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LECOXTE. 



INDEX. 



LIVINGSTONE. 



Leconte, J. L,, on the stridulant organ 

 in the Copriui and Dynastiui, i. 381. 



Lee, H., on the numerical proportion 

 of the sexes in the trout, i. 308. 



Leg, calf of the, artificially modified, 

 ii. 340. 



Legitimate and illegitimate children, 

 proportion of the sexes iu, i. 302. 



Legs, variation of the length of the, 

 in man, i. 108 ; proportions of, in 

 soldiers and sailors, i. 116; fore, 

 atrophied in some male butterflies, 

 i. 34-1 ; peculiarities of, in male 

 insects, i. 344. 



" Lek " of the black-cock and caper- 

 cailzie, ii. 100, 



Lemoine, Albert, on the 

 language, i. 56. 



origm 



of 

 of 



Lemur macaco, sexual difference 



colour iu, ii. 290. 

 Lemurid^e, i. 195 ; their origin, i. 



213 ; position and derivation of 



the, i. 202 ; ears of the, i. 23 ; 



variability of the muscles in the, 



i. 128. 

 Lemurs, uterus in the, i. 123 ; tail- 

 less species of, i. 194. 

 Leopards, black, ii. 294. 

 Lepidoptera, i. 386 ; numerical pro- 

 portions of the sexes in the, i. 309 ; 



colouring of, i. 387 ; ocellated spots 



of, ii. 132. 

 Lepidosiren, i. 204, 212. 

 Lenguas, disfigurement of the ears 



of the, ii. 341. 

 Leptorhynchus angustatus, pugnacity 



of male, i. 375. 

 Leptura testacea, difference of colour 



in the sexes of, i. 367. 

 Lequay, on the occurrence of the 



supra-condyloid foramen in the 



humerus of man, i. 29. 

 Leroy, on the wariness of young 



foxes in hunting-districts, i. 50 ; 



on the desertion of their young by 



swallows, i. 84. 

 Lesse, valley of the, i. 29. 

 Lesson, on the Birds of Paradise, i. 



269, ii. 98 ; on the sea-elephant, 



ii.278. 

 Lesiis hombylans, difference of the 



sexes in, i. 366. 

 Lethrus cephalotes, pugnacity of the 



males of, i. 371, 376. 



Leuckart, R., on the vcsicula pro- 

 statica, i, 31 ; on the influence of 

 the age of parents on the sex of 

 offspring, i. 302. 



Levator claviculx muscle, i. 128. 



Lihelliila depressa, colour of the male, 

 i. 363. 



Libellulid^, relative size of the 

 sexes of, i. 347; difference in the 

 sexes of, i. 361. 



Lice of domestic animals and man, 

 i. 219. 



Licentiousness, prevalence of, among 

 savages, i. 96 ; a check upon popu- 

 lation, i. 134. 



LiCHTENSTEiN, on Chera progne, ii. 

 120. 



Life, inheritance at corresponding 

 periods of, i. 280, 285. 



Light, supposed effects of, i. 116; 

 influence of, upon the colours of 

 shells, i. 326. 



Lilford' Lord, the ruff attracted bv 

 bright objects, ii. 111. 



Limosa lapponica, ii. 204. 



Linaria, ii. 180. 



Linaria montana, i. 307. 



LiNN^us, views of, as to the position 

 of man, i. 190. 



Linnet, numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the, i. 307 ; crimson fore- 

 head and breast of the, ii.86 ; court- 

 ship of the, ii. 94. 



Lini/phia, i. 337. 



Lion, polygamous, i. 268 ; mane of 

 the, defensive, ii. 266 ; roaring of 

 tlie, ii. 275. 



Lions, stripes of young, ii. 183. 



Lips, piercing of the, by savages, ii. 

 341. 



Lithobius, prehensile appendages of 

 the female, i. 340. 



Lithosia, coloration in, i. 396. 



Littorina litforea, i. 324. 



Livingstone, Dr., on the influence 

 of dampness and dryness on the 

 colour of the skin, i. 242 ; on the 

 liability of negroes to tropical 

 fevers after residence in a cold 

 climate, i. 243 ; on the spur- 

 winged goose, ii. 47 ; on weaver- 

 birds, ii. 63 ; on an African night- 

 jar, ii. 73, 97 ; on the battle-scars 

 of South African male mammals, 



