INDEX 



ABBOTT, C. C., on American palaeo- 

 lithic implements, 441 

 Abbott, Dr., on nests of Baltimore 



oriole, 114 



Abraxas grossulariata, 84 

 Abrus precatoria, perhaps a case of 



mimicry, 399 



Absorption-colours or pigments, 357 

 Acanthotritus dorsalis, 67 

 Accipiter pileatus, 75 

 Acraeidae, the subjects of mimicry, 61 



warning colours of, 350 

 Acronycta psi, protective colouring of, 



45 

 Adaptation brought about by general 



laws, 149 



looks like design, 152 

 Adaptive characters, 331, 335 

 JEgeriidae, mimic Hymenoptera, 64 

 Affinities, how to determine doubtful, 



330 

 Agassiz on embryonic character of 



ancient animals, 165 

 Agnia fasciata, mimics another Longi- 



corn, 68 

 Agriopis aprilina, protective colouring 



of, 45 

 Alcedinidae, sexual colouring and 



nidification of, 124 

 Aleutian islands, ancient shell mounds 



in, 437 

 Allen, Mr. Grant, on protective 



colours of fruits, 398 

 Alpine flowers, why so beautiful, 403 

 Amadina, sexual colouring and nidifi- 

 cation of, 126 

 Amboyna, large -sized butterflies of, 



385 

 American monkeys, 306 



Ampelidae, sexual colouring and nidifi- 

 cation of, 126 

 Ancient races of North and South 



America, 429 

 Ancylotherium, 165 

 Andaman islands, pale butterflies of, 

 386 



white-marked birds of, 388 

 Anderson, Mr. W. Marshall, on 

 cranium from N. American mound, 

 428 



Andes, very rich in humming-birds, 323 

 Andrenidae, 70 

 Angrsecum sesquipedale, 146 



its fertilisation by a large moth, 



148 

 Animal colours, how produced, 357 



life in tropical forests, 271 

 Animals, senses and faculties of, 89 

 intellect of, compared with that 



of savages, 192 



and plants under domestication, 

 an example of Darwin's re- 

 search, 459 

 Anisocerinae, 66 

 Anoplotherium, 165 

 Anthribidaj, 290 



mimicry of, 67 

 Anthrocera filipendulae, 84 

 Anthropologists, wide difference of 

 opinion among, as to origin of 

 human races, 167 



conflicting views of, harmonised, 



179 



Antiquity of man, 167, 180 



in North America, 433 



Ants, wasps, and bees, 278 



numbers of, in India and Malaya, 

 278, 283 



