864 



INDEX. 



Astaciis fluviatilis — continued 

 histology, 174 

 mortality, 127 

 muscular system, 90 

 myths concerning, 44 

 name, origin of, 13 

 nervous system, 101 

 newly hatched young, cha- 

 racters of, 219 

 nutrition, 48 

 occurrence, 5, 8 

 organs of alimentation, 

 51 

 circulation, 68 

 excretion, 82, 353 

 hearing, 116 

 reproduction, 128 

 respiration, 75, 353 

 sight, 118 

 smell, 114 

 taste, 115 

 touch, 113 

 prehension of food, 49 

 putrid, eifect of smell of, 



45 

 reproduction of lost limbs, 



38 

 reproduction, sexual, 39, 



128, 135, 350 

 sexual characters, 7, 20, 



32, 145, 241 

 somites and appendages, 



143 

 systematic description, 



230 

 use as food, 10, 289 

 varieties, 289 

 fontinalis, 290 

 japonicii^, 304 

 Idamathcnsis, 305 

 letmiscvlvs, 305 



Astaciis Icjyto dactyl us, 299, 302 

 303, 310, 320 



niff7'cscens, 214 



nobills, 290, 295, 296, 299, 

 310 



oregamis, 305 



pacJiyjms, 302, 310 



jMlUpes, 290 



politus, 344 



saxatUis, 290 



Schrencldi, 304, 310 



torrentium, 290, 294, 298, 310, 

 311 



tristis, 290 



Trorvhridgii, 305 

 Atya, Atyidce, 331, 336 

 Auditory organ, 116 



seise, 116 

 Australian Crayfishes, 306 



province, 314 

 Austrocolumbian province, 314 

 Axlus, 271 



B. 



Ball, K., quoted, 36 



Basipodite, 143 



Bell, T., quoted, 37, 42 



Bile-duct, 61, 66 



Biological sciences, scope of, 4 



Blastoderm, 207 



Btastomere, 205 



Blastopore, 209 



Blood, 31, 68, 176 



corpuscles, 69, 176 



development of, 224 



sinuses, 50, 69 

 BOBEETSKY, referred to, 356 

 BOLIVAE, Dr., 298 

 Branchiae, 



Astacoides, 266 



Astacojjsis, 264 



