INDEX TO ZOOLOGY. 



Jaguar, the, 491. 



Janthina ianthina, 85. 



Jardine, Sir Win., his description of 

 the coinraon robin, 337, 338 — of the 

 cuckoo, 366, 367. 



Jays, the, 350. 



Jelly-fish, 27. 



Jer falcon, the, 301. 



Jerboas, the, 466. 



JipKer. the, 148. 



John Dory, the, 227. ^ 



Johnston, reasons of, for classing 

 sponges with plants, 16 ; observa- 

 tions of, on the .ictinia, 34, 35 ; on 

 the habits of some of the polypes, 

 53 ; on the lernaeie, 105. 



Jones, Prof. R., his doubts as to the 

 correctness of Ehrenberg's view of 

 the polygastrica, 20 ; confirmed by 

 Dujardin, ib. 



Jugulares, 201. 



Kangaroos, the, 412, 413; the kanga- 

 roo rat, 462. 



Karabos, the, of Aristotle, 116. 



Kerodou, 4o8. 



Kestril, the, 302. 



Ketupa, 313. 



King of the herrings, the, 227. 



King birds, the, 345. 



Kingfish, the, 224. 



Kingfishers, the, 323, 324. 



Kin-yu, tlie, or gold fish, 215. 



Kinixys, 287. 



Kinki, the, of China, 372. 



Kinosternon pennsylvanicum, 288. 



Kirtland, Dr. J. P., his method of dis- 

 tinguishing the sexes in the unio- 

 nin;e by the shell, 79. 



Kites, the, 306. 



Kittiwake, the, 389. 



Kivis, the, 377. 



Kroyer, remarks of, on the lernaese, 

 105. 



Labrax lineatus, lupus, &c., 221. 



Labridip, 217. 



LabyrinthibranchiiP, 224. 



Labyrinthodonta, 285, 286. 



Lacerta, 14, 277 ; lacertidie, 275. 



Lachesis perversa, 130. 



Lactophrys, 231. 



Lady-bugs, 162. 



Lsemodipoda, 12, 113. 



Lagidiura, 458. 



Lagomys princeps, alpinus, &;c., 

 4.')6. 



Lagopus albus and mutus, 376. 



Lagorchestis, 413. 



Lagostomida>, 458; lagostomus, ib. 



Lagolhrix, 495. 



Lagriida-, 159. 



Lake trout, the, 212. 



Lama, the, 447. 



Lamellibranchia, 56. 



Laraellicornia, 156. 



Lammergeyer, the, 297. 



Lainna, 242, 243 ; lamnini, S42, 



Lamper-eel, 13. 



Lamprey or lamper-eel, 206. 



LampyridEe, 1S8. 



Lampyris, 140. 



Languria, 162. 



Laniarius barbarus and olivaceus, 

 349. 



Laniida;, 348 ; laniinse, 349 ; lanius 

 exubilor. &c., lb. 



Lapemis, 268. 



Lapland long-spur, the, 358. 



Lapwings, the, 378. 



Larida;, 389; larus atricilla, rissa, &c., 

 ib. 



I-arks, the, 358 ; the American, 354. 



Larrid;e, 172. 



Larva, a name applied to the young 

 of all insects, 133; various forms 

 and characters of, 133, 134 ; terms 

 employed to denote the diderent 

 segments of hcteromorphic larviP, 

 134 ; duration of the larva state, 

 ib. 



Lasiocampa quercus and rubi, 181. 



Latreille, his division of the decapoda, 

 115— of the isopoda, 112— of in- 

 sects, 143— of the lepidoptera, 178. 



946 



I^atrodectus raalmisnatus, 129. 



Leather-head, the, 331. 



Lebias, 214. 



Lecanium, 186. 



Leech, the, 11, 96, 97; use of, in me- 

 dicine, 97; particulars as to the 

 numbers of leeches annually used, 

 method of preserving, &c., 98. 



Leeuwenhoek, the first observer of 

 the infusoria, 18. 



Lefevre, Dr., account of the Greek 

 divers by, 65, 66. 



Leidy, Dr. Joseph, his observations on 

 vibrio anguillula, 23. 



Leiostomus obliquus and xanthurus, 

 224. 



Lemmatophila, 179. 



Lemmings, the, 462. 



Leinmus, 462. 



Lemur macaco, pusillus, &c., 15, 492, 

 493 ; lemuridaf, ib. 



Leopard, the, 491. 



Lepadogaster, 229. 



Lepas, 101. 



Lepidoptera, 13, 143, 177. 



Lepidosiren, 249 ; L. pai'adoxa, 239. 



r,epidostei, 234, 235. 



Lepidosteus, 217. 



Lepidotini, 236^^ 



Lepisma, 13, l^Hepismids, 145. 



Leporidse, 455. "^ 



Lepralia, 54. 



Leptidaj, 194 ; leptis, ib. 



Leptophis a!stlvus, 270. 



Leptoplda^, 188. 



Leptopodia calcarata, 118. 



Leptotherium, 452. 



Leptoxis, 83. 



Leptura, 162; lepturidffi, ib. 



Leptus, 125. 



Lepus, 15; L. timidus, cuniculus, &c., 

 456, 457. 



Lepus marinus, the, of the ancients, 

 80. 



