Dec. 1, 1S6S.] 



HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



2S7 



Kingfisher, the Common, -204, 2:14. 

 King of the Rats, 135. 

 Kite, the, 251. 

 Knowledge, useful, 5. 

 Kondy/ustoma patens, 91. 



Laburnum, 141. 



Lair of Vipers, 23. 



Larva? of Privet Hawk Moth, 263. 



Larva?, Phantom, 78. 



Larva;, rearing, 92. 



Lastrea rigida, 139. 



Late Swallows, 17. 



Laurel, Bees at, 19 1. 



Laurel Berries, 283. 



Laurel, New Zealand, 21, 46, 70, 95. 



Lead Tree, the, 140. 



Leaves, variations in, 147, 



Left by the tide, 16. 



Lemna gibba, )9, 162, IS", 210, 262. 



Lemon, Growth in a, 261 . 



Lepidoptera in Lucerne Fields, 257. 



Lichenology, 66. 



Lime tree, Mites of the, 236. 



Limosa Melanura, 95. 



Live trap for Slugs, 46. 



Lizard, Embedded, 238. 



Lizards' tails, 23. 



Local Floras, 163. 



Local Names, 90, 239, 263. 



Locusts, Plague of, 133. 



London Cockroaches, 15. 



London, Food of, 212. 



London, Snakes in, 2(18. 



Longfellow's Birds of Killingworth, 191. 



Lord Brougham, Poem by the late, 140. 



Loxia curvirostris, nest, 278. 



Lucanus cervus, 109. 



Luminous Worm, 282. 



Lyewna Alexis, 233. 



Lycium barbarum, 213, 235, 238, 239. 



Lylhrum hyssopifulium, 210, 281. 



Madrono, or Madrona, 47, 69. 

 Maelstrom, the, 45. 

 Maine Deposits, 85. 

 Male Hops, 215. 

 Man and Animals, 209. 

 Manchia erecta, 163. 

 Mankind, Unity of, 6, 34. 

 Maple Blight, 136, 188. 

 Marginal Venation, 115, 127. 

 Marsh-Snail, the, 17. 

 Maternal Affection of a Spider, 263. 

 Medium, Preparative, 93. 

 Melanism in Xylophasia, 280. 

 Meron, the, 139. 

 JMergus abellus, 55. 

 Merlin, the, 156. 

 Merops apiaster, 64. 

 Metamorphoses of Insects, 35. 

 Metropolitan Ferns, 187. 

 Mice-killing Fowls, 65, 88, 95. 

 Micro-Lepidoptera, 161. 

 Micros-copical Journal, the Quekett, 44. 

 Microscopical Society at Hackney, 22. 

 Microscopic Seeds, 253. 

 Migratory Instinct in the Goose, 258. 

 Miller, Hugh, 18. 

 Milvus regalis, 251. 

 Miner, Celery-leaf, 211. 

 Mining for Silver in Eastern Nevada, 193 

 Mistletoe on Azalia, 112. 

 Mite of the Mole, 232. 

 Mites, Furze, 49, 114, 160, 209, 271. 

 Mites, Harvest, 237, 263. 

 Mites of the Lime Tree, 236. 

 Mole Mite, 232. 

 ■ Molluscs in Aquaria, 236. 

 Molluscs, Palates of, 20, 200. 

 Monster of the Deep, 222, 262. 

 Monstrosities in Eggs, 151. 

 More about Primroses, 147. 

 More Gossip about Spiders, 82. 

 Mosquitoes, 207, 211, 212, 215, 236. 

 Moss, another New, 62. 

 Mosses of Devonshire, 261. 

 Moth Courtship, 166. 

 Moths Stopping a Church Service, 114. 

 Moth, the Ailanthus, 263, 283. 

 Moth, the Oak Egger, 41. 

 Mountains, the highest, 38. 

 Mounting, Query on, 143, 166. 



Mousetrap, Novel, 65. 



Museum Curiosities 283. 



Musk-rats, how they swim under Ice, 



137. 

 Mussel, the Zebra, 166, I89, 191, 212, 



238. 

 Myriapods, new, 140. 



Nais and Syllis, 16, 40, 106. 



Names, Local, 90, 239, 263. 



Names, Vulgar, 250. 



Nasturtium Sufolium, 19, 43. 



Natterjack, Hybernation of the, 166. 



Natural History, Annals of, 47. 



Natural Objects, to colour Photographs 



Of, 224. 

 Nature, 195. 



Needles for Dissection, C7. 

 Nest of Crossbill, 278. 

 Nest of Flycatcher, 40. 

 Nest of Spiders, 11. 

 Nest of the Hornet, 21. 

 Nest of the Wasp, 21, 22. 

 Nevada, Silver Mining in Eastern, 193. 

 New Carduus, a, 42. 

 New Infusoria, 44, 125, 155, 164. 

 New Panoramic Stereoscope, 142. 

 New Zealand Greenstone, 70, 92, 117. 

 New Zealand Laurel, 21,46, 70, 95. 

 Nobert's Test-plate, 269- 

 Noctiluca, 21. 



North America, Fire-fly of, 157- 

 Notaspis obscurus, 118. 

 " Notes and Queries," 162. 

 Notes on Conchology, 17. 

 Nothing new under the Sun, 142. 

 Nothing useless, 247. 

 Notonecta glaucu, 1 19, 209. 

 Novel Friendships, 119. 

 Novel Mousetrap, 65, 88, 95. 

 November Storms, 47, 70. • 



Oak Egger Moth, the, 41, ~\. 



Objects for the Microscope, 11 6. 



Objects, Opaque, 44. 



October Lilac, 282. 



