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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



ZOOLOGY (cojitinued). 



Insectariums, public, vii. 190, 231 

 Insecticide, petroleum as an, iv. 190 

 Insects : abstinence of, vi. 61; abundance 

 of in 1869, v. 233, 234 ; affection of, for 

 their young, vi. 64 ; antennae of, x. 29, 

 60; aquatic and recent rains, ix. 44; in 

 armour, i. 161 ; Australian, xi. 142 ; 

 balance of power, i. 193 ; at Bath, that 

 fell, vii. 165, 229; benzole, for killing 

 and preserving, i. 72 ; and birds, how 

 they fly, iv. 9 ; and birds of Malaya, 

 Hi. 161; box for catching, ii. 204; 

 British, defensive resources of, vii. 

 248; for cabinet, to kill, i. 113; 

 vi. 224, 270 ; in cabinets, iii. 45 ; cata- 

 logues of, ii. 213; iii. 264; vi. 137; 

 vii. 138 ; in coal-pits, v. 65 ; colour of 

 affected by hibernation, vi. 76 ; colour 

 of, dependent on food, vi. 247 ; com- 

 pound eyes of, i. 228, 249 ; curious, 

 viii. 184"; disguises of, iii. 193, 233, 

 234, 261, 279 ; distribution of, ix. 17; 

 eggs of, viii. 87 ; x. 69 ; eggs, collection 

 of, vi. 251, 283; vii. 32, 70, 93, 94; 

 eggs, hunting for, viii. 212; embryo- 

 geny of, vi. 58 ; exhibition of, in Paris, 

 iv. 158, 225 ; exuviae of, x. 233; feeding 

 on ferns, i. 66 ; iv. 213, 237, 261, 263 ; 

 viii. 282; ix. 92; feeding on wheat, i. 

 191 ; fertilization by, iii. 209 ; viii. 89, 

 257, 278 ; and flowers, vii. 258, 282 ; viii. 

 21 ; x. 184, 215 ; xi. 115 ; at Folkestone, 

 iv. 281 ; as food, ii. 117 ; v. 234 ; vi. 66 ; 

 food of, vi. 41 ; fungi on, ii. 127, 176 ; 

 gastric teeth o I, ii. 249 ; in greenhouses, 

 i. 15; growth of, iv. 70, 92, 93; at 

 home, viii. 12; imported, v. 136; 

 Indian, i. 251 ; x. 20 ; influence of 

 damp winter on, viii. 89, 139, 236; on 

 living leaves, xi. 235 ; metamorphoses 

 of, iv. 35 ; muscular force of, ii. 41 ; 

 muscular motion of, vi. 68 ; musical, vi. 

 133, 236 ; nets, ix. 32, 141, 186 ; new, viii. 

 185 ; ix. 65, 88, 89 ; new, from Cevlon, 

 v. 84; of Nova Scotia, i. 142 ; noxious 

 and beneficial, viii. 161 ; x. 184 ; origin 

 and distribution of British, ix. 107 ; 

 pain, do they feel it, vi. 224, 255 ; 

 parasitic and their prey, ix. 208; pre- 

 servation of, v. 165 ; x. 214, 240 ; xi. 93 ; 

 protective mimicry of, vii. 204, 248 ; xi. 

 18; rare, i. 257; iv. 233; x. 68, 165; 

 to remove grease from, i. 72 ; re-union 

 of severed, vi. 118 ; scarcity of, ii. 283 ; 

 iii. 23 ; at sea, ii. 117, 161, 184 ; on 

 snow, vi. 263 ; sounds produced by, iii. 

 214 ; vi. 64 ; specimens of, bred in col- 

 lections, vi. 258 ; spiracles of, i. 254 ; 

 volition in, vii. 22 ; in winter, ii. 93 ; 

 viii. 18 ; wood-boring, ix. 221 

 Instinct, natural, of partridges, vii. 65 

 Introductions, new, vi. 248; vii. 10, 95 

 Ireland, popular notions on natural his- 

 tory of, xii. 166 



JACK, voracity of, v. 233 



Jackal, Ceylon, xi. 175 



Jackdaws : suicidal, ii. 189 ; and their 



young, ii. 141 

 Jaculus Hudsoniu", x. 84 

 Japyx, viii. 272 

 Jay, v. 253 



Jelly animalcule, i. 58 

 Jelly-fishes, i. 248 

 Jelly on sea-weeds, x. 166, 192 

 Jocko, why the popular name for monkey, 



iv. 94 

 Jumart or fumart, v. 22, 45, 69 



KANGAROOS, xi. 87 



Katy-did, the, i. 146 



Kawa'i, the, iii. 260 



Kestrel, i. 206; v. 179, 257; vii. 62, 88; 



and cat, iii. 276; defence of, iv. 16; 



eggs of, vii. 237, 262 

 Keyhole limpet and parasite, i. 122 

 Kingfisher, ii. 63, 115, 190, 237; iii. 232; 



iv. 204, 234; vi. 277; belted, ii. 26; 



choked bv swallowing a shrew, iii. 186 ; 



nest of, ii. 94,117, 166; iii. 232; ix. 140 

 Kite, the, iv. 251 

 Kolpods, i. 132 ; vi. 185 

 Kondylostcma patens, iv. 91 



ZOOLOGY (continued). 



