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    Current Science-Vol 27
 
 
 
JANUARY-1958
 
High Resolution Raman Spectroscopy and the Structure of Simple Molecules

B.P.STOICHEFF

1-8
The Indian Academy of Sciences 9
Some Recent Soviet Work on Crystal Physics

R.F.S.HEARMON

10-12
Lightning Shock 12
Eleventh General Assembly of International Union Geodesy and Geophysics 13-14
Preparation of Nobelium 14
A OPreliminary Report on the Detection of Isopropyl-Noradrenaline in Human Urine

SARADA SUBRAHMANYAM

15-17
Accident at Windscale 17
                                               Letters to the Editor

Anodic reactions in the electrolysis of acid-cobalt-fluoride—A. N. Kappanna, E. R. Talaty 18
A compensated moving cylinder viscometer—Gopal Menon Sreekantath, C. A. Verghese 18-20
Kostanecki-robinson phenylacetylation of orcacetophenone and orcpropiophenone—P. L. Trivedi 20
Separation of haemoglobin components on paper with the aid of a ph gradient-a preliminary report—N. P. Jain 20-22
Oxidative decarboxylation of some alpha-hydroxy acids withsilver iodide dibenzoate—P. S. Raman 22
A note on pyrolysis and ignition of wood—D. Narayanamurti, Joseph George 22-23
Patterns of regeneration in notothylas indica kashyap—Ram Udar, V. B. Singh 23-25
Note on dielectric breakdown strength of wood and modified wood—B. N. Prasad 25-27
What constitutes a network in mammalian neurones?—S. K. Malhotra 27-28
The reaction of the vacuole and the nucleus of living yeast to neutral red—T. R. Thyagarajan 28-29
Root inducing substance in groundnut seeds—S. S. Nagarajan, S. Gopalkrishnan 29-30
Bacterial leaf-spot of Pennisetum typhoides—C. K. Sowmini Rajagopalan, G. Rangaswami 30-31
The coffee leaf-miner, agromyza (melanagromyza) coffeae hering (Diptera : Agromyzidae)—C. K. Vasudevan 31-32
Experimental induction of leaf heteromorphism in sesamum indicum L.—S. C. Chakravarti, B. K. Arora 32
Reviews 33-37
Science Notes and News 38-39
FEBRUARY-1958

Microwave Absorption in Solids 41-45
Indian Science Congress 45
The Crystal Structure of L-Tyrosine Hydrobromide

R.SRINIVASAN

46-48
Marine Biological Station, Porto Novo (S.India) 48
Moulds, Metabolites and Tissues 49-50
A Geochemical Hypothesis of the Earth's Structure 50
                                                  Letters to the Editor
A new method for the separation of sols from sol-mixtures—K. Krishnamurti, B. V. Dhareshwar 51
Lattice parameters and crystallographic angles of hexagonal cobalt—T. R. Anantharaman 51-53
Heat of wetting of charcoal in relation to chemisorbed oxygen—Balwant Rai Puri, D. D. Singh, Lekh Raj Sharma 53-54
A water gap of an unusual origin across archaeancuddapah boundary—R. Vaidyanadhan 54
A note on partial parthenocarpy in the genus luffa—S. N. Singh 54-55
A note on the food and feeding habits of clupisoma garua (Hamilton) and eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton) from Allahabad (U.P)—M. P. Motwani, S. J. Karamchandani 55-56
Cytochemical studies on the oocytes of the termite queen odontotermes redemanni (Wasmann)—Barunder Banerjee 56-57
Pelagic tunicates as indicators of water movements off waltair coast—P. N. Ganapati, P. V. Bhavanarayana 57-58
Occurrence of artemia salina in sambhar lake, Rajasthan—Inderchand Baid 58-59
The occurrence and inheritance of telescopic leaf-sheaths in sorghum—C. Sreeramulu 59-60
Cytology of Isoetes—A. Abraham, C. A. Ninan 60-61
Effect of mowing grass on the concentrations of certain constituents of the air spora—T. Sreeramulu 61-63
X-Ray induced somatic haploidy in watermelon—M. S. Swaminathan, M. P. Singh 63-64
Effects of maleic hydrazide on an early variety of rice—G. Misra, G. Sahu 64-65
Stomatal types in centrospermae—Subir Sen 65-67
Tip-Rot of mesta (Hibiscus cannabinus Linn)—T. Ghosh, N. Mukherji 67-69
Molybdenum content of a few forage plants of western India—(Miss) Jaya G. Iyer, Y. Satyanarayan 69
Reviews 70-75
Science Notes and News 76-79
MARCH-1958

