INDEX. 



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United States Fish Commission, i. xx. 

 Upper GaiUt, depth of sea of, i. 148. 

 Urechiims naiesiauus, ii. 101. 



"Valorous," Expedition of the, i. 4o. 



Valvulina triangularis, ii. 10*). 



Vegetable parasites, Wedl and Kolliker on, 



i. 288. 

 Velella, i. 180, 18:5. 

 Ventriculites, Thomson, C. Wyville, on, ii. 



no. 



Vermetus erectus, ii. 71. 



Verrill, A. E., Report on Anthozoa, i. xxi. 



on ' ■ Blake ' ' anthozoa, ii. 142. 



on ' ' Blake ' ' eephalopods, ii. 58. 



on color of light at great depths, i. oOu. 



on fish remains, i. 145. 



on floating beach sand, i. 274. 



on pliocene submarine fossils, i. 273. 



on primitive types of actiniaj, ii. 140. 



on protective phosphorescence, i.. 308. 

 Verruca incerta, ii. 50. 

 Vertebrate bones, scarcity of, i. 144. 

 Vetticordia elegantissima, ii. 74. 

 Verticordia perversa, ii. 74. 

 Vesicomya pilula, ii. 74. 

 Vesieomya venusta, ii. 74, 75. 

 Vetulina stalactites, ii. 175. 

 Vicksburg limestone, i. 01. 

 Vincularia abyssicola, ii. 80. 

 Virgin Islands, i. 105. 



land shells of, i. 110. 



sink off, i. 104. 



submarine banks of the, i. 111. 

 Volcanic bottom deposits, i. 290. 

 Volcanic regions, topography of bottom of, 



i. 104. 

 Volcanic shore deposits, i. 289. 

 Volcanoes of West Indies, age of the, i. 109. 

 Voluta, bathymetrical range of, i. 109. 

 Von Otter, i. 42 ; ii. 142. 

 " Voringen," expedition of the, i. 44. 

 Vorticellidse, associated with other animals, 

 i. 215. 



Waldheimia floridana, ii. 70. 

 Wallace, A. R., i. 109. 



on age of continents and oceanic basins, 

 i. 127. 



on Antillean continent, i. 110. 

 Wallieh, on formation of flints, i. 14.3. 



on migi-ations of marine animals, i. 104. 



on protoplasmic deep-sea layer, i. 150. 



on silex nodules, i. 150. 



report on " Bulldog" Expedition, i. 44, 

 45. 



Wallis, i. 32. 



"Washington," Expedition of the, i. 41. 

 Water, disintegrating action of warm, i. 290. 

 Water cup, i. 21. 



of Sigsbee, 



>1. 



of Tornoe and V/ille, i. 294. 

 West India Islands, appearance of, i. xiii. 



elevated reefs of, i. 79. 



eruptive rocks of, i. IIU. 



history of, i. 111. 



limestone of, i. 04. 



southern slope of, i. 105. 



time of elevation of, i. 113. 

 West Indian bird fauna, i. 1 14. 