
Infusoria, classification of, 25; instinct
in, 67; and germination, 308; di-
sease generated by, 177.
Instinct, reason and, 211.
Intestines of cossus, muscles in, 3.
Iodized sulphur, elasticity of, 30.
Iron pyrites, 229.
Issus, battle of, 329.
JAMAICA, shells and corals of, 65.
Jerusalem, coinages of, 328, 442.
Jewish skekels, the first, 328, 442.
John Hyrcanus, coins of, 335.
Jonathan, King of Judæa, assassination
of, 335.
Judæa, coinages of, 328, 442.
Judas Maccabæus, coins attributed to,
331.
Julus milipede refused by moles for
food, 23.
Juncus squarrosus, 274; uliginosus,
277.
Jupiter, statue of, in the Jewish temple,
KARSTEN on organic cells, 146.
Kirchhoff on sun-spots, 467.
Kullikoy (an avicula) an enemy to
oysters, 420.
LACUNA pallidula, 86.
Lakes, ancient knowledge of African,
464.
Lakes, our English, 460
Lamb, Jewish shekel, the value of a,
330.
Laminaria digitata, 85.
Lamium purpurea (purple dead-nettle),
coleophora on, 6.
Medusa, examination of marginal or-
gans by Ehrenberg, 154.
Meleagrina margaritifera (pearl oyster),
422.
Melon, putrefaction of, 379.
Melophagus, the, or sheep tick, 439.
Membranipora pilosa, examination of,
Metal, new, 307.
Metalloids, manual of the, 457.
Metamorphism, 403.
Meteorites, 156.
Meteors, the August, 226.
Meteorological disturbances during the
storm of Oct. 30, 1863, 386.
Meteorological observations at Kew, 36,
Methide of mercury, formation of, 387.
Micro-lepidoptera, 1.
Microphytes in melon, 379.
MICROSCOPE TEACHINGS, 426; objects,
dry mounting for, 307, 370; low
powers with deep eye-pieces, 169;
sunlight illumination for the, 307.
Microzoaries, loose employment of the
term, 380.
Miniature, new kind of, 292.
Mining caterpillars, 5.
Mirage in the Gulf of California, 310.
Mojave Mountains, 311.
Molars of a large hippopotamus, 385.
Mole, notes on the, 21.
Monas crepusculum, small infusoria,
101, 239.
Monument Mountains on the Colorado
River, 310.
Monuments, ancient, 328.
Moon, thunderstorms and the, 306.
Moonal, the purple, in Sikkim, 106.
Moonlight and colour, 127.
Moral faculties of brutes, 211.
Mormon fratercula (puffin), 116.
MOSSES, phascums or earth, 173; the
dicranums, or fork, 218; the flat
fork, 355; the study of, 42.
Motive power, new, 223.
MOUNTAINS of the Moon, 47; of Chili,
181; our English, 460.
Mounting dry objects, 370.
Muscles of cossus, 3.
Muscles of the heart, 147.
Mycoderm of wine, 246.
Myosotis palustris, 277.
Myrtacea clussed with santalacea, 75.
NAPLES, view of Vesuvius from, 326.
Narthecium ossifragum, bog aspodel,
Natterjack, notes on the natural history
of the, 123.
Natterjack, the, in Lancashire, 228.
Nebulæ, 56; great nebula in Orion, 258;
changes in, 259; in Andromeda, 346;
in Triangle, 351; in Pleiades, 448;
the Crab nebulæ, 451.
Nepticulæ compared with coleophora, 1.
Nero, insurrection of the Jews in the
reign of, 341.
Nerve cells, Lionel Beale on, 148.
New metal, 307.
New planet, 79th, 307; supposed, 468.
New South Wales, ichthyolites from, 348
New-year's offerings in China, 74.
Niam-niams, tribes of, 51.
Nights in Lapland, 376.
Nile, sources of the, 46.
Patent achromatic binocular magni-
fier, 68.
Paxillus involutus (fungus), 279.
Pearl banks, the Tinnevelly, 418.
Pedicellaria echinata, described, 13.
Penicillium glaucum, vinegar plant, the
mycellium of, 240.
Perophora, ciliary action of gills, 16.
Petroline, 88.
Phascums, or earth mosses, 173.
Phasianus colchicus (common phea-
sant), 72.
Philip II., silver money of, 331.
Pholas crispata, theories respecting, 87.
Phosphorescence, novel case of marine,
Noctua segetum, destructive habits of Phosphorus an allotropic substance, 28.
Nocturnal radiation, 142.
North Pole, phenomena near the, 373.
Nostoc pruniforme, botanic name of
Ophrydium versatile, 25.
Nova Scotia, ichthyology of, 460.
Nova Zembla, bottles found at, 463.
Nutrition of coleophora, 3.
Nycthemerus melanotus (black phea-
sant), 196.
OAKSHOTT Heath, botanizing at, 266.
Objects, mounting dry, 370.
Oils, photogen, 94.
Olive oil, its effect upon camphor, 19.
Omer, sacred cup filled with manna, 332.
Ophiocoma (brittle-stars), 252.
Ophia (sand-stars), 252.
Ophrydura, family of, 25.
Ophrydium versatile, 25.
Organic cells, Karsten on, 146.
Organic radicles, formation of com-
pounds of, 387.
Ornithomyia, or bird-fly, 439.
Oswestry Field Club, 396.
Oxidation in vinegar manufacture, 380.
Oxyuris in children, 390.
Oxyuris vermicularis, 462.
Ozone, composition of, 308.
PAGAN temple erected at Jerusalem, 344.
Palmipes membranaceous (bird's-foot
sea-star), 253.
Paper manufactured from maize, 436.
Papilio, hermaphrodite form of, 145.
Papilio urtice in Lapland, 376.
Parasites on the mole, 24.
Parenchyma of leaves, the food of
coleophora, 1.
Photographic lenses, material for, 228.
Photography, dry processes in, 302.
Physiology, manual of popular, 302.
Pig-iron, vanadium in English, 386.
Pinguicula vulgaris, or butterwort, 400.
Pissis, M., on the Andes, 177.
Planet, new, 307; supposed new, 468.
Plants, artificial fecundation of, 306.
Plastic sulphur, a misnomer, 30.
Plateau's arithmetical problem, a new
method, 439.
Pleurocarpi, an order of mosses, 43, 355.
Pliny's notion of the formation of
pearls, 423.
Poisoning by nitro-benzole, 226.
Polariscope, Highley's lantern, 467.
Polariscope object, beautiful, 308.
Polygala vulgaris (common milkwort),
274.
Polynesians, ferocity of the, 83.
Polyzoa found at Llandudno, 10.
Pompeii, bread from, 226.
Popular Physiology, manual of, 302.
Porphyries, formation of, 410.
Portraits, new miniature, 292.
Pouk Hill, basalt of, 98.
Pseudomorphism, 407.
Ptarmigan, moulting of the, 377.
Pterocles, term proposed for sand-
grouse, 198.
Pterygoti, collection of, 230.
Ptolemy Lagus, Judæa possessed by,
333.
Ptychodus, teeth of, 229.
Puffins at Ailsa Craig, 116.
Putrefaction caused by oxygen, 379;
Pasteur's researches on, 100.
Putrid fermentations, epochs in, 379.
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