HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



28; 



Largest Tree in the World, 21, 93 



Larva of Chelonia caja, 119 



Larvae of the Caddis-worm, 94 



Larvae on Caterpillars, 22 



Late Appearance of Swallows, 47 



Lavis's Visit to Vesuvius during an erup- 

 tion, 9 



Leaf Arrangement (Phyllotaxis), 27 



Leighton Buzzard, the Geology of, 19 



Lepidoptera, Appearance of, 142 



Leptodera hyalina, 278 



Le Tall, Dr. B., Notes from my Day- 

 Book, 244 



Leveret, White, 190 



Lightning, Sheet, 280 



Lily of the Valley, 116 



Limntra stagnalis, 277 



Lithodt's Arctica, 41 



Lit!wstrotio7i basaltiforme, 13 



Lithostrotion Philiipsii, 13 



Live-box and Compressurium, 16 



Living Objects, their Preservation and Ex- 

 amination under the Microscope, 136 



Lloyd's Cat, 22 



Lloyd, the late William Alford, 203 



Local Floras, 1, 42, 59, 90, 150 



London Clay, Diatoms Discovered in the, 



9 1 



Longevity of Cats, 262 

 Long-purples of Shakespeare, 45, 68 

 Lowe, W. F., A New Diatomaceous 



Deposit in North Wales, 219 

 Lower Greensand of Godalming, the 



Pebble-bed of the, 26 

 Liicer?iariadce, Notes on, 132 

 Liimbricus ierrestris, Phosphorescence of, 



'7 

 Luminous Insects, 278 

 Lychnis vespertina, 259 



Macilwaine, Dr. W., The Pollan, or 



Freshwater Herring of Lough Neagh, 



217 

 Madrepores, 12 



Magnifying Lenses, Steinheil's New, 39 

 Male Birds Building Nests, 190 

 Manx Cat, 237 

 Marine Aquarium : How to form and 



Maintain, 14 

 Marine Aquarium, 94 

 Marine Infusoria, 112 

 Massee's Notes on Some of our Smaller 



Fungi, 7, 84, 224 

 Meadow .Saxifrage, 210 

 Mealies, What are, 44, 70 

 Medusa Aquarium, 176 

 Megackile IVillouglibiclla, 171 

 Menai Straits, Probable Origin of the, 



118 

 Menyanthes tri/oliata, 53 

 Messer F. A., British Wild Flowers by 



Natural Analysis, 234 

 Micro-Fungi, to mount, 63 

 Micro-Geology, 179 



Microscope, The Practical use of, 213, 255 

 Microscopic Objects, Bolton's Portfolio of, 



86 

 Microscopical Drawings on Glass, 183 

 Microscopical Lamp, a New Portable, 256 

 Microscopical Preparation of Sponges, 231 

 Micro-copy, 16, 38, 63, 85, 112, 136, 158, 



182, 20S, 230, 2J5, 276 

 Midland Naturalist, 184, 233 

 Migrating Birds, Late, 22 

 Migration of Wagtails, 236 

 Mimicry (Protective), in Larva of Emperor 



Moth, 138 

 Mineralisation of Coal Plants, 162 

 Missing Links between the Reptilia and 



the Lowest Mammalia, 211 

 Mistakes made by Instinct, 17} 

 Mistletoe on the Horse-chestnut, 11 

 Mites, to Destroy, 262 

 Moonlight and Stained Glass, 119 

 Morbid Sensations, 70, 164 

 Morriss, F. W., The Effect of Scientific 



Societies upon our National Character, 



I2 3 



Mortality of Shrewmice, n6 



Mosses, Distribution of, in Suffolk, Nor- 

 folk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, 

 Huntingdonshire, and Northampton- 

 shire, 18 



Mosses of North America, 260 



Mosses, Organs of, 162, 186 



Mosses, the Study of, 139 

 Mosses, to Mount, 92, 281 

 Moss Floras, British, by Dr. Braithwaite, 



162 

 Moths, 189, 236 

 Moths that Fly to Light of an Evening, 



2 33 . 



