436 
Keeling’s Island, 172, 261, 350. 
INDEX. 
MAccLESFIELD Bank, 271. 
Kent, W. S., on Veretillum cynomo- | Mackenzie Island, 343, 381. 
rium, 92. 
Key West, 205, 206. 
Kingsmills, see Gilbert Group. 
King’s Island, 200. 
Kophobelemnon, see Cophobelemnon. 
Kotzebue, water of coral islands, 325. 
Kuria, 164, 173, 380. 
Kusaie, 342. 
LaccaDIVvEs, 350. 
Ladrones, 342, 380. 
Lafu, 344, 
Lagoons of atolls, 151, 182, 293, 300, 303. 
Lasso-cells, 30. 
Leconte, Joseph, on Florida Reefs, 204. 
growth of Madrepora, 127. 
Lefroy, on Red Earth of Bermudas, 225. 
Leidy, J., size of a lasso-cell, 33. 
fossil mammals of the West Indies 
and Florida, 306, 308. 
Leptogorgia, 86. 
Leptoria tenuis, Plate IV. 
Level, changes of, in the Pacific, 357, 
368. 
Life and death in concurrent progress, 94. 
Lime in sea-water, 100. 
Limestones, formation of, 385. 
beds of, with living margins, 387. 
thick strata of, 387. 
subsidence essential to the making 
of thick strata of, 387. 
deep sea, from coral reef debris, 
rarely made, 388. 
rate of increase of, 253, 396. 
consolidation of, 591. 
Lisiansky, soundings by, 173. 
on islands northwest of Kauai, 341. 
Lister, J. J., on Christmas Island, 274. 
Lixo coral reef, 140. 
Loculi, 60. 
Logs on coral islands, 196, 316, 317. 
Loochoo, 347. 
Los Guedes, 342. 
Los Matelotas, 342. 
Louisiade Archipelago, 133, 135, 269, 
345. 
Loyalty Group, 344, 381. 
Madagascar reefs, 350. 
Madrepora from a wreck, growth of, 
126, 254. ; 
aspera, 50, 71. 
cervicornis, 99, 1138, 124, 418. 
cribripora, 72, 120. 
formosa, 73. 
palmata, 99, 113. 
prolifera, 115, 124. 
Madreporacea, distribution of, 109. 
Madreporaria, 64. 
Meandrina cerebriformis, see Diploria, 
clivosa, 118, 125, 255, 418. 
labyrinthica, 65, 113, 114, 418. 
sinuosa, 113, 418. 
strigosa, 114. 
Magnesia in corals, 99. 
Magnesian coral limestones, 393. 
Mahlos Mahdoo atoll, 189. 
Maiana, 164, 380. 
Makin, 167, 380. 
Malden’s Island, 291, 375. 
Maldives, 162, 172, 186, 268, 350. 
map of, 187. 
Manicina areolata, 99, 113, 418. 
Mangaia, 274. 
elevation of, 372. 
Manhil, 203. 
Manuing, F. A., analyses of coral sand 
a red earth, 225. 
Manopora, 72. 
Manuai, 373. 
Marakei, 167, 380. 
Margaret, 199. 
Marquesas Key, Florida, 209. 
Islands, 340, 361. 
Marshall Islands, 170, 183, 301, 325, 
328, 380. 
Matea, see Metia. 
Maui, elevation of, 378. 
Mauke, 324, 341, 372. 
McAskill Islands, 342. 
McCandless, artesian borings on Oahu, 
411. 
McKean’s Island, 376. 
Melitza, 89. 
Menchicoff Island, 170, 268. 

