INDEX TO ZOOLOGY. 



Jugiiar, the, 491. 



Jaiithina ianthina, 85. 



.(ardine. Sir Wm., his description of 

 the common robin, 337, 338— of tho 

 cuckoo, 366, 367. 



lavs, the, 350. 



.Ifily-fish, 27. 



•ler falcon, the, 301. 



•Jerboas, the, 466. 



■linger, the, 148. 



•lohn Dory, the, 227. 



•lotuiston, reason« of, for classing 

 sponges with plants, 16; (jbserva- 

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

 ihe habits of some of the polypes, 

 53 ; on the leriue;e, 105. 



■lones, Prof. R., his doubts as to the 

 correctne.ss of Ehrcnberg's view of 

 Ihe polygaslrica, 20; confirmed by 

 Dujardin, ib. 



•Iiigulares, 201. 



Kangaroos, the, 412, 413; the kanga- 

 roo rat, 402. 



Karabos, the, of Aristotle, 110. 



Kerodon, 458. 



Kestril, the, 302. 



Kctupa, 313. 



King of the herrings, the, 227. 



King birds, the, 345. 



Kingfish, the, 224. 



Kingflshers, the, 323, 324. 



Kin-yu, the, or gold fish, 21.3. 



Kinixys, 287. 



Kinki, the, of China, 372. 



Kinosternon pennsylvanicura, 288. 



Kirtland, Dr. •!. I'., his method of dis- 

 tinguishing the sexes in the unio- 

 niuie by the shell, 79. 



Kites, the, 306. 



Kittiwake, the, 389. 



Kivis, the, 377. 



Kroyer, remarks of, on the Icrna^a", 

 105. 



T,abrax lineatus, lupus, &c., 221. 



J^abrida«, 217. 



J.abyrinthibranchia», 224. 



I^abyrinthodonta, 285, 286. 



Liacerta, 14, 277 ; lacertidae, 275. 



Lachesis perversa, 130. 



l.actophrys, 231. 



I.adv-bugs, 162. 



I.a'modipoda, 12, 113. 



I.agidium, 458. 



l.agomys princeps, alpinus, &c.. 

 4.56. 



Lagopus albus and mutus, 376. 



l^agorchestis, 413. 



LagostomidiB, 458; lagostomus, ib. 



I.agothrix, 495. 



Lagriida», 159. 



I.ake trout, the, 212. 



J^araa, the, 447. 



Lamellibranchia, 56. 



Lamellicornia, 156. 



Lämmergeyer, the, 297. 



Lamua, 242, 243 ; lamnini, 242. 



Lamper-eel, 13. 



Lamprey or lamper-eel, 206. 



Lampyridaj, 158. 



Larapyris, 140. 



Languria, 162. 



Laniarius barbarus and olivaceus, 

 349. 



Laniida^ 348 ; laniina», 349; lanius 

 exubitor, &c., ib. 



Lapemis, 268. 



Lapland long-spur, the, 358. 



Lapwings, the, 378. 



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

 ib. 



Larks, Ihe, 358 ; the American, 354. 



Larrida;, 172. 



Larva, a name applied to the young 

 of all insects, 133; various forms 

 and characters of, 133. 134; terras 

 employed to denote the different 

 segments of heteroraorphic larvae, 

 134; duration of the lai'va state, 

 ib. 



Lasiocampa quercus and rubi, 181. 



J.alreille, his division of the decapoda, 

 115 — of the isopoda, 112 — of in- 

 sects, 143— of tlje lepidoptera, 178. 

 179. 



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I.atrodectus malmignatus, 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. 



Lefevi'e, Dr., account of the Greek 

 divers by, 65, 66. 



Leidy, Dr. .Iosei)h, his observations on 

 vibrio anguilhila, 23. 



Leiostomus obliquus and xanthurus, 

 224. 



Lemmatophila, 179. 



Lemmings, the, 462. 



Lemmus, 462. 



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

 493; lemurida', ib. 



Leopard, the, 491. 



Lepadogaster, 229. 



Lepas, lul. 



Lepidoi)t(ia. 13. 143, 177. 



Lepidiisircii. 249; L. paradoxa, 239. 



Lepidostei, 2:!4, 235. 



Lepidosteus, 217. 



Lepidotini, 236. 



Lepisma, 13, 146; lepisraidie, 145. 



Leporidie, 4.')5. 



Lepralia, 54. 



Leptida', 194 ; Icptis, ib. 



Leptophis «estivus, 270. 



Leptopida', 188. 



Tieptopodia calcarata, 118. 



Leptotherium, 452. 



Leptoxis, 83. 



Leptura, 162; lepturidap, ib. 



Leptus, 125. 



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

 456, 4.57. 



Lepus marinus, the, of the ancients, 

 80. 



Lerna>idcP, 104; lerna;a, 105; difficul- 

 ty of determining the atlinities of, 

 ib. ; particulars relating to the mode 

 of reproduction of, I0.">, 106 ; en- 

 graving of two species of lerna>o- 

 cera, 106. 