Quantum Physics and Philosophy

ALFRED LANDE

81-85
Conservation of Parity Law Tested on Free Neutrons 85-86
The Indian Society of Theoritical and Applied Mechanics. Third Congress on Theoretical and Applie Mechanics 86
Tracer Atoms in the Study of Plant Life

ACADEMICIAN A.L.KURSANOV

87-88
Chemical Control of the Rice Stem-Borer (Schoenobius Incertulas Wlk.)

D.V.MURTHY AND M.Q.KHAN

89-90
The British Association for the Advancement of Science 91-92
Controlled Release of Thermonuclear Energy 92-93
Fire-Proofing of Jute 93
                                                    Letters to the Editor
Temperature dependence of ultrasonic abosorption in MnSo4 solution—Sushil Kumar Kor 94
Study on the separation of thorium and uranium by ion-exchange—(Mrs.) N. S. Kunte, D. Sen 94-95
Measurement of electrical resistivity by the ballistic method—K. G. Ramanathan, J. S. Dhillon, K. D. Baveja 95-96
Zircons from granites of Mysore—A. Achuta Rao 96
A leaf-spot disease of echinochloa colonum link due to piricularia species—O. P. Sharma, J. L. Merh 96-97
A note on the specific heat of wood—D. Narayanamurti, N. C. Jain 97
Cytological studies on spermatogenesis of eyprepocnemis—Nirmala Chatterjee 98-99
Salinity tolerance of etroplus maculatus (Block)—Kandula Pampapathi Rao 99
Studies in the entomogenous Fungus, Metarrhizium anisopliae (metsch.) sorok—(Miss) Ahilya P. Jagtap 99-100
A marker gene for red gram (Cajanus Cajan, Millsp)—K. Divakaran, G. Ramabhadran 100-101
Variations in the haploid chromosome number of corchorus sidoides f. muell (Family : Tiliaceae)—Sambhu Lall Basak 101
The effect of thyroxine on phosphatase, ascorbic acid and tocopherol content in the blood and milk of the cow and the buffalo—R. Chanda 102-103
In vitro growrh of ovaries of Linaria maroccana hook—R. C. Sachar, B. Baldev 104-105
Embryology of aerva tomentosa forsk—R. C. Sachar, Prem Murgai 105-107
A new species of the genus Pallisentis (Acanthocephala)—S. C. Agarwal 107
Reviews 108-114
Science Notes and News 115-116
APRIL-1958

The Quantum Hyper-Frequency Amplifier - The Maser 117-121
Max Planck 121-122
New Type of Reflexes 122
The Chemistry of Nucleic Acids

T.R.SESHADRI

123-128
Symposiums on the Monsoons of the World 129
A Remarkable Solar Radio Event 129
Obituary : Professor M.Damodaran 130
The Properties of Thrombinogen 130
                                                   Letters to the Editor
An empirical formula for the masses of the elementary particles—Leonard S. Levitt 131
Determination of blood meals of indian culicoides (Ceratopogonidae : Diptera)—P. Sen, S. K. Das Gupta 132
Apparent molar volumes and aggregation of barbiturates—V. R. Krishnan 132-133
Presence of propolis in the prothoracic spiracles of apis florea fab—G. T. Tonapi 133-134
The regulation of petal number—Subodh Kumar Roy 134-135
Periodicity of wuchurerian microfilariae in human blood—P. Sen 135-136
On sal wood excavated from mauryan pillared hall, pataliputra—S. S. Ghosh, Krishana Lal 136-137
Xyleborus discolor bland as a pest of cacao—I. P. Janaki, T. S. Muthukrishnan, K. R. Nagaraja Rao 138
Stegana lateralis V. D. Wulf as a pest of sesbania grandiflora—T. R. Subramanian, K. R. Nagaraja Rao 138
On the antheridium in characeae—V. S. Sundaralingam, K. J. Francis 140
Chromosome numbers of some dicotyledons—R. P. Patil 140
Lateral bud developement in pearl millet-pennisetum typhoides stapf et hubbard, in relation to its flowering—K. K. Nanda, J. J. Chinoy 141-143
The study of seed content and fruit shape in relation to removal of stigma in luffa species—S. N. Singh 143-144
Primitive features in the alimentary canal of gadusia chapra (Hamilton)—P. N. Srivastava 144-145
Roots on an internode in sugarcane—T. A. Davis 145
Cytology of diplaziopsis javanica—S. S. Bir 146
Reviews 147-152
Science Notes and News 153-154
MAY-1958

