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Life -history of a Cerco-monad, 257. 

 Light at the Bottom of the Sea, 65. 

 Light, Coloured, ]83. 

 Light, Interference of, 20, 69, 136. 

 Lightning, Beech-trees and, 23, 44, 45, 



69. 

 Lilium miratum and Flies, ]62. 

 Link, a Missing, 43, 89, 184, 279. 

 Lists, Verification of, 209. 

 Littorella lacustris, &c., 17- 

 Liverpool, Seal of, 233. 

 Liver, the, 238. 

 Lizards, Family of, 132. 

 Lizards, Paper on, 227. 

 Lobster, Gigantic, 184. 

 Localities of Rare Plants, II6, 209, 278. 

 Local Names of Plants, 235, 259- 

 Local Societies, 40, 6J, 65, 88, 112,119, 



138, 187,207. 

 Loess of Northern China, 260. 

 London Botany, 237. 

 London Entomology, 238. 

 London Field Clubs, 165, 191. 

 Longevity of the Owl, 167. 

 Longfellow's Compass-plant, 23, 43, 44, 



70, 95. 

 Lord, John Keast, 16. 

 Love and Pride, 58. 

 Luminous Fungi, 69, 11 7. 

 Luminous Rhizopoda, 47. 

 Lysimaehia punctata, 235. 



Maggots ox stuffed Birds, 214, 238. 



Male and Female Butterflies, 237. 



Man and Apes, in, 184. 



Man, Antiquity of, 114. 



Man, Antiquity of in America, 43, 140. 



Man, Fossil, 186. 



Man the Commencement of a new Cycle, 



141. 

 Mantis, the Praying, 215, 239. 244, 261. 

 Manual of Botanic Terms, 235. 

 Maps, Geological, 43. 

 Marsh-fly, the, 133. 

 Means of Capturing Moths, 17. 

 Mespilus germanica, U6, 188. 

 Mice, Sin'^ing, 91, 187, 191, 213, 238, 239. 

 Micrographic Dictionary, 20, 24, 

 Micro -Lepidoptera, 262. 

 Microscope Erector, New, 225. 

 Microscope, Origin of the, 143. 

 Microscopical Publications, 233. 

 Microscopical Science, 207. 

 Microscopic Objects, photographing, 258. 

 Microscopic Postal Cabinets, ill, 165, 



191, 281. 

 Microzymas of Milk, 233. 

 Migration of Swallows, 262. 

 Milk, Microzymas of, 233. 

 Missel Thrush, the, 142, 166. 

 Missing Link, a, 43, 89, 184, 279. 

 Mistletoe, ISS. 

 Mistletoe on the Oak, IS. 

 Mitscherlick's Polariscope, 87. 

 Mole, the, 212, 262, 283. 

 Mole in Ireland, 177, 212. 

 Monochromatic Sunlight, 15. 

 Moonshine, 211. 

 Mosses, Bog, 184. 



Moths and Butterflies, Proboscis of, 180. 

 Moths, Means of Capturing, 17. 

 Moths, Sugaring for, 20, 46. 

 Moths under Water, 47. 

 Moth, the Death's-head, 214, 239. 

 Moth, the Emperor, 155, 238. 

 Moth, the Goat, 58, 90, 203, 212. 

 Mounting, Cements for, 86. 

 Mounting Crystals, 237. 

 Mounting Diatoms and Foraminifera, 64, 



69, 86, no, 111,261, 280. 

 Mounting Dry Objects, 275. 

 Mounting Fungi, 213, 232, 238. 

 Mounting, Imperfect, 110. 

 Mounting in Balsam, 16, 63, 87, 135. 

 Mounting in Damar, 110, 1 19, 165. 

 Mouse, Parasitic Fungus on a, 233. 

 Mousetrap, Adventure with a, 214. 

 Mouths of Insects, Structure of, 229. 

 Munn, the late Major, 275. 

 Musk Beetle, the, 266. 

 Mussel, Dytiscus and, igo, 282. 

 Mussels, Sand, 180. 

 MusteUdK, Boldness of, 92. 