Lethrus cephalotes, 157. 



l.euciferiniK, IKi. 



LeucosiadcP, 117; leucosiina-, ib. 



Leucospis, 172. 



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

 ment of the bites of serpents, 264. 

 265. 



Libellula, 13, 168; libellulida', 100, 

 167. 



Libinia comaliculata, 118. 



Lice, the, 131, 143, 146, 147 



Lichanotus, 493. 



Ligula, 10. 45. 



Limacida', 91, ; limax, ib. 



Limnadia, 109. 



Limnaetus, 305. 



Liranea, 10, 90. 



Limniades, 54. 



Limnophilus, 169. 



Limosa fedo.?, hudsonica, iic, 381 ; 

 limosina", ib. 



Limulus, 103, 111. 



Ling, the, 219. 



LinguatulidcB, 49. 



Lingula, 55. 



Linnaeus, brief outline of the system 

 of classification of, 3 ; the insecta 

 of, 95 ; orders and genera of fishes 

 according to, 201 ; his classification 

 of mammalia, 398. 



Lion, the, 491. 



Liparis, 229, 230; L. chrysorhtea and 

 dispar, 181. 



Listriodon, 437. 



Lithobiida;, 132. 



Lithodomus, 66. 



Lithosia, 141. 



Lilhotrya, 102. 



Litlorina, 83. 



Lizards, Ihe, 271, 274 et seq. 



Lizia octopunctata, engravini,' ni' i!ic, 

 31. 



Lobster, the, 103, 116. 



Loehmias squamatula, 331. 



Locust, the, 165 ; the seventeen vcar, 

 187. 



Locusta, the, of Suetonius and Beloii, 



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



locustida", 165. 

 Loligidie, 94 ; loligo, ib. 

 Loligop.sidas 94 ; loligopsis, ib. 

 Loncheres, 400. 

 Lonchophorus, 460. 

 Loncosilla, a genus instituted by Rafl- 



nesque, 70. 

 Long-shafted nightjar, the, 321. 

 Longicomia, 160, 161. 

 Loon, the, 387. 

 Lophiida-, 230 ; lophius piscatorius and 



americanus, ib. 

 Lophiodon, 437. 



Lophobranchii, 14, 202, 205, 232. 

 Lophophorinie, 374 ; Ipphophorus re- 



fulgens, ib. 

 Lophorlyx califomicus, 375. 

 Lophyrus, 171. 278. 

 Lories, the, 302. 

 Lorinu», 362 ; lorius domicclla, &c., 



ib. 

 Loris, 493. 

 Lota, 219. 

 Loxia pityopsittacus, &c., 359; loxi- 



anap, ib. 

 Lucanida>, 1.56; lucanus, 149, 156. 

 Lucernaria, 3.5. 

 Lucinida-, 74. 



Lucioperca amoricana, 221. 

 Lumbricida-, 98; lumbricus, 11, 98. 

 Luminosity of insects, 140. 

 Lump-fish, the, 229. 

 Lump-sucker, the, 229. 

 Lumpus, 229. 

 Lupa, 118. 



Lulra vulgaris and canadensis, 486. 

 Lutraria lineata and plicatella, 58. 

 Lyca-na hippolhoe, 184 ; lycaenidie, 



185. 

 Lycosa, 129; L. scutulata, 48. 

 Lycosinae, 128. 

 Lyga-idiP, 189. 

 Lygosoma, 273. 

 Lymexylonidie, 158. 

 Lynx, the, 491. 

 Lytta, 159. 



Macacus cynomolgus 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 diptera 



according to, 191. 

 Macrauchenia, 435. 

 Macrocolus, 461, 462. 

 Macrodactyla, 154. 

 Macrodipteryx longipennis, 321. 

 Macroglossa, 183, 479. 

 Macropodida», 412 ; macropus gigan- 



teus, 413. 

 Macropteryx, 319 

 Macrorhinus, 481. 

 Macroscelides, 474. 

 Macrospondylus, 383. 

 Macrosternia, 157. 

 Macrotherium, 405. 

 Macrotis, 416. 

 Macrotoma, 145. 

 Macrourus, 219. 

 Macrura, 115. 

 Mactra, 58 ; mactridae. ib. 

 Madrepora prolifera, 30 ; madreporidae, 



&c., ib. 

 Maggots, 133. 

 Magilus, 85. 



Magnolia warbler, the, 340. 

 Magots, the, 496. 

 Magpies, the, 352. 

 MaiidaB, 118. 

 .Makis, the, 493. 

 Malachius, 158. 

 .Malacobdella, 43. 

 Malacodermia, 158. 

 Malacology, or the study of animals 



provided with a calcareous shell, 



49. 

 Mahacopteri, 203. 

 Malacopterygii, 200, 201, 202, 217. 

 .Malacostraca, 111. 

 Malacothrix, 464. 