Applications of Ultrasonic Vibrations

E.G.RICHARDSON

155-159
Rocket-Firing Contribution to Geophysical Year 159-160
Effect of Terrestrial Magnetic Field on Cosmic Radiation 160
Limiting Polarization curves for Radio Wave Propagation in the Ionosphere

R.N.SINGH AND Y.S.N.MURTY

161-162
Lipoprotein Cholestrol in Coronary Disease and Anaemia

PARAMJIT R.PABRAI AND K.B.SEHRA

163-164
Virus Research 165-166
USSR Academy of Sciences Discuss Data from Sputniks Experiment With a Dog 166
                                                    Letters to the Editor
Growth spirals on electrodeposited silver—V. G. Bhide, W. G. Nafde 167
The reduction of thorium at the dropping mercury electrode—T. P. Sarma, Bh. S. V. Raghava Rao 167-168
Chemical examinaion of aristolochia bracteat retz—K. V. Jagannadha Rao, L. Ramachandra rao, Y. Suryanarayana Murty 168
Petrological investigations of the rocks of mohand near dehra dun—S. K. Babu, P. V. Dehadrai 168-170
Substitution in resorcinol dimethyl ether—Shrimati H. R. Jayamma, A. R. Inamdar, K. S. Nargund 170-171
Cellulose decomposition by species of nocardia—Yvonne M. Freitas, J. V. Bhat 171-172
Studies on the structure and physiology of the flight muscles of birds—J. C. George, S. Madhavan Nair, K. S. Scaria 172-173
The subcommissural organ in the garden lizard calotes versicolor—K. R. Pandalai 173-174
Nuclear differentiation in binucleate pollent mother cells—H. K. Jain 174-176
The fungistatic and fungicidal action of mycostatin on deightoniella torulosum—G. Rangaswamy, (Miss)A. P. Sarojani Damodaran 176-177
Cytology of fern genus acrophorus—S. C. Verma 177-178
Note on goniozus sp. (Bethylidae-Hymenoptera)parasite of stem and root-borers of sugarcane in Bihar—A. R. Prasad, S. Mohammad Ali 178-179
The effect of certain insecticides on the larvae of anomis sabulifera guenther—R. N. Ganguli 179-180
A technique for isolating pathogenic cultures of pythium from the soil—K. V. Srinivasan 180
Male sterility in crotalaria striata—C. Kempanna, K. S. Krishna Sastry 181
Observations on the seaward migration of mugil cephalus linnaeus from the chilka lake for breeding—V. G. Jhingran 181-182
Note on hymenia fascialis C. A pest of sugarbeet—Dhamo K. Butani 182-183
Inheritance of the tiny-leaved and alternifolia forms in cicer arietinum—G. P. Argikar 183-184
Tracheal concentration in the abdomen of two species of coleoptera—G. T. Tonapi 184-185
Reviews 186-190
Science Notes and News 191-193
JUNE-1958

Study of Cosmic Rays with Earth Satellites 195-197
Geochemical Survery Techniques 197
Clay Mineral Studies

