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INDEX 



Eutermes nigrita, Wasm., 146 ; 

 mentioned, 136, 147, 148. 

 subsp. maheensis*, Holm- 

 gren, 148; mentioned, 136. 

 salebri thorax, Sjost, mentioned, 



135. 

 subtilis, Wasm., 145. 

 truncatus, Wasm., 144. 

 Eutermitinse, 146. 

 Euthecosomata, 165. 

 Euxanthus exsculptus, Herbst, men- 

 tioned, 215. 



exsculptus, var. rugosus, Miers, 



215. 

 herdmani, Laurie, 215 ; men- 

 tioned, 192. 

 rugosus, Miers, 215; men- 

 tioned, 192, 260. 

 Exocoetus evolans, Linn., mentioned, 



102. 

 Expedition, Description of, (con- 

 cluded) by J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 1-7. 



Fannia, Robineau-Desvoidy, 155. 



leucosticta, Meigenl, 155. 

 Fauna of Aldabra, 266. 



of the Seychelles, 263-266. 

 Fauna and Flora, Notes on, of 

 Aldabra and neighbouring Is- 

 lands, by J. C. F. Fryer, 397-442. 

 Favia, Oken, mentioned, 411. 

 Feaella, Ellingsen, mentioned, 394. 

 affinis*, Hirst, 394; mentioned, 



380, 382, fig. 394. 

 mirabilis, Ellingsen, mentioned, 



394. 

 mucronata, Tullyr., mentioned, 

 394, 395. 

 Felicite Island, Entomological col- 

 lecting in (H. Scott), 35. 

 "Ferns epiphytic" (Asplenium 



Nidus, Linn.), mentioned, 26. 

 Ficus, sp. ? ("La fouche") men- 

 tioned, 19, 416, 433. 

 Filao trees (Casuarina equisetifolia, 



Linn.), mentioned, 5. 

 "Fireflies" (Luciola, sp.), men- 

 tioned, 29, 33. 

 Firmicus marginatus, Simon, men- 

 tioned, 381. 

 Firola gegenbauri, Vayssiere, men- 

 tioned, 183; distrib. of, men- 

 tioned, 187. 

 Firoloida, Lesueur, 184 ; mentioned, 

 172. 



Firoloida desmaresti, Vayssiere, 

 mentioned, 184, 185. 

 kowalewskyi, Vayssiere, 184 ; 

 mentioned, 185, 186; distrib. 

 of, mentioned, 187, 188. 

 Flabellifera, 84, 90. 

 " Flamingoes " (Phceniconaias minor, 



Geoffr.), mentioned, 419. 

 Flora and Fauna, Notes on, of 

 Aldabra and neighbouring Is- 

 lands, by J. C. F. Fryer, 397-442. 

 Foraminifera, a Study of some 

 sedentary, by Sydney J. Hick- 

 son, 443-462. 

 Forcinella stali, Dohrn, 125. 

 Forficula morio, Fabr., 133. 



riparia, Pallas, 126. 

 Forficulida?, 24, 133. 

 Forfiscelia curvicauda, Motsch, 127. 



pilicornis, Motsch, 129. 

 Fossorial Hymenoptera from thf 

 Seychelles and other Islands in 

 the Indian Ocean, by Rowland 

 E. Turner, 367-374. 

 " Fossorial Wasp, metallic-blue " 

 (Sceliphron madecassum, Grib. ), 

 mentioned, 28. 

 Foudia aldabrana, Ridgway (" Car- 

 dinal"), mentioned, 419. 



madagascar, Linn., mentioned, 

 17, 419. 

 Fox, flying, mentioned, 416. 

 Fregata aquila, Linn., mentioned, 

 419. 



minor, mentioned, 419. 

 Frigata aquila, 419, read Fregata. 

 minor, read Fregata, Linn., 

 419. 

 Frigate Birds, flight of, mentioned, 



419. 

 Fryer, J. C. F., Bird and Dennis 

 Islands, Seychelles, 15-20. 

 The Structure and Formation 

 of Aldabra and neighbouring 

 Islands — with Notes on their 

 Flora and Fauna, 397-442. 

 Fungida, mentioned, 411. 



Galaxea, Oken, mentioned, 411. 



Gallinula, sp. (Moorhen), men- 

 tioned, 17. 



Ganaspis, Forster, 311. 



mahensis*, Kieffer, 311. 



Gannets (Sula leucogaster, Ridg- 

 way), nests of, mentioned, 417, 

 419. 



Gannets (Sula piscator, Linn.), 



colonies of, mentioned, 17. 

 Gardiner, J. Stanley, Description of 

 the Expedition (concluded), 1-7. 

 Gardineria*, Rathbun, 236; with 

 a stridulating mechanism, men. 

 tioned, 191. 



canora* Rathbun, 236 ; men- 

 tioned, 193, 260. 

 Garypus insularis, Tullg., men- 

 tioned, 382, 395. 

 Gasteracantha brevispina, Dol., 



mentioned, 379, 381. 

 Geckos of Bird Island, mentioned, 



17. 

 Gelechia auriferella, Walker, 286. 

 Gelechiadse, 271. 

 Geonemertes arboricola, Punnett, 



mentioned, 3. 

 Geopelia striata? (Linn.) (Ground 



dove), mentioned, 17. 

 Giant land tortoises, bones of, men- 

 tioned, 407. 

 Gigantione, Giard & Bonnier, 117. 

 Gigantione, Eossmann, 117. 



bouvieri, Bonnier, mentioned, 

 117; taken from the bran- 

 chial cavity of Pilumnus 

 hirtellus, Linn., var. inermis, 

 A. Milne Edwards & Bon- 

 nier, 117. 

 moebii, Eossmann, taken from 

 the branchial cavity of Riip- 

 pellia impressa, de Haan, 

 117. 

 rathbunas*, Stebbing, 117; men- 

 tioned, 85, 120; taken from 

 branchial cavity of Actaea 

 polyacantha, Heller, 118. 

 Gleichenia dichotoma, Hooker, men- 

 tioned, 28. 

 Glossobius, Schibdte & Meinert, 



mentioned, 103. 

 Glyphipterygidse, 289. 

 Glyphipteryx, Huebner, 290 ; men- 

 tioned, 264. 



dichalina*, Meyrick, 290. 

 medica*, Meyrick, 291. 

 Glyptotermes, Froygatt, 140; men- 

 tioned, 136, 142. 



borneensis, Hav., mentioned, 



136. 

 longus*, Holmgren, 142; men- 

 tioned, 135. 

 scotti*, Holmgren, 142; men- 

 tioned, 135. 



