INDEX. 



421 



described by, 170 note, 171, 176 — on 

 tlie supposed solvent fluid of the 

 ActiniiE, 228 — on the convoluted 

 bands, 277. 



Homer on the sea, 212, 285. 



Huxley, Professor, classification of the 

 Sagitta by, 265 — observations on it, 

 267 — on Parthenogenesis, 304 — on 

 the generation of Aphides, 302 note 

 316. 



Hydra, alleged paralysing power of 

 the, 143 — its organisation, 166 — re- 

 production in it, ISO— digestion in 

 It, 230 note — Trenibley on its repro- 

 duction, 299 — peculiarities of repro- 

 duction in it, 328 — its so-called mus- 

 cles, 404. 



Hydra tuba, reproduction in the, ISO. 



Hydractinia, the, 291. 



Hydroid Polypes, reproduction in the, 

 ISO. 



Ilfracombe, scenery of, 5 — the town, 

 7 — a day's marine hunting at, 16 — the 

 visitors to, 30 — the Capstone Parade 

 at, 32 — a ramble near, and its scenery, 

 77 — lanes, 78. 



Implements, the requisite, for marine- 

 animal collecting, 12. 



Incubating flsh, an, 251. 



Infusoria, digestion in the, 230. 



Ingenhouss, discovery of the influence 

 of sunlight on plants by, 246. 



Inman, Dr, on insensibility to pain in 

 the lower animals, 351 note — on the 

 nervous system of the Dendronotus, 

 393 note. 



Insects, Parthenogenesis among, 308 

 — signs of insensibility given by, 349 

 — peculiarities of nervous tissue in, 

 401. 



Invertebrata, position of the retina 

 in, 368. 



Jei.ly-fish, preference of, for light, 22 

 — the thread capsules in the, 154, 

 156 — production of, by Polypes, 297. 



Jersey, first impression of, 284 — cha- 

 racter of its scenery, 285 — boyish 

 reminiscences of it, 286 et seq. 



Johnston's British Zooi)hytes, 36, 125 

 — on the voracity of the Crassicor- 

 nis, 133. 



Jones, Rymer, his Animal Kingdom, 

 36 — on the study of marine animals, 

 63 — on the animal nature of the 

 Anemone, 128 — on their powers of 

 motion, 132— on the seizing power 

 of the Anemones, 138. 



KiRKES and Paget on nerve fibre, 396 



note. 



Knowledge, the food of the mind, 232. 



KoUiker on the colour-specs of the Lo- 

 ligo, 102 note — on the sex of the 

 Actiniae, 172, 174, 175 — observations 

 of, on the Actinoi^hrys, 220 — on Par- 



thenogenesis, 313 — on the sensibility 



of the skin, 371 

 Krohn, classification of the Sagitta by 



265 — on it, 267 — on Parthenogenesis, 



304 — on the Noctilucas, 344. 

 Kyber, experiment on the Aphis by, 



325. 



Lagenella repens, the, 262. 



Lamp Polype, the, 254. 



Lamprey, metamorphosis of the Ani- 

 mocete into the, 253 note. 



Landrail, the, 8. 



Landsborough, Dr, on the Anemone, 

 131 — on the stinging power of the 

 Anemone, 136. 



Lanes, the, in Scilly, 200. 



Lankester, Dr, on Parthenogenesis in 

 plants, 308. 



Laomedea geniculata, reproduction in 

 the, 297. 



Lantern Hill, Ilfracombe, 32. 



Leeuwenhoek, discovery of, respecting 

 vertebrate nerve-tissue, 403 note. 



Lerna^a, peculiarities of the, 56. 



Leuckhart on Parthenogenesis, 304, 

 305. 



Leydig on the structure, &c. of the eye, 

 370 — on the colouring matter in the 

 ganglia of the Doris, &c., 391 note — 

 on the so-caUed muscles of the hydra, 

 404. 



Life, revelations of the mystery of, 

 through marine studies, 56 — is mo- 

 tion the index to ? 61 — definition of 

 it, 62 et seq. — no special organs in 

 the earliest forms of, 63 — relations 

 of, to food, 231 — the relations of 

 light to, 246 et seq. — the successive 

 developments of, 259. 



Light, indiff"erence of Molluscs, &c. to, 

 22 — alleged sensibility of the Ane- 

 mones to, 128 — effects of, on various 

 marine species, 244 — vital action of, 

 lb. — its relation to organisation, 245 

 — relations of, to the animal organ- 

 ism, 248 — apparent indifference of 

 Actiniae, &c. to, 249. 



Limax, the nervous system of the, 392, 

 393. 



Lion, the man-eater, and the zoologist, 

 187. 



Literature, greatness of, 278. 



Locomotion, special organs of, 408. 



Logic, inattention to, among zoologists, 

 104. 



Loligo, the colour-specs on the, 99 et 

 seq. 



Lophius, the, 252. 



Lucernaria, the, 254. 



Luidia fragilissima, the, 255. 



Madeira snail, vitality of the, 358. 

 Mammalia, digestion in the, 231. 

 Man, perfection of the senses in, com- 

 pared with animals, 375. 

 Marine animals, hunting for, at Ilfra- 