J.SHEARER

198-201
The Twistor 201
Levels of Organisation in Cell Functions

A.SREENIVASAN

202-207
Free Radicals in Cigarette Smoke 207
                                                   Letters to the Editor
Lipid depleted adrenal cortex in molybdenum fed rats and its prevention by vitamin E—P. P. Nair, N. G. Magar 208-209
Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-6-Sulfonamide-quinoline derivatives—Kashinath S. Sardesai, S. V. Sunthankar 209-210
Glutamic acid decarboxylase in fusaria—S. Natarajan 210
A short note on the testing of R. W. Coefficient at different temperatures—A. Mukherji 210-211
A teratological phenomenon in lagenaria siceraria standl.—L. B. Singh, S. N. Singh 211-212
Influence and mechanism of action of low temperature pre-treatment on germination of tobacco seeds—N. L. Pal, N. C. Gopalachari 212-213
Influence of certain species of earthworms on the structure of some hill soils—G. S. Agarwal, K. S. K. Rao, L. S. Negi 213
On the occurrence and life cycle of the jak weevil (Ochyromera Artocarpi, Marshall) at coimbatore—T. R. Subramanian 214
Root-knot nematodes on potatoes in India—Pushkarnath, B. N. Roy Choudhary 214-215
Effect of iaa and kinetin on pollen tubes of pinus roxburghii sar—R. N. Konar 216-217
Note on the estimation of starch in sugarcane—K. V. Gopala Aiyar, K. Chiranjivi Rao 218
On the phenolic content of sugarcane and spontaneum juices—K. Parthasarathi, M. Vijayasaradhy 218-219
Response to touch stimuli by a tenebrionid beetle, gonocephalum depressum k—A. K. Datta Gupta, B. B. Gupta 219-220
Cobalt and zinc contents of a few forage plants of western India—(Miss) Jaya G. Iyer, Y. Satyanarayan 220-221
Detection of mustard oil in other edible oils—S. N. Mitra, B. R. Roy, P. N. Sengupta 221
Reviews 222-227
Science Notes and News 228-230
JULY-1958

Physical Conditions in Space 231-232
Recent Developments in Ion-Exchange 232
Darwinism Through Hundred Years

P.K.MENON

233-237
Fischer-Tropsch Process 237
Stacking Faults in Closepacked Metallic Lattices - Part I

T.R.ANANTHARAMAN

238-241
Origin of Radio Bursts from the Sun 241
                                                     Letters to the Editor
The fluorescence spectra of uranyl acetate solutions—D. D. Pant, D. P. Khandelwal 242
The preparation of uranium oxy-formate—B. Sahoo, D. Patnaik 243-244
Utilization of the solubility data for the calculation of the composition, stability and free energy of formation of the complex formed in the system—Roshan Lal Seth, Arun K. Dev 244-245
Initiation of polymerisation of methyl methacrylate in aqueous solution by hydrazine hydrate—C. C. Menon, S. L. Kapur 245-246
Spectrophotometric method for estimation of calcium in sugarcane juices using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid—N. A. Ramaiah, Vishnu, R. K. Chaturvedi 246-247
Transference number in barium thiocyanate and lead nitrate by a moving boundary technique—J. N. Sahay 247-248
On the temperature and salinity structures of the bay of bengal—C. Balarama Murty 249
Beneficial effect of prolongation of the weaning period on the weights of rats—P. K. Dikshit 250-251
Variation of compressional velocities in Indian rocks at low pressures—S. Balakrishna 251-252
A note on gaffkya species isolated from Indian earthworm—S. R. Khambata, J. V. Bhat 253
Synthesis of 7,10-dimethoxy-5,6,11,12-tetrahydro naphthacene 6,12-dione—A. L. Pandit, A. B. Kulkarni 254-255
Tocopherol content as an index of adulteration of ghee—R. A. Ramanujan, C. P. Anatakrishnan 255-256
Fructose-glucose relation during vegetative and reproductive stages in sugarcane—K. Parthasarathi, M. Vijayasaradhy 257-258
A new bacterial blight of cyamopsis tetragonoloba taub—A. J. Patel, M. K. Patel 258-259
A note on hepatic flora of Mt. Abu—K. R. Bapna 259-260
A new species of cercospora on blumea lacera dc.—Sitanath Das 260-261
Akinete formation in the genus hormidium (kutz.) klebs—K. P. Singh 261-262
Occurrence of growth checks in the scales of the indian mackerel, rastrelliger canagurta (cuvier)—G. Seshappa 262-263
The second instar larval cuticle of attacus ricini—R. K. Sharan, S. L. Sahni 264
Occurrence of anchoviella insularis hardenberg off wlatair coast—S. Dutt, M. Babu Rao 265-266
Note on the proteins from the seeds of sesbania grandiflora—D. Narayanamurti, R. C. Kohli 266
A chemical examination of emblica officinalis, Gaertn—P. P. Pillay, K. Mahadeva Iyer 266-267
Cytoplasmic male sterility in psyllium (Plantago ovata forsk.)—C. K. Atal 268
Microtron 268
Reviews 269-274
Science Notes and News 274-277
AUGUST-1958