 Mya arenariu, 180. 

 Myriotrochus, 137. 



I Names of Birds, 262. 

 Natterjacks and Snakes, 92, 166, 234, 283. 

 Natural History of Leicestershire, 174. 

 Natural History, Philosophy of, 30. 

 Natural History, Rural, 45. 

 Natural History Societies, Union of, 65, 



89. 

 Nature's Healing Power, 130. 

 Nesting of the Woodcock. 184. 

 Nesting-place, Curious, 165. 

 Nests, Peculiarity of Birds', 203. 

 Nests, Insect, 32, 141, 186. 

 New Books, 26, 101, 233, 235, 255. 

 New BriHsh Algoe, 183. 

 New British Hemiptera, 208. 

 New Cirripede, 234. 

 New Foraminifera, 335. 

 New Fossil Mammal, 89. 

 New Frogs, 137. 

 New Fungus, 277, 

 New Insects, 65, 88, 89. 

 New Potato Disease, 184. 

 New Pterodactyle, 90. 

 Now Societies, 6«, 183, I87. 

 New Species of Ci'llepora, 208. 

 New Species of Oreodnn, 210. 

 New Species oi Orthoceras, 154. 

 New Species of Stromatopora, 210. 

 New Species of Synocladia, 236. 

 New Tertiary, Sec., Birds, 18. 

 New Trilobitefrom the Cape, 18. 

 New Vultures, 65. 

 Newt, Observations on the Smooth, 10, 



60, 92, 134. 

 Newt, Tadpole of the, 274. 

 New Zealand, Boiling Springs of, 164. 

 Nightingales and Tortoises, 165, 188, 189, 



190, 239. 

 Nightingale, the Irish, 56. 

 Nomenclature, Botanical, 91. 

 Nonpareil, 92, 190. 

 Norfolk and Norwich Natural History 



Society, 207. 

 Northern Limits of Flowering Plants, 



960. 

 North London, Glacial Drifts of, 68. 

 Norway, Deep Sea Life off, 134. 

 Notes on Aphides, 173,212, 233, 263, 277. 

 Notes on Fossil Corals, 272. 

 Notes on the Gizzard-shad, 55. 

 Notes on the Siskin, 141. 

 Nut-stowing Bird, 33. 



Oak Galls, are the? False Acorns? 



138. 

 Oak, Mistletoe on the, 18. 

 Oak Spangles, 45, 284. 

 Oak, the Winfarthing, 200. 

 Oats, Barley grown from, 237. 

 Obituary Notices, 16, 275. 

 Objects, how to send through the Post, 



214, 283. 

 Observations on the Smooth Newt, 10, 



60, 92, 134. 

 Octopus, Female, 184. 

 Ocypus i/lens, 115, 187. 

 (Enanthe crocata, 93, 118, 141, 206, 215. 

 Old Change Microscopical Society, 40. 

 Oldest Tree, the, 91, 119, 142, 164, 189, 



212, 215, 237, 265. 

 On certain Wingless Insects, 52. 

 Ophrya apipera in Herts, 18, 70. 

 Optical Query, 20, 70, 85, 86, 110. 

 Optics, 20, 70. 

 Orchids, 88. 

 Orchids, British, 87. 

 Oredon, New Species of, 210. 

 Organs, Reeds and, 47. 

 Origin and Distribution of British Insects, 



107. 

 Origin of Clay Ironstone, 1 14. 

 Origin of Guano, 186, 246. 

 Origin of Permian Breccias, 140. 

 Origin of the Garden Artichoke, 185. 

 Origin of the Microscope, 143. 

 Ormer Shell and its Inhabitant, 145. 

 Ortiithrigalium iimhelldtum, 1 87. 

 Orthoceras, New Species of, 154. 

 Osteology, 141. 

 Our Largest Salamander, 271. 

 " Our Winnie," 75. 

 Owl, a Lo.st, 239. 

 Owl, Longevity of the, 167. 

 Owls, 167,239, 261. 



Paix in Ani.mals, 143. 

 Palates of Spiders, ill, 2S3. 



