438 
INDEX 
Man’s body that of an animal, 444 
development similar to that of 
animals, 449 
structure compared with that of 
the anthropoid apes, 451 
Mania typica refused by lizards, 238 
Mantidoe resembling flowers, 212 
Marcgravia nepentlioides fertilised by 
birds (woodcut), 320 
Marine animals, protective resem¬ 
blance among, 208 
with warning colours, 266 
Marsh, Mr., on destructiveness to 
vegetation of goats and camels, 
17 
Professor 0., on the develop¬ 
ment of the horse tribe, 386 
on brain development of Tertiary 
mammals, 391 
on specialised forms dying out, 
395 
Marsupials, distribution of, 350 
Mathematical faculty, the origin of 
the, 464 
how developed, 466 
not developed by law of natural j 
selection, 469 
Mathematics, late development of, j 
465 
Meldola, Professor R., on variable pro¬ 
tective colouring, 196 
on mimicry among British 
moths, 249 (note) 
on an extension of the theory 
of mimicry, 255 (note)' 
Melons, variations of, 87 
Methona psidii and Leptalis orise 
(figs.), 241 
Meyer, Dr. A. B., on mimicry of 
snakes, 262 
Milne Edwards, on variation of 
lizards, 46 
Mimicking birds deceive naturalists, 
264 
butterfly, figure of, 241 
Mimicry, 239 
how it has been produced, 242 
among protected genera, 249 
extension of, 255 
in various orders of insects, 257 
among vertebrata, 261 
among birds, 263 
objections to theory of, 264 
Mineral particles carried by wind, 
363 
Miocene fossils of North America, 
378 
Missing links, character of, 380 
Mivart, Dr. St. George, on variation 
of ribs and dorsal vertebrae, 
69 
on supposed useless characters, 
138 (note) 
on resemblance of man and apes, 
451 
Modifications for special purposes, 
113 
Mongrels, sterility of, 165 
Monkeys affected by medicines as are 
men, 450 
Monocotyledons degradations from 
dicotyledons, 325 (note) 
scarcity of, in Rocky Mountains, 
401 
scarcity of, in Alpine flora, 401 
Moral nature of man, origin of, 
461 
Morse, Professor E. T., on protective 
colouring of marine mollusca, 
209 
Moseley, Professor, on protective 
resemblance among marine 
animals, 208 
on courtship of Great Albatross, 
287 
Moths, protected groups of, 235 
Mountains, remote, with identical 
plants, 369 
Muller, Dr. Fritz, on inhabitants of 
bromelia leaves, 118 
on butterfly, deceived by its 
mimic, 245 
his explanation of mimicry 
among protected genera, 252 
Dr. Hermann, on variability of 
Myosurus minimus, 78 
Murray, Mr. John, on bulk of land 
and ocean, 344 
on quartz particles on ocean 
floor, 363 
Rev. R. P., variation in the 
neuration of butterflies’ wings, 
45 
Musical and artistic faculties, origin 
of, 467 
Myosurus minimus, variability of, 78 