Cosmology 279-280
Haffkine Institute 280
Nuclear Spectroscopy : Study of Allowed and Forbidden Beta-Spectra

B.V.THOSAR

281-282
Recent Advances in Airphoto Geology

PETER E.WOLFE

283-286
Ortho-Para-Catalysts in Liquid-Hydrogen Production 286
Stacking Faults in close-Packed Metallic Lattices - Part II

T.R.ANANTHARAMAN

287-291
The Photolysis of Uranyl Oxalate and the Preparation of Uranium (IV) Oxyoxalate and Oxalate

D.PATNAIK AND B.SAHOO

292-293
Eighth Annual High Energy Physics Conferance at Cern 294-295
Obituary : Professor K.V.Giri 295
                                                 Letters to the Editor
Fading of radio waves—P. Venkateswar, R. Satyanarayana
296
Magnetism and molecular structure: proximity effect in ortho-substitued benzoic acids—D. D. Khandolkar 296-297
A method of electrolytic etching of tantalum for capacitor use—Indra sanghi 297-298

Photochemical properties of nickel compounds—K. Veeriah
298-299

Double bond reactivity of unsaturated fatty acids in mineral flotation—R. Mallikarjuan, V. Ramachandran
299-300

Geology of adikmet area, Hyderabad——Dr. S. Balakrishna, Prof. Peter E. Wolfe, N. Raja
300

Effect of blanching on enzymic browing in green amari apple·G. S. Siiddappa, B. S. Bhatia
300-302

Mosaic disease of brinjal: A correction·P. M. Varma, T. K. Nariani
302

A note on the organic production in the inshore waters of the gulf of mannar·R. Raghu Prasad, V. Krishna pillai, P. V. Ramachandran Nair
302-303

The kinetochore problem in hemiptera·S. R. Venkatsubba Rao
303-304
Stem-canker, A sclerotial disease of hollyhock (Althaea rosea cav.)from India--B. B. Sharma 304-305
Variation in the proventiricular structure in the cockroach periplaneta americana (linn)--N. P. Kalyanam 305
Development of BHC resistance in musca nebulo under field conditions--Z. H. Abedi, N. H. Khan 306
The effect of molybdenum on the rate of growth and nitrate absorption by cylindrospermum sphaerica--G. S. Venkataraman 306-307
On the red alga corynomorpha prismatica--M. S. Balakrishnan 307-309
Insect incidence and branching in rice--P. Israel, G. Veda Moorthy 309-310
Chromosomes of three species of south Indian pulmonate snails of the genus cryptozona morch--R. Natarajan 311-312
Cycadopteris from the rajmahal hill, Bihar--M. N. Bose 312
Cytological studies in fissidens elimbatus, Broth, A local moss--R. P. Roy, M. K. Jaipuriar 312-314
Cytoplasmic male sterility in Jowar (Sorghum vulgare pers)—S. P. Mital, Vishnu Swarup, A. B. Joshi 314
Reviews 315-320
Science Notes and News 321-323
SEPTEMBER-1958

The New Atlas of the Skies 325-326
Arizona Metiorite Crater 326
Relativity and Space-Travel

V.R.TIRUVENKATACHAR

327-329
The Sector-Visual Method of Electron Diffraction : The Molecular Structure of Tetrachloroethene

C.N.RAMACHANDRA RAO AND R.L.LIVINGSTON

330-331
Anomalous Transmission of X-Rays by Single Crystal Germanium 331
Abnormal Ionospheric Behaviour at 10 Meters Wavelength

M.KRISHNAMURTHI, G.SIVARAMA SASTRY AND T.SESHAGIRI RAO

332-333
Lithium Developments 333
Some Applications of Oxygen in Steel-Making

R.MALLIKARJUN

334-335
Industrial Research at General Electric 335-336
                                                  Letters to the Editor
Solution stability constants of some metal chelates of o-Hydorxy-Acetophenone Oxime—M. B. Kabadi, K. A. Venkatachalam
337-338