Lernaeidae, 104 ; lernsea, 105 ; diflicul- 

 ty of determining the affinities of, 

 ib. ; particulars relating to the mode 

 of reproduction of, 105, 106 ; en- 

 graving of two species of lemaeo- 

 cera, 106. 



Lethrus cephalotes, 157. 



Leuchci-inas, 116. 



Leucosiadffi, 117 ; leucosiina;, ib. 



Leucospis, 172. 



Leuz, Dr., advice of, as to the treat- 

 ment of the bites of serpents, 264, 

 265. 



Libellula, 13, 168; libellulidw, 1C6, 

 167. 



Libinia comaliculata, 118. 



Lice, the, 131, 143, 146, 147 



Lichanotus, 493. 



Ligula, 10. 45. 



Liniacida3, 91, ; Umax, ib. 



Limnadia, 109. 



Limnaetus, 305. 



Limnea, 10, 90. 



Limniades, 54. 



Limnophilus, 169. 



LImosa fedori, hudsonica, &c., 381 ; 

 limosinw, ib. 



Limulus, 103, 111. 



Ling, the, 219. 



Linguatulidae, 49. 



Lingula, 55. 



Linnseus, brief outline of the system 

 of classification of, 3 ; the insecta 

 of, 95 ; orders and genera of fishes 

 according to, 21)1 ; his classification 

 of raararaalia, 398. 



Lion, the, 491. 



Liparis, 229, 230; L. chrysorhoea and 

 dispar, 181. 



LIstriodon, 437. 



Lllhobiidie, 132. 



Lithodomus, 66. 



Lithosia, 141. 



Lilhotrya, 102. 



Litlorina, 83. 



Lizards, the, 271, 274 et seq. 



Lizia octopunctata, engraving of the, 

 31. 



Lobster, the, 103, 116. 



Lochmias sqiiamatnla, 331. 



Locust, the, 165 ; the seventeen year, 

 187. 



Locusfa, the, of Suetonius and Belon, 



116; L. migratoria, iic, 141, 165; 



locustida?, 1G5. 

 Loligid», 94 ; loligo, ib. 

 Loligopsidai, 94 ; loligopsis, ib. 

 Lcncheres, 460. 

 Lonchophorus, 460. 

 Loncosilla, a genus instituted by Rafl- 



nesque, 70. 

 Long-shafted nightjar, the, 321. 

 Longicornia, 160, 161. 

 Loon, the, 387. 

 LophiidiP, 230 ; lophius piscatorius and 



americanus, ib. 

 Lophiodon, 437. 



Lophobranchii, 14, 202, 205, 232. 

 LophophoriniP, 374; lophophorus re- 



fulgens, ib. 

 Lophortyx californicus, 375. 

 Lophyrus, 171. 278. 

 Lories, the, 362. 

 Lorinre, 362 ; lorius domicella, &c., 



ib. 

 Loris, 493. 

 Lota, 219. 

 Loxia pityopsittacus, &c., 359 ; loxi- 



ana?, ib. 

 Lucanida;, 156; lucanus, 149, 156. 

 Lucernaria, 35. 

 Lucinidie, 74. 



Lucioperca americana, 221. 

 Lumbricidse, 98; lumbricus, II, 98. 

 Luminosity of insects, 140. 

 Lump-fish, the, 229. 

 Lump-sucker, the, 229. 

 Lumpus, 229. 

 Lupa, 118. 



Liitra vulgaris and canadensis, 486. 

 Lulraria Ilneata and plicatelia, 58. 

 LvcEPna hippothoe, 184 ; lycainidas, 



185. 

 Lycosa, 129; L. scutulata, 48. 

 Lycosinre, 128. 

 Lygajids, 189. 

 Lygosoma, 273. 

 Lymexylonidae, 158. 

 Lvnx, the, 491. 

 Lytta, 159. 



Macacus cynoraolgus and silenus, 



496. 

 Macaque, the maned, 496. 

 Maccaws, the, 362. 

 Machairodus, 488. 

 Machilus, 146. 

 Mackerel, the, 225. 

 Mackinaw trout, the, 212. 

 Macquart, classification of the aiplera 



according to, 191. 

 Macrauchenia, 435. 

 Macrocolus, 461, 462. 

 Macrodactyla, 154. 

 Macrodipteryx longipennis, 321. 

 Macroglossa, 183, 479. 

 Macropodidae, 412 ; macropus gigan- 



teus, 413. 

 Rlacropteryx, 319. 

 Macrorhinus, 481. 

 Macroscelides, 474. 

 Macrospondylus, 383. 

 Macrosternia, 157. 

 Macrotherium, 405. 

 Macrotis, 416. 

 Macrotoma, 145. 

 Macrourus, 219. 

 Macrura, 115. 

 Mactra, 58 ; mactridtp, ib. 

 Madrepora prolifera, 36; madreporidae, 



&c., ib. 

 M.iggots, 133. 

 Magilus, 85. 



.Magnolia warbler, the, 340. 

 Miigots, the, 496. 

 Magpies, the, 352. 

 MaiidcP, 118. 

 Makis, the, 493. 

 Malachius, 158. 

 Malacobdella, 43. 

 Malacodermia, 158. 

 Malacology, or the study of animals 



provided with a calcareous shell, 



49. 

 Malacopterl, 203. 

 Malacopterygli, 200, 201, 202, 217. 

 iMalacostraca, 111. 

 Malacotbrix, 464. 