LACE WING FLY, vi. 237, 239; and 

 aphis-lion, v. 15; eggs of, i. 190; food 

 of the larva of, vi. 231 



Lackey moth, viii. 58, 95; eggs'of, iii. 

 119, 141 



Ladybird, derivation of, x. 70, 94, 119, 

 131, 140, 143, 191 



Ladybirds, ii. 169 ; v. 231, 267, 283 ; vii. 

 212 ; ix. 167 ; xi. 95, 118, 166, 214 



Lake Utah, fauna of, ix. 184 



Lamperns, v. 45, 71, 145 



Lamprey, eggs of, x. 185 



Lampreys, v. 71, 145 



Laudrail : the, v. 161 ; vii. 45, 70, 71, 90, 

 94 ; ix. 214, 236, 239 ; is it a bird of 

 passage, vii. 45, 70, 71, 90, 94 ; parental 

 instinct of, ii. 185 



Lanius excubitor, vi. 209 



Lantern-fly, i. 191 ; light of, i. 191 



Lapwing, v. 107 ; eggs of, v. 167 



Large heath butterfly, abundance of, viii. 

 261 



Larus argentatus, vi. 157 



Larva and imago, i. 208 ; of unknown fly 

 or beetle, iii. 68 



Larvse: cannibal, vi. 119; edible, iii. 30; 

 hints on preserving, ii. 119, 141 ;vi. 51 ; 

 increase of bulk of, i. 208 ; leaf-mining, 

 iii. 169, 212 ; from Paris, x. 69, 135, 142, 

 238 ; phantom, iv. 78 ; pugnacity of, i. 

 161 ; rare, vi. 39 ; rearing, iv. 92 ; ix. 238, 

 282 ; variable, v. 23 



Lasiocampa quercus, iii. 256; herma- 

 phrodite, female of, xi. 270 



Leaf insect, iii. 193, 204 



Leaf-rollers, notes on, x. 220 



Leeches, v. 76, 93, 143, 161, 165 



Leicestershire, natural history of, ix. 174 



Lepidonotus Lordi, i. 123 



Lepidoptera: antennae of, x. 60 ; in clover- 

 fields, v. 21; collecting and setting, ix. 

 23, 158 ; colours of, viii. 175, 237, 261 ; 

 eggs of, vii. 70, 93, 94 ; of Guernsey, x. 

 203 ; influence of food and light on, v. 

 273 ; in lucern fields, iv. 257 ; marking 

 of, ii. 167,191 ; x. 46; missing link among, 

 xii. 16 ; of New Forest, xii. 227 ; plumules 

 of, vi. 20 ; scarcity of, ii. 260; sexes of, 

 i. 190 ; wearing of, xi. 246 



Lepidopterist's Calendar, xii. 17 ; guide, 

 by Dr. Knaggs, v. 159 



Lepisma, viii. 272 ; saccharina, v. 94, 118, 

 142, 1«3 



Leporids, iii. 23 ; vi. 262 ; vii. 17 



Lesbia to her sparrow, ii. 161 



Lesser redpole, ne3t of, ii. 161 ; v. 89 



Leucania vitellina, v. 258, 279 



Life : animal, to destroy, xi. 189, 235, 237 ; 

 origin of, v. 93; vii. 211; xii. 183 



Light, influence of, on insects, v. 57, 77, 

 137, 165, 188, 273 



Lime hawk-moth, i. 161 ; variety, x. 135, 

 188 



Lime-tree, mites of the, iv. 236 



Limnea: glabra, vii. 17; glutinosa, vii. 

 230 ; involuta, ii. 142, 165 



Liinnaeus peregra, i. 72; vi. 137 



Limosa melanura, iv. 95 



Limoet keyhole and parasite, i. 122; ii. 

 118 



Lina populi, v. 249, 282 



Linnet, mountain, ii. 137; xi. 141 



Lion's tail, claw in, xi. 117 



Liparis : chrysorrlnea, xii. 66; dispar, vi. 