Odynerus pnrietum, 205. 



Oh ! Snakes, 88. 



Old Change Microscopical Society's 



Soiree, 67. 

 Old Red and Devonian, lis. 

 Old Saws, 165. 

 Old Tree, 231, 259. 

 Onions and Epidemics, 190, 215, 23p. 

 On the Study of British Grasses, 197. 

 On the Table, 112. 

 Opaque Objects, 44. 

 Optical effect, curious, 191. 

 Orbitolina globidaris, IS. 

 Origin of Dogs, 65. 

 Origin of the Tea Plant, 210. 

 Ortyx Californica, 95. 

 Osmunda regalis, 187, 236, 238, 270. 

 Ostriches, 190, 212, 237. 

 Otiorhynchus picipes, 141. 

 Otters, 39, 70- 

 Oxalis acetosella, 52, 280. 

 Oxalis called " Alleluia," 210, 228. 

 Oxalis corniculata rubra, 187, 210, 228. 

 Oxlip, the, 35. 

 Oysters, Discovery of a Bed of Fossil, 



167. 



Palates op Mollusca, 20, 200. 



Paludina listeri, 17. 



Pamphila linea, 160. 



Pansy, the Wild, 280. 



Parasite, Fish, 65. 



Parasites, 166, 189. 



Parasite, Slug, 274. 



Parasitic Rotifer, a, 39. 



Paris, Exhibition of Insects in, 158, 225. 



Parsley Plant, Variation in, 43. 



Parson Birds, 89, 118, 144, 191, 238, 282. 



Peachia hastata, 234. 



Pebble Finding, 134. 



Pelican, Extinct British, 40. 



Perch in Aquaria, 142. 



Periodical Deluges, 46. 



Perley's Meadow Deposit, 131. 



Petrel, the Stormy, 64. 



Petroleum as an Insecticide, 190. 



Peziza, the Carmine, 90. 



Phalhis in. /milieus, 90. 



Phantom Larva?, 78. 



Pheasant, a Hybrid, 70, 93, 94. 



Phenomenon, a, 281. 



Phenomena of Earthquakes, 21 7. 



Philodrumus limacum, 274. 



Phleurn pratense, 187. 



Photographs of Natural Objects, to 



Colour, 224. 

 Phryganidoe, 152. 



Phthisis among Swallows, IS, 46, 05. 

 Physalia, 279. 

 Pieris BrassiccE, 186, 209. 

 Pimpernel, the Blue, 19. 

 Pink Primroses, 43, 66. 

 Plague of Flies, 236. 

 Plague of Locusts, 133. 

 Plant, Fever, 46. 



Plant Life, Spring Phenomena of, 121. 

 Plants, Brazilian, 47. 

 Plants Grown in Carmine, 71. 

 Plants, Hanging, 47, 69. 

 Plants, Isolation of, 235. 

 Plants of Hastings, ig. 

 Plant, the Gunpowder, 43. 

 Plea for Birds, 88, 257. 

 Pleurosigma angulatum, 239. 

 Plumules of Butterflies, 44, 214, 239. 

 Pocket Cabinet, 91. 

 Pocket Finder, 188. 

 Podura?, 140, 160. 

 Poison Glands and Stings of Bees, &c, 



148. 

 Poison of Spiders, 24, 47, 165, 167, 185, 



189, 195, 213,238, 261. 

 Poison of the Viper fatal, 212. 

 Poison of Vipers, 46, 70, 95, 180, 212. 

 Polarizing Prisms, 93. 

 Pollen of Salsify, 211. 

 " Polly," 119, 138. 

 Polyzoon from Victoria Docks, 255. 

 Portuguese Man-of-War, 279. 

 Prawns, baby, 18, 12, 65. 

 Preservation of Spiders, 8, 21 , 22. 

 Prestwich, Lythrum Hyssopifolium in, 



210. 

 Primroses, more about, 147, 187. 

 Primroses, Pink, 43, 66. 

 Prince Edward Island, 143. 

 Prisms, Polarizing, 93. 

 Privet Hawk-moth, 208, 215, 236, 263. 

 Privet Sphinx Larva?, 263. 

 Prizes for Fungi, 239. 

 Protection to Birds, 273. 

 Putfballs and Fungi, 259. 

 Punch for Aunt Judy, 165. 

 Pupa of a Dragon-fly, the, 245. 

 Pupa of Dragon-fly, 283. 

 Pupa: of Death's head Moth, 23. 

 Pupa?, Forcing, 88. 

 Puss-moth Caterpillar spitting, 257. 

 Pyrcla media and secunda, 162. 



Quail, the Californian, 114. 

 Queen Bee, Fecundity of the, 208. 

 Queen of Spain Fritillary, 233. 

 Quekett Club, 167, 188, 264. 

 Quekett Club Soiree, 67, 109. 

 Quekett Microscopical Journal, 44. 

 Quekett on Histology, 10. 

 Queries about Bees, 46, 191. 

 Query on Mounting, 143, 166. 



R&na arborea, 206. 



Ranunculus lenormandi, &c, 163. 



Rare Birds, 64. 



Rare Birds in Kent, 41. 



Rare Crab, 113. 



Rare Insects, 233. 



Rare Micro-Lepidoptera, 161, 



Rare Sea Anemone, 234. 



Rare Visitors at Brighton, 277. 



Rats in Summer, 283. 



Rats, King of the, 135. 



Rearing Larvae, 92. 



Reason Why, the, 45. 



Red Daddy, 281. 



Red House Ant, the, 213, 234, 261, 253. 



Register! Register! 119. 



Rennie, Death of Professor, 47. 



Repaired Fossil Ribs, 280. 