Sintering of thoria—S. K. Kantan, R. V. Raghavan, G. S. Tendolkar
338-339

Ultrasonic absorption measurements in MgSo4, ZnSo4, CoS04, and NiSo4 at 3 Mc.Sec—Sushil Kumar Kor
339-340
The Raman spectrum of pyridine n-oxide—K. Ramiah, V. R. Srinivasan 340
Resorcinol as a reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of uranium—P. C. Jain, G. S. Rao 340-341
Inactivation of azotobacter by heat—V. Iswaran, Abhiswar Sen 341-342
A synthesis of isochromene—J. N. Chatterjea 342
Infestation of leather cruppers by the tobacco beetle lasioderma serricorne fabr—P. S. Cheema, J. N. Misra, S. L. Perti, S. K. Ranganathan 343
Ascorbic acid in germinating seeds of sesbania grandiflora pers—S. Kuppuswamy, J. Meena Rao, M. Srinivasan, V. Subrahmanyan 343-345
On the application of probable error in the study of zircons in nandi granites—A. Achutharao 345-346
Heavy minerals in the cauvery river sands near talkad, Mysore—C. Paramasiviah 346-347
Occurrence of monazite in the charnockites of visakhapatnam—M. S. Murty 347-348
On a new species of Procamallanus baylis (Nematoda)—S. C. Agarwal 348-349
Dredging and phytoplankton production—P. N. Ganapati, D. V. Subba Rao 349-350
Neurosecretory cells of the brain of the leech hirudinaria granulosa—P. N. Nambudiri, K. P. Vijayakrishnan 350-351
Occurrence of parapeneaeopsis cornutus kishinouye in the seas of India—D. D. Mehendale,V. B. Tembe 351
Assemblage of ten species of coccinellid beetles on banyan trees at kundri forest in Bihar—C. P. Malhotra, S. Krishnaswami 351-352
Respiratory system of the queen of formica fusca L.—G. T. Tonapi 352-353
Variation in the stamen number in oryza brachyantha a. cheval et roehr and the requency of occurrence of 3-styled bynaecea in O. grandiglumis prodoehl—W. T. Butany 354-355
A new terrestrial species of oedogonium from west bengal, India 355-356
Effect of pre-soaking seed treatment with 2-methylbenzimidazole on rice seedlings—G. Misra, D. Misra 356
Cytology of two species of salviniaceae—D. S. Loyal 357-358
Chimera in tur (Cajanus cajan millsp)—J. A. Patil, N. V. Sandbhor 358
Chromosome numbers of some south Indian species of vitaceae—B. V. Shetty 358-359
Occurrence of crapa spp. in the so-called peat bed near Calcutta—S. S. Ghosh, B. S. Negi 359-360
Reviews 361-366
Science Notes and News 367-369
OCTOBER-1958

Science in Eastern Europe : I

SIR C.V.RAMAN

371-375
Golden Jubilee of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 375
Information Thoery and Some of its Applications

B.S.RAMAKRISHNA

376-385
12C as Reference Nuclide 385
Geothermal Power 386
                                                   Letters to the Editor
A method fro estimating the ultrasonic velocity in solids—K. C. Lal
387

Polarization studies on chromate-treated zinc—K. S. Rajagopalan, K. Balakrishnan
387-388

Chemical investigation of coriandrum sativum—D. D. Vaghani, V. M. Thakor
388-389

Solubility of phosphorus oxychloride-aluminium chloride complex—K. N. Venkataraman, A. R. Vasudevamurty
389-390

Solvolysis of 1-phenyl-n-propyl chloride—G. Gopinathan Nair, R. Anantaraman
390

Observations on the role on methionine in experimental malaria (P. Gallinaceum in chick malaria)—R. Rama Rao, K. Nagarajan, A. S. Ramaswamy, M. Sirsi
390-392

Potentiometric determination of thermodynamic functions of dissociation of gallic acid—N. A. Ramaiah, S. L. Gupta, R. K. Chaturvedi
392-393

Nitrogen content and yield of some sugarcane varieties—Ambika Singh , Baljit Singh
393-394

Hitherto unrecorded occurrence of datura innoxia mill in the upper gangetic plain and the Rajasthan desert—R. K. Jain
394