 32, 71 ; vii. 215; viii. 23, 69, 119 



Lipura, viii. 272 



Lissotriton palmipes, i. 136 



Littorina littorea, v. 117 



Liver fluke, i. 15 



Liverpool, seal of, ix. 238 



LizarJ : common, ii. 79 ; x. 119, 224; em- 

 bedded, iv. 238 ; new European, x. 234; 

 sand, v. 90 ; and spider, x. 206 



Lizards, ix. 132, 227 ; casting their tails, 

 iii. 256 ; iv. 23 ; xi. 45 ; gigantic flyiug, 

 viii. 235 ; green, v. 126 ; viii. 19) ; pre- 

 serving, viii. 282 



Lobster, x. 190, 227, 282; xii. 45, 94; 

 boiled, v. 165, 213 ; gigantic, ix. 184 



Locust : in England, xii. 276 ; Oriental, 

 v. 258; tail of, iii. 165, 189, 190 



Locusta migratoria, v. 258 



Locusts: in Algeria, vi. 259; or locust- 



Z00L0GY (continued). 



beans, which eaten by John Baptist, 



vi. 271 ; gossip about, vii. 79 ; ravages 



of, vii. 47 ; at sea, vi. 175 

 Lophoid fish, new, viii. 136 

 Lophopus crystallina, x. 268 ; xi. 33 

 Lory, grand, ii. 213, 239,262; iii. 20; 



origin of name, viii. 112 

 Loxia curvirostra, nest, iv. 278 

 Lucanus cervus, iv. lo9 

 Lutraria maxima, i. 79 

 Lycoena : Alexis, iv. 233 ; Corydou, 



curious marking of, iv. 233, 281 



MACHETES pugnax, v. 274 



Mackerel, little, v. 21 



Macroglossa stellatarum, vi. 41 



Macrothrix, vi. 204 



Madrepores, i. 239, 287 



Magpie : the, ii. 88 ; iii. 191 ; pet, our 

 Jack, xi. 74 



Maigre at Brighton, v. 17 



Malacca, pygmies of, ii. 239, 261 



Mammalia, evolution of, xii. 164 



Mammals, brains of tertiary, x. 237 



Man : antiquity of, is. 114 ; in America, 

 ix. 43, 140; and apes, ix. Ill, 184; x. 

 110; ascent of, vii. 166; the commence- 

 ment of a new cycle, ix. 141 ; descent 

 of, vii. 112, 143 ; eater, mythical, x. 45 ; 

 in the past, i. 256 ; place in nature, 

 i. 46 ; unity of, iii. 110, 152, 173, 245, 

 267 ; iv. 16, 34 



Man-suckers, gossip about, i. 50, 87, US, 

 135 



Mantis, the praying, ix. 215, 239, 214, 261 ; 

 x. 23 ; xi. 282 



Margarodes formicarum, i. 120 



Marine: animals, to preserve, xi. 46; 

 phosphorescence, i. 190 ; x. 134 



Marsh fly, ix. 133 



Martin, curious, v. 190 



Martins, xi. 190, 234 ; in difficulty, i. 40 ; 

 lateness of, iii. 17; xii. 23, 95; in 

 November, ii. 278 ; v. 22 ; scarcity of, 

 viii. 235; and sparrows, iii. 233; in 

 winter, ii. 46 ; vi. 270 ; burying wren 

 alive in nest, i. 135 



Mayfly, the, v. 158 



Medusae, v. 82 



Megascolex diffringens, v. 161 



Melitsea, larvae of, ii. 161 



Men, Uu Chaillu's little, ii. 40 



Menobranchus, anatomy of, x. 113 



Menopoma Alleghauiensis, x. 90 



Merganser, the, vi. 95, 96, 110 



Mergus albellus, iv. 55 ; v. 17; vi. 95, 

 110, 137 



Merlin, the, iv. 156 



Merops apiaster, iv. 64 



Mermis nigrescens, iii. 221 



Mice: and birds, viii. 116, 214, 238; cock- 

 roaches, iii. 119, 141, 143 ; destroyers 

 of birds' eggs, iii. 41 ; eaters of pupa', 

 iii. 47 ; house, habits of, v. 93 ; nests of, 

 xi. 94, 139; tame, v. 233; ticks on, xii. 

 46; in traps, viii. 22, 45 ; young, x. 22 



Midge, beech gall, i. 190 



Midges aud thunder, xii. 260 



Millipede, pill, v. 17 



Milvus regalis, iv. 251 



Miua and the cholera, vii. 87 



Minnow, golden, x. 9 



Mino, talking, iii. 112 



Missel thrush, v. 164, 189 ; ix. 143, 166 ; 

 and chaffinch, x. 282 ; v. squirrel, vii. 

 131, 189, 214, 237, 238, 256, 257, 278 ; 

 viii. 263 



Missel thrushes, flock of, vi. 259 



Missing link, ix. 43, 89, 184, 279 



Mites: furze, iv. 49, 114, 160, 209, 271 ;"of 

 lime-tree, iv. 236 ; of mole, iv. 232 ; 

 plague of, viii. 118; sociable, iii. 121 



Mocking-birds, English, vii. 153 



Modiola barbata, vi. 90 



Mole, ix. 212, 262, 283 ; xi. 140 ; and 

 adder, x. 189; a cure for ague, iii. 117 ; 

 and mouse, i. 86 ; suspended, v. 165 



Mole-cricket, iii. 232; v. 60, 95 ; vi. 41 ; 

 gizzard of, v. 67 



Moles, none in Ireland, ix. 177, 212 ; x. 

 238 



Mollusc, new nudibranchiate, v. 70 



Mollusca, ii. 278 ; auditory capsules of, 



