INDEX. 



379 



of limited populations, 265 ; of 

 heredity, 266 ; of variation, 

 266 ; of change of physical con- 

 ditions, 266 ; of the equilibrium 

 of nature, 266 ; as opposed to 

 continual interference, 268. 



LAY COCK, Dr., on law of " uncon- 

 scious intelligence," 360. 



LEAP BUTTERFLY, appearance and 

 habits of, 59-61. 



LEPIDOPTEUA, especially subject to 

 variation, 132. 



LEPTALIS, species of mimic Ileli- 

 conidte, 82 ; gain a protection 

 thereby, 259. 



LESTER, Mr. J. M., on wood-dove 

 and robin, 53. 



LEVAILLANT, on formation of a 

 nest, 224. 



Limenltis archippus, 88. 



Limenitis limire, 172 ; procris, 172. 



LIZARDS refusing certain moths 

 and caterpillars, 121 ; devour- 

 ing bees, 121. 



LOCAL FORMS, 158. 



LOCAL variation of form, 169 ; of 

 colour, 173 ; general remarks 

 on, 174 ; in Celebesian butter- 

 flies, probable use of, 175. 



LOCUSTID.E, adaptive colouring of, 

 64. 



LUMIXOUSNESS of some insects a 

 protection, 71. 



LYC.EXID.E, probable means of pro- 

 tection of, 176. 



MAMMALS, mimicry among, 107. 



MAX, does he build by reason or 

 imitation, 212; his works mainly 

 imitative, 225 ; antiquity of, 303, 

 322 ; difference of opinion as to 



his origin, 304 ; unity or plural- 

 ity of species, 305 ; persistence 

 of type of, 306 ; importance of 

 mental and moral characters, 

 312; his dignity and supremacy, 

 324 ; his influence on nature, 

 326; his future development, 

 326; range of intellectual power 

 in, 339; rudiments of all the 

 higher faculties in savage, 341 ; 

 his feet and hands, difficulties 

 on the theory of natural selec- 

 tion, 349: his voice, 350; his 

 mental faculties, 351 ; difficulty 

 as to the origin of the moral 

 sense in, 352 ; development of, 

 probably directed by a superior 

 intelligence, 359. 



MANTID.E, adaptive colouring of, 

 64 ; mimicking white ants, 98. 



MALACODEKMS, a protected group, 

 93. 



MALURIDJE, 255. 



MATTER, the nature of, 363 ; Mr. 

 Bayma on, 363 ; is force, 365. 



MECHANITIS and Methona, mi- 

 micked by Leptalis, 83. 



MECOCERUS, dimorphism of, 155. 



Mecocerus gazella, 94. 



MEGACEPHALON, 196. 



MEGAPODID.E, sexual colouring and 

 nidification of, 246. 



MEIIOPOGOX, 196. 



Midas dives, 97. 



MIMETA, mimicking Tropidorhyn- 

 chus, 104. 



MIMICRY, meaning of the word, 

 74 ; theory of, 76 ; among Lepi- 

 doptera, 77 ; how it acts as a 

 protection, 80, 81 ; of other in- 

 sects by Lepidoptera, 89; among 