Record of a new pholad, penitella sp. from shingle island (in the gulf of mannar) with a note on its distribution—P. N. Ganapati, R. Nagabhushanam
394
Mating types instylonychia pustulata—M. V. Narasimha Rao 395
The occurrence of scyphistoma larvae in visakhapatnam harbour—P. N. Ganapati, M. V. Lakshmana Rao 396-397
Abnormal pollen tube development in a nicotiana hybrid—K. V. Krishnamurty, K. Apparao 397-398
Studies on the dietary requirements of the hide beetle (dermestes maculatus degeer, dermestidae : coleoptera) with particular refernce to amino acids and vitamins 399-400
Chromocenters and nucleolar equivalents in the yeast nucleus—(Miss) Saraswathy Royan 400-401
The effect of cortisone on the distribution and concentration of alkaline phosphatse in the uropygial gland of male pigeons—S. P. Bhattachrjee, A. Ghosh 401-402
A note on aphids of Calcutta and suburbs with special reference to the newly recorded host plant families for some of the species—D. N. Ray Chaudhuri, A. K. Ghosh 402
Homology of the pappus in the light of tirichome distribution—N. Ramiah, M. Sayeeduddin 402-404
Inheritance study in wheat—J. A. Patil 404-405
Note on alternate host plants of chilo zonellus swinhoe—Dhamo K. Butani 405
Chromosome number in iberis umbellata L.—P. N. Bali, S. L. Tandon 405-406
Chromosome number in chlorophytum tuberosum, Baker—L. S. S. Kumar, H. K. Shama Rao 406-407
A preliminary study of colchicine-induced polyploids of alyssum maritimum lam—P. N. Bali, S. L. Tandon 407-408
Iodine content of some Indian fodder plants—(Miss) Jaya G. Iyer 408-409
A short note on some of the Indian solanum species—S. S. Chaudhary, Vishwa Paul, K. L. Handa 409-410
Occurrence of isoetes in Madhya Pradesh—Ramji Sharma, R. M. Patel, S. S. Moghe 410
Occurrence of a green jassidempoasca sp.—on sesbania speciosa L.—E. V. Abraham 410
Reviews 411-418
Science Notes and News 418-420
NOVEMBER-1958

Science in Eastern Europe : II

SIR C.V.RAMAN

421-426
Nobel Prize Awards for 1958 427
Thermonuclear Energitics

PROF.G.BABAT

428-430
Opto-Physical Measuring Instrument made by Veb Carl Zeiss Jena for Chemical Industries

DR.W.NEBE, Jena

430
The End of a Wave

R.PRASADA RAO AND E.C.LAFOND

431-432
Seismic Exploration for Oil in the Cambay and Neighbouring Areas, Bombay State

L.N.KAILASAM

433-435
Testing and Standardisation of Foundry Materials 435
Obituary : Dr.K.C.Pandya 435
                                                Letters to the Editor

Stress and wavelentgth dependence of birefringence in cubic crystals in the visible region—K. S. Iyengar, K. G. Bansigir
436-437

Etching of fluorite—N. S. Pandya, J. R. Pandya
437

A note on conductometric studies on copper tungstates—R. S. Saxena, C. M. Gupta
437-438

Kinetic studies in chromic acid oxidations—S. V. Ananthakrishnan, N. Venkatasubramanian
438-439

Standard resacetophenone oxime in spectrophotometry—K. S. Bahtki, A. T. Rane, M. B. Kabadi
439-440
Toxicity of white oil—H. D. Brahmachari
440-441

Studies in the reactions of  α-Keto acids—(Miss) Rashmi J. Shah, J. R. Merchant
441-442