Pandora, Habit of, 234. 



Paper on Lizards, 227. 

 I Parasitcii of House-fly, 46. 

 I Parasites on Cage Birds, 1 18. 



Parasitic Fungus on a Mouse, 233. 



Parasitic Insects and their Prey, 208. 



Parasitism on Flowering Plants, 185. 



Parish Boundaries and Geological Fea- 

 tures, 235. 



Parrot, a Sensible, 236. 



Partridge, Affection of the, 211. 



Pathology of Pearls, 81 . 



Pearls, 164, 191. 



Pearls, Pathology of, 81. 



Pearls, Scotch, and Bridges, 16. 



Peculiarities in Site and Structure ot 

 Birds' Nests, 203. 



Perfume of Double Flowers, 1 62, 209. 



Philosophy of Botany, 223. 



Philosophy of Natural History, 30. 



Photographing Microscopic Objects, 258. 



Pick-cheeses and Fairy-loaves, 204, 235. 



Plague of Flies, 4/. 



Plant-life, Ancient, 76. 



Plants, Alpine, 73, l63. 



Plants and Gaslight, 71. 



Plants and the Battle of Life, 42. 



Plants, Chemical Processes in, 66. 



Plants, dtied, 23, 88. 



Plants, Extirpation of Rare, 162. 



Plants, Fertilization of, 258. 



Plants, Gossip about Rare, 34, 69, 106. 



Plants, Legends and Histories of, 149, 

 212. 



Plants, Local Names of, 235, 259. 



Plants, Northern Limit of Flowering, 260. 



Plants, Poisonous, lip, 142, 164, 165. 



Plants, Rare. 1, 34, C7, 6y, 71, 101, 106, 

 162, 200, 278. 



Plants, Recent Records of Rare, 1,67, 101 . 



Plants, Sleep of, 46. 



Pleistocene Age, the, 113. 



Pliisia c/iyt/xitis, 237- 



Pocket-book, Botanist's, 112. 



Podura Scales, 40. 



Poison of Spider, 262. 



Poisonous Plants, 119, 142, 164, 165. 



Polariscope, 87, 104, 136, 159. 



PoUriscope, Saccharo-, 104, 136, 159. 



Polishing Stones, 9, 63. 



Pollen, do Flies eat it? 40. 



Pollen Grains, 235, 252. 



Pollen of PetaMes fragraiis, 63, 67. 



Polyp, the Fresh-water, 12, 41, 63, US, 

 164, 175, 277. 



Posting jObjects, how to do it, 214, 2G2, 

 283. 



Potato and Teutonic Tradition, 212. 



Potato Disease, New, 1S4. 



Puteittilla frtitic'jsa, 1 8. 



Praying Mantis, the, 215, 239, 244, 261. 



Precious Stones, Ants and, 92. 



Precious Stones in California, 185. 



Preservation of Fish, 237. 



Preserving Actinia, 276. 



Preserving Colour of Plants, 115. 



Privet Hawk-moth, 21. 



Problem^!, Zoological, 160, 211,237. 



Proboscis of Moths and Butteiflies, ISO. 



Prunella rulijaris, 28, 46, 94. 

 Pterodactyle, New, 90. 



Pupa;, Forcing, gs, 142. 



Pupoe, to keep through the Winter, 21. 



Quarrtmen's Terjis for Fossils, 236, 



260. 

 Queen Bees, 44, 69, II6, 143,251, 262, 273. 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 200. 

 Query, an Optical, 20, 70, 85, S6, no. 

 Quicksightediiess of Sparrows, 212. 

 Quillworts, 54, 163. 



Rapiiides, Sph-Erapiiides, axd Cry- 

 stal Pris.vs, 97, 139,233. 

 Rare Beetle, 233. 

 Rare Birds and Grouse, 237. 

 Rare Birds in Scotland, 276. 

 Rare Butterflies, 262. 

 Rare Freshwater Shells, 65. 

 Rare Livmg Objects, 82. 

 Rare Plants, Gossip about, 34, 69, 71. 

 Rare Plants, Localities of, 116, 2U9, 278. 



