442 INDEX. 



Page. 

 Causes which limit vegetable species towards the north, in Europe and similar 



regions _ 237 



Chowell, Dr. E., Meteorological observations 22 



Clemens, B., How to collect Lepidoptera 173 



Closing and opening of river Kennebec 434 



Cloud dispersed by Electricity 425 



Clouds, Electricity of 339 



Coast Survey, Account of ._... _ 95 



Coffin, Prof. J. H., Meteorological reductions, by, 22 



Meteorological plan _ 33 



Coleoptera, Catalogue of ■. 30 



Coleoptera, How to collect _ _ 160 



Collections now in Smithsonian museum 52 



Constants of nature and art._... ... 28 



Conventions held in lecture room 42 



Cooper, Dr. J. G., Forest map 35 



On the distribution of forests and trees in America 246 



Copyright law changed.. _. 38 



Correspondence 372 



Cothcal, Alexander J., Mutsun vocabulary 39 



Couch , D. N. , Connexion with Berlandier collections .- 21 



Craig, Dr. B. F., Laboratory 36 



Craven, Lieutenant, Exploration 50 



Cuvier, M., Memoir of Priestley '. 138 



Cycloidegraph, Dr. Eobert Hare's 22 



Deane, Dr. James, Fossil footprints.. 26 



De CandoUe,' A., On the causes which limit vegetable species towards the north. 237 



De Saussure, H., On hymenoptera 30 



Directions for meteorological observations 28 



Diptera, Catalogue of, by R. Osten Sacken 29,30 



How to collect, by R. Osten Sacken . 167 



Dispersion of cloud by electrical discharge _ 425 



Distribution of forests and trees of North America, by Dr. J. G. Cooper^. 246 



Dudley, Timothy, Account of earthquake of 1811 421 



Duprez, M. F., Report on the electricity of the air 290 



Durand, G. J., Letter from, relative to Smithsonian publications, &c .... 82 



Earthquakes in Guatemala, List of, in 1857 and 1858 437 



Earthquake of 1811, at New Madrid, Missouri -- 421 



Eclipse of sun, September 7, 1858, Gillies' observations of, and expedition to 



Peru 22,52 



Eclipse, March 15, 1858, Map of, by Rev. T. Hill 28 



Eggs, Desiderata - 157 



Eggs and nests of birds, How to collect...... -- 153 



Electrical discharge. Dispersion of a cloud by - 425 



Electricity, Miiller' s report. - 372 



Chemical effects of the current - 372 



§171. Daniells' researches on electrolysis.... . — - 372 



§ 172. Deposits upon diaphragms — 37 9 