Southerly pitching anticline near doddaguni—K. M. Gurappa
442-443

Sorel cement as a binder for powder fuel wastes—Mohan Rai
443-444

Pillow structures in the ramgiri schist belt, anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh—M. Krishnamurty
444-445
Root relations of orobanche and its hosts—V. S. Rawat 445-446
On the prevention of mango necrosis—S. N. Das Gupta, C. Sen 446-447
Role of nitrogen in host susceptibility to piricularia oryzae cav—S. Suryanarayanan 447-448
A note on coleus parviflorus benth—R. Sundara Raghavan 448
Stem root of rauwolfia serpentina—P. D. Varadarajan 448-449
Head organ patterns observed in some Indian fresh-water dactylogyrids : trematodamonogenea 449-450
Garra ethelwynnae, a new cyprinid fish from eritrea (Africa)—A. G. K. Menon 450-451
The free amino nitrogen content as an index of quality of ice-stored prawns—N. K. Velankar, T. K. Govindan 451-452
The visists of insects of different coloured flowers of lantana camara L.—Krishna R. Dronamraju 452-453
A note on the external anatomy of precis orithya swnhoe (Nymphalidae : Lepidoptera)—Dhamo K. Butani 453-454
Molybdenum requirement of selenastrum westii in terms of atoms per cell—G. S. Venkataraman, K. V. Natarajan 454-456
Preliminary of helminth parasites of donkey (Equus asinus)—P. Rai, J. S. Srivastava 456-457
Cyto-genetic studies in Indian silkworms—G. B. Deodikar, C. V. Thakar 457-458
Inheritance of spot-variation in Epilachna (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae)—B. S. Lail, S. C. Mandal 458
Reviews 459-463
Science Notes and News 464-467
DECEMBER-1958

Theoritical Physics in the United States of America 469-473
Life of Satellites 473
Cobalt-60 Used in Experiments to Convert Coal to Gas 473
Electrical Effects in the Infrared and the Near Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Organic Isothiocyanates 474-475
Geophysical Exploration in the Coastal Sedimentary Belt of Madras State

L.N.KAILASAM

476-479
Soviet Education for Science and Technology 479-480
Symposium on Chemotherpy in Bacterial and Viral Infections 480
U.S. 'Atlas' Missile  480
Explorer IV for Intensive Study of Cosmic Radiation  481
Obituary : Prof. W.Pauli  481
                                                   Letters to the Editor
Fluorescence reaction for the detection of boric acid—N. Appala raju, K. Neelakantam
482

Nor-pongamol from pongamol—C. Bheemasankara Rao, V. Venkateswarlu
482-483

Further studies on the influence of thyroxine and triiodothyronine on the growth and metabolic processes in the rice moth larvae (Corcyra cephalonicast)—N. R. Moudgal, E. Raghupathy, P. S. Sharma
483-485

The condensing enzymes in garcenia leaves (Xanthochymus Guttiferae)—W. M. Deshpande, C. V. Ramakrishnan
485-486

Determination of blood sugar using 0.02 ml of fingertip blood—H. D. Brahmachari, Mahendra kumar
486-487

Detection of acetyl deacylase in citric acid producing strain of aspergillus niger—C. V. Ramakrishnan, P. N. Raina
487-488

On the sugar constituents of proceranin, saponin of albizzia procera benth—M. O. Farooq, I. P. Varshney, Hameedul Hasan
489

Effect of humus of legume and non-legume origin on the nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter chroococcum—V. Iswaran
489-490
Granite-pakhal relationship (Yellandlapad area)—Y. Janardan Rao
490-491
Sterility in gram—Dharampal singh, Radhey shyam
491-492
Blight of sesame (Sesamum Orientale L.) casused by alternaria sesami (Kawamura) N. Comb—N. N. Mohanty, B. C. Behera 492-493
Studies on virus diseases of plants in Madhya Pradesh—R. P. Garga 493-494
Three new bacterial diseases of plants from Bombay state—L. Moniz, M. K. Patel 494-495
Selection of murrah buffaloes for milk yield on the basis of udder conformation— G. C. Taneja, D. S. Bhatnager 495-496
An addition to Indian aspergilli—Rama Shankar Dwivedi 496
A case of chromosomal interchange in pearl millet—J. V. Pantulu 497-498
Interspecific hybridization between mucuna pruriens and mucuna cochinchinensis a chev—M. V. Thombre 498-499
Ergot of bajri (Pennisetum typhoides) in Bombay state 499-500
Asexual reproduction in characiosiphon rivularis iyengar—Ramji Sharma 500-501
Morphology of the ovule of zephyranthes citrina baker—B. S. M. Dutt 501-502
Indian house sparrow as an enemy of the desert locust—Charan Singh 502-503
Preliminry observations on the systemic action of three organic phosphates on the red cotton bug [Dysdercus cingulatus, Hemiptera : Pyrrhocoridae] 503
A new cutworm pest of potato in Rajasthan—B. K. Srivastava 503-504
Spermatogonial chromosomes of two lizards, hemidactylus brooki grey and varanus monitor linn—A. N. Bhatnagar 504-505
Reviews 506-511
Science Notes and News 512-516
Volume 27 Complete