Mountains, (our) and How we came by 

 them, 82, 102 



Mounting Micro-Fungi, 63 



Mounting, Microscopic Fungi, another 

 Method of, 38 



Mounting Mosses, 281 



Mounting Objects in Fluid for the Micro- 

 scope, 232 



Mounting Objects for the Microscope, Use 

 of Carbolic Acid in, 137 



Mucorfitsiger, 8 



Mucor nnicedo, 8 



Names (Specific) of British Plants, 



89 

 Natal, Geology of, 19 

 Natural History of the Toad, 58, 75, 98 

 Naturalised Plants in South Australia, 89 

 Naturalists, Additions to List of Assisting, 



14, 35. Si. "°, 154. I 82, 276 

 Nectar, its Nature, Occurrence, and Uses, 



259 

 Needle-tailed Swift, 88 

 Nesting of the Pied Flycatcher, 236 

 Nesting of the^Wren at Christmas, 47 

 Nesting-place, A queer, 213 

 Nests of European Trap-door Spiders, 60, 



New Books, A Gossip About, 73, 169, 265 



New British Carex, 278 



New British Fish, 64 



New Diatomaceous Deposit in North 



Wales, 219 

 New Fluid for Preserving Organic Sub- 

 stances, 87 

 New Forest, Ten Days in the, 195 

 New Lamp (Portable) for Microscope or 



Readings, 256 

 New Order of Holoihuridicc, 113 

 New Plants, 162 

 New Preservative Fluid, 87, 182 

 New Species of Caterpillar-fungus, Notes 



on, 97 

 New Species originated by Crossing, 45, 



70 

 New Zealand, The Introduced Birds and 



Mammals of, 64 

 Noise made by Watersnails, 23, 92, 118, 



190 

 Norfolk Forest Bed, Animals of the, 140 

 North American Mosses, 269 

 Northern Stone Crab, 41 

 Notes and Queries, 20, 44, 67, 91, 115, 141, 



164, 188, 212, 235, 262, 279 

 Notices to Correspondents, 23, 47, 71, 95, 



119, 143, 167, igr, 215, 939, 263, 282 

 Nottingham, Geology of, 141 



Oak Apples and Insects, 119 

 Oak Apples, Inhabitants of, 160 

 Oar-fish in St. Andrew's Bay, 160 

 Objective of Microscope becoming Dull, 



117, 136, 159, 267 

 Oceans and Continents, by T. M. 



Reade, C.E., F.G.S., &c, 261 

 Oculina axillaris, 12 

 Omphyma subturbinata, 36 

 Opaque Objects, A Simple Method of 



Illuminating, 208 

 Ophiolepis Damcsii, 140 

 Ophrys apifcra, 258 

 Orchids, Heteromorphic, 179 

 Orchi>, The Butterfly, 90 

 Organic Species, Some Probabilites re- 

 specting, 25 

 Organisms, Preservation of, 182 

 Organs of Mosses, 162, 186 

 Origin (Probable) of the Menai Straits, 



118 

 Ornithologists, A Suggestion to, 22 

 Osborne, Dr. J. A., The Eggs of Chry- 



somela polita, 243 

 Otis tarda, 64 

 Our Common British Fossils and where 



to find them, 12, 36, 197 

 Ovarium of Freshwater Sponge, 4, 64 

 Owls, Hawks, and the Game Laws, 117 

 Oxford, Notes from, 118 



Painted Lady in Hawaii, 18, 



Painting on White Satin, 47, 87 



Palaeolithic Implement Manufactory, 260 



Palaeolithic Implements, 44 



Palmer, W. S., Some Probabilities Re- 

 specting Organic Species, 25 



Parakeets, Acclimatised, 67 



Parasite of the Honey Bee, 277 



Parasite of the Water Beetle, 195 



Parasites (?) of Fly, 47 



Parasites on the House Fly, i6r 



Parasitic Fungi on Insects, 41 



Pamassia. palustris, 52 



Parrot, Can it Reason, 164, 212 



Patches in Granite, 19 



Pear Grafted on Whitethorn, 229 



Peat-Moss, Railway Cutting Through, 

 163 



Pebble-bed of the Lower Greensand of 

 Godalming, 26 



Perforata, 12 



Permanent Microscopic Preparations of 

 Plasmodium, 256 



Phosphorescence of Earth- Worm, 17 



Phosphorescence of Shore-Sand, 21, 6S 



Photometry, Celestial, 10 



Phyllotaxis, Notes on, 27, 65 



Phylloxera, Destruction of, 88 



Pliysarum tussilaginis, B. and B., 187 



Physical History of the Chalk Flints, 43 



Pistillaria quisguilaris, 9 



Pitcher Plants and Creeping Insects, 114 



Pit-dwellings (supposed) on Hayes Com- 

 mon, 21 



Plane-Tree, History of the, 201 



Plant-names, a Dictionary of, 278 



Plant Rambles in Wal^s, 62 



Plants, and the Late Winter, 139 



Plants, Localities for Rare, 42 



Plants, Respiration of, 88, 114, 139 



Plants, Specific Names of British Plants, 

 89 



Plasmodium, Permanent Preparation of, 

 256 



Plover's Egg, 189, 238 



Plummer, John J., Celestial Photometry, 

 10 



Poisonous Properties of the Yew-Tree, 116, 

 141 



Polariscope, How to Make a Cheap, 39 



Polariscope, Preparation of Crystals for 

 the, 137 



Pollan, or Freshwater Herring of Lough 

 Neagh, 217 



Polymorphic Butterflies, 113 



Pond Life, 63, 79, 155 



Pond Life in the Parks, 136 



Popular Names of Plants and Animals, 65, 

 92 



Popular Science Review, 113, 184 



Porbeagle, 277 



Portland Rocks of England, 66 



Potamogeton nitens, 41 



Pre-Cambrian System of America, 247 



Prehistoric Cannibalism in Japan, 42 



Prehistoric Implements, 44 



Preparation of Crystals for the Polariscope, 



137 

 Preservation of Fungi, 180 

 Preservation of Living Objects and their 



Examination under the Microscope, 136 

 Preservation of Organisms, 182 

 Preservative Fluid, New, 182 

 Preserving Birds' Eggs, 92, 113, 165 

 Preserving Crustacea, 81, 138, 189, 280 

 Preserving ( Irganic Substances, a New 



Fluid for, 87 

 Preserving Skins, 54, 88, 142 

 Preserving the Colours of Flowers, 115, 141, 



-34 

 Primroses and Violets, 34 

 Primula verts in Scotland, 187 

 Primula vulgaris, Heteromorphic fertili- 

 sation of, 139 

 Primulas, Developed, 210, 259, 278 

 Primulas, Development of the, 157 

 Privet Hawk and Oak Eggar, 236 



R amotcirfus ophioglossifolius, go, 114 



Rare Flowers, 139 



Rare Plants, Localities for, 42 



Raven and Rook, 237 



Ravens, Notes on, 282 



Reasoning Capacity of a Spider, 45 



Report of the Challenger Expedition, 49 



