INDEX. 

Aapiranga berry, 253. 
Acara fish, 248. 
Acrosoma arcuatum, 54. 
Agrias Phalcidon, 153. 
Ague, 385. 
Air-roots, 25. 
Aiyussa turtles, 319. 
Alligators, 270, 310, 311, 317, 323- 
Altar do Cha6, 218. 
Amazons delta, formation of the, Ixxi. 55. 
ae depth and velocity at Obydos, 
122. 
a early voyagers on the, 110. 
93 modes of travelling on the, 109. 
“4 trade wind and day breeze of 
the, 252, 253. 
B. tributaries of, 369. 
59 Upper or Solimoens, 256 ef seg. 
character of coasts, 262. 
Indians of the, 172. 
rising and sinking of 
the, 288. 
seasons of the, 287. 
“terra cahida’”’ on the, 
264. 
Ampelis continga, 60. 
Amphisbeena snake, 51. 
Anaca parrot, 116. 
Anaconda, water serpent, 235. 
Animals, domestic, absence of, 99. 
s large, scarcity of, in forest, 35. 
Ant-eater, 90, QI. 
5, ~thrushes, 7. 
Ants, white, 105, 208, 209. 
2» 355. 
Anis birds, 204. 
Arara Indians, 161, 162. 
Arboreal fauna, 23, 35. 
Ardea helias, 41. 
Arrow-grass, 143. 
Arroyos, 69. 
Arums, forest of, 103. 
Assact tree, 323. 
Assai palm, 4, 62. 
ee humidity of, near the Andes, 
379. 
Atta fruit, 186. 
3? 2° 
39 3? 
”? 29 
9 9° 
” 99 
Aveyros, 225. 
Bacaba palm, 198. 
Baia, 63. 
Banana, wild, 25. 
Banner ant-eater, 92. 
Barra, 172 e¢ seq. 
,, beautiful scenery near, 176. 
Barrigudo monkeys, 339. 
Bates, H. W.— 
Appointment as assistant secretary of 
the Royal Geo. Soc., Ixxv. 
‘*Contributions to an Insect Fauna of 
the Amazons Valley,” Extracts from, 
XXXViii. 
Early life, ancestry and, xvii. 
Entomological work, lxxx. 
Extent of literary work, 1xxxi. 
Extracts from diary, 1xxi. 
First impressions of the Amazons, xxil. 
Friendship with Mr. Wallace, xx. 
Letters to Charles Darwin, xlv., lxi., 
Ixiii., Ixx., Ixxvii., Ixxix., lxxxiii. 
Letter to Mr. P. H. Gosse, Ixxxvi. 
Letters to Sir Joseph Hooker, xxxiii., 
xlvii., xlviii., liii., lvii., Ixiv., lxv., 
Ixvii., xix. 
Number of species collected, xxviii. 
Number of new species discovered by, 
lxv. 
On geographical distribution, xxxi., 
1xxxii. 
On mimicry, xxxvii. ef seg. 
On Weismann’s theory, 1xxxvii. 
Publication of ‘‘ Naturalist on the 
Amazons,’ 1xi. 
Separation from Mr. Wallace, xxiv. 
Start for the Amazons, xxi. 
Titular distinctions, lxxxviii, 
Bats, 89, 345. 
Bees, 200, 201. 
Beetles, 54, 106, 107. 
»» water, 194. 
Bembex ciliata, 195. 
Bertholletia excelsa, 33, 68. 
Birds of the neighbourhood of Ega, 346. 
», singing, 13I. 
