INDEX. 445 



Pasje. 



Hemiptera, How to coliect , 165 



Hill, Rev. Thomas, Map of Solar Edipsc 28 



Uodgins, J. Qeorgij, Report on Canadian Meteorological System 417 



Holmes, F. S., Fossils of South Carolina 20 



Honorary members of the Institution 6 



Hough, Dr. F. B., Meteorological plan 33 



Humphreys, Capt. A. A., Method of obtaining the amount of water in rivers 438 



Hymenoptera, Catalogue of- , 30 



How to collect . , .. IGl 



Iceland, Vegetable colonization of 229 



Insects, How to collect 158 



Reports on «.- 158 



Study of. , 30 



Instructions for collecting nests and eggs of North American birds 153 



Instruments, Meteorological 35 



Ives, Lieut. , Exploration by 50 



Journal of Board of Regents ._■ 78. 



Kane, Dr. E. K., Explorations and Observations of ... 18 



Prof. Bache'8 remarks on.. . 18 



Kendall, Amos, Letter presented to Board of Regents 80 



Kennebec river, Opening and closing of . 434 



Kentucky, Account of antiquities from..... 430 



Laboratory . 36 



Lachlan, Major, Meteorological plan , ., 32 



Le Contc, Dr. John L, On Coleoptcra .„ 30 



How to collect Coleoptera..- 160 



Lectures and lecturers during 1858-'59 42 



Lectures ^ - - Ho 



On Astronomy, by Prof. A. Caswell 85 



The Figure and Magnitude of the Earth 85 



Objects and Operations of the U. S. Coast Survey , 95 



Law of Gravitation 104 



Solar Parallax and Planetary Distances _ 114 



Sidereal Astronomy .- 125 



Lepidoptera, Catalogue of - 30 



How to collect — 173 



Letter from the Chancellor and Secretary to Congress. .' 4 



Letter from the Secretary to Congress 3 



Library - - - - 36 



Lightning ^ 358, 368 



Lightning, dispersion of a cloud by - 425 



Locusts of America, by A. S. Taylor 200 



Loew, H., How to collect Diptcra 167 



Lyon, S. S., Account of Antiquities from Kentucky 430 



Magnetic Obserrations of Dr, Kane - - 18 



Magnetic Observations by British Government 80 



Letter from E. Sabine relative to - 80 



Magnetic Observatory .- — --- 85 



