THE

INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER:

REVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY,

MICROSCOPIC RESEARCH,

AND

RECREATIVE SCIENCE.

VOLUME III.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS, AND NUMEROUS
ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

CONTENTS.

ENGLISH BEETLES AND THEIR RELATIVES IN THE TROPICS. BY H.

NOEL HUMPHREYS. With a Coloured Plate

OBJECTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ROMAN PROFESSIONS AND TRADES, DISCO-

VERED IN THE EXCAVATIONS AT WROXETER. BY THOMAS

WRIGHT, F.S.A.

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1

PROTEAN ANIMALCULES. BY HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.

EXCAVATIONS AT ROME........

THE MERLIN. BY ROBERT GRAY..

QUETELET ON SHOOTING-STARS

STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. BY GEORGE S. BRADY, M.R.C.S.

Tinted Plate

With a

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. BY CHARLES CHAMBERS..

URANUS.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB,

F.R.A.S.

THE LOAN MUSEUM OF ART OF 1862 AT SOUTH KENSINGTON.

THOMAS WRIGHT, F.S.A. With a Coloured Plate

Br

A SABELLA BUILDING ITS TUBE. BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S.

DE CANDOLLE ON DARWIN'S THEORY

PARASITE LARVE. BY T. SPENCER COBBOLD, M.D., F.L.S.

With a

MINSTRELS OF THE SPRING. BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD

112

NEW DECIMAL COINAGE FOR HONG-KONG.

BY JOSEPH NEWTON, OF

H. M. MINT. With Illustrations

119

URANUS. SILVERED GLASS SPECULA.-OCCULTATIONS.

BY THE REV.

T. W. WEBB, F.R.A.S.

123

JAMAICA SEA-SIDE NOTES. BY THE HON. RICHARD HILL

TRADE MARKS-ANCIENT AND MODERN. By H. NOEL HUMPHREYS.
With Illustrations

206

THE EXAMINATION OF TADPOLES

210

162

THE NEW BRITISH SNAKE (CORONELLA LEVIS), SMALL CROWNED

SMOOTH SNAKE. BY A. D. BARTLETT. With a Coloured Plate

FLOWER SPOTS OF THE DESERT. BY WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S. 151

OBSERVATION OF BOLIDES. BY ALEXANDER S. HERSCHEL, B.A.

THE FEET OF ARACHNIDE. BY L. LANE CLARKE. With a Tinted Plate.

VARIATIONS IN PLUMAGE. BY W. B. TEGETMEIER. With an Illustration

VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES. BY J. W. M'GAULEY..

FORAMINIFERA. BY T. RYMER JONES, F.R.S.

131

149

VARIABLE STAR OBSERVATIONS. BY GEORGE KNOTT, LL.B., F.R.A.S.... 212

SPECULA FOR TELESCOPES.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS.-TRANSITS

OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB, F.R.A.S.... 213