1364 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



United Stales Coasts and Geodetic Survey, Report of the, for 1881, 



cited, 240. 

 Univalve, 84. 

 Urosalpinx cinereus 241. 

 Ushant, 1007. 

 Usiglio, M., Analysis of Mediterranean water, 679. 



V. 



Vale, Mr. Edward, 259. 



Valle, M., and the pares of Regneville, 527. 



"Vanneau," 172. 



Vaunes (ref.) 546, 1016; condition of the oyster fishery near, 505 ; the 

 River of, 550 ; M. Chaumel's unsuccessful trials in reproduction 

 at, 552 ; number of pares conceded, 552 ; reproduction and rearing 

 a t> 553 ; favourable conditions for the oyster industry at, 553 ; 

 number of tiles and spat adhering to each, in the river of, 553, 



554- 

 Vascular Laminae, 80, (lamina, a small plate) ; tissue, 93. 



Veuables, Rev. Edward, a Guide to the Isle of Wight, cited 261, 262. 



Venertipis decussata, 200. 



Venice (ref.) 6/6 ; Establishment for the rearing of oysters at, 691; 



supplies Rome and Florence, 663-664 ; natural oyster beds at 664. 

 Venot, M., 573, 576, 577. 

 Ventral margins, 160. 

 Venus verrucosa, 68 1. 

 Verdou (ref.) 617, 620, 626, 630, 632, 633, 634, 635, 638; experiments 



at, not successful, and why, 634, 635 ; M. Tripota's experimental 



pares at, 634 ; M. Peponnet's and M. Bouchotte's, 634 ; limit of 



the ostracultural industry at, until 1882, 634. 

 " Vermis sapidissimus " (Gmelin) 153. 

 Vertebral column, 196. 

 " Vestiges of Creation," 189. 

 Vesuvius, Mount, 664. 

 "Victorias," described 333. 

 Vidal, M., 580. 



