488 



INDEX 



Mail's body that of an animal, 444 

 development similar to that of 



animals, 449 

 structure compared with that of 

 the anthropoid apes, 451 

 Mania typica refused by lizards, 238 

 Mantidae resembling flowers, 212 

 Marcgravia nepenthoides fertilised by 



birds (woodcut), 32C 

 Marine animals, protective resem- 

 blance among, 208 

 with warning colours, 266 

 Marsh, Mr,, on destructiveness to 

 vegetation of goats and camels, 

 17 

 Professor 0., on the develop- 

 ment of the horse tribe, 386 

 on brain development of Tertiary 



mammals, 391 

 on specialised forms dying out, 

 395 

 Marsupials, distribution of, 350 

 ]\Iathematical faculty, the origin of 

 the, 464 

 how developed, 466 

 not developed by law of natural 

 selection, 469 

 Mathematics, late development of, 



465 

 Meldola, Professor K., on variable pro- 

 tective colouring, 196 

 on mimicry among British 



moths, 249 (note) 

 on an extension of the theory 

 of mimicry, 255 (note) 

 Melons, variations of, 87 

 Methona psidii and Leptalis orise 



(figs.), 241 

 Meyer, Dr. A. B., on mimicry of 



snakes, 262 

 Milne Eilwards, on variation of 



lizards, 46 

 Mimicking birds deceive naturalists, 

 264 

 butterfly, figure of, 241 

 Mimicry, 239 



how it has been produced, 242 



among protected genera, 249 



extension of, 255 



in various orders of insects, 257 



among vertebrata, 261 



among birds, 263 



objections to theory of, 264 



Mineral particles carried by wind, 



363 

 Miocene fossils of North America, 



378 

 Missing links, character of, 380 

 ]\Iivart, Dr. St. George, on variation 

 of ribs and dorsal vertebra, 

 69 

 on supposed useless characters, 



138 (note) 

 on resemblance of man and apes, 

 451 

 Modifications for special purjioses, 



113 

 Mongrels, sterility of, 165 

 Monkeys affected by medicines as are 



men, 450 

 Monocotyledons degradations from 

 dicotyledons, 325 (note) 

 scarcity of, in Rocky Mountains, 



401 

 scarcity of, in Alpine flora, 401 

 Moral nature of man, origin of, 



461 

 Morse, Professor E. T., on protective 

 colouring of marine mollusca, 

 209 

 Moseley, Professor, on protective 

 resemblance among marine 

 animals, 208 

 on courtship of Great Albatross, 

 287 

 Moths, protected groups of, 235 

 Mountains, remote, with identical 



plants, 369 

 Miiller, Dr. Fritz, on inhabitants of 

 bromelia leaves, 118 

 on butterfly, deceived by its 



mimic, 245 

 his exjilanation of mimicry 

 among protected genera, 252 

 Dr. Hermann, on variability of 

 Myosurus minimus, 78 

 Murray, Mr. John, on bulk of land 

 and ocean, 344 

 on quartz particles on ocean 



floor, 363 

 Rev. R. P., variation in the 

 neuration of butterflies' wings, 

 45 

 Musical and artistic faculties, origin 



of, 467 

 Myosurus minimus, variability of, 78 



