758 iNDEt. 



Lemurs, uterus in the, 43. 



Lenguas, disfigurement of the ears of the, 656. 



Leopards, black, 616. 



Lepidoptera, 348; numerical proportions of the sexes in the, ^^; 

 coloring of, 349; ocellated spots of, 486. 



Lepidosiren, 180, 187. 



Leptalides, mimicry of, 368. 

 Leptorhynchus angustatus, pugnacity of male, 339. 



Leptura testacea, difference of color in the sexes of, 333. 



Leroy, on the wariness of young foxes in hunting districts, 90; on 

 the desertion of their young by swaljows, 122. 



Leslie, D., marriage customs of KaflBrs, 683. 



Lesse, valley of the, 24. 



Lesson, on the birds of paradise, 248, 457; on the sea-elephant, 603. 



Lessona, M., observations on Serranus, 184. 



Lethrus cephalotes, pugnacity of the males of, 337, 340. 



Leuciscus phoxinus, 282. 



Leuckart, R., on the vedcida prostatica, 26; on the influence of the 

 age of parents on the sex of offspring, 277. 



Levator clavicidm, muscle, 47. 



Libellula depressa, color of the male, 329. 



Libellulidae, relative size of the sexes of, 316; difference in the 

 sexes of, 329. 



Lice of domestic animals and man, 193. 



Licentiousness a check upon population, 52; prevalence of, among 

 savages, 134. 



Lichenstein, on Cher a progne, 476. 



Life, inheritance at corresponding periods of, 259, 263. 



Light, effects on complexion, 36; influence of, upon the colors of 

 shells, 298. 



Lilford, Lord, the ruff attracted by bright objects, 469. 



Limosa lapponica, 544. 



Linaria^ 525; linaria raontana, 281. 



Lindsay, Dr. W. L., diseases communicated from animals to man, 

 8; madness in animals, 89; the dog considers his master his God, 108. 



Linnaeus, views of, as to the position of man, 170. 



Linnet, numerical proportion of the sexes in the, 281; crimson 

 forehead and breast of the, 447; courtship of the, 455. 



Lion, polygamous, 247; mane of the, defensive, 594; roaring of 

 the, 601. 



Lions, stripes of young, 528. 



Lips, piercing of tlie, by savages, 657. 



Lithobius, prehensile appendages of the female, 310. 



Lithosia, coloration in, 356. 



Littorina littorea, 296. 



Livingstone, Dr., manner of sitting of gorilla, 172; on the influence 

 of dampness and dryness on the color of the skin, 220; on the 

 liability of negroes to tropical fevers after residence in a cold climate, 

 220; on the spur- winged goose, 414; on weaver- birds, 427; on an 

 African night-jar, 436, 457; on the battle-scars of South African 

 male mammals, 570; on the removal of the upper incisors by the 

 Katokas, 656; on the perforation of the upper lip by the Makalolo, 

 657; on the Banyai, 661. 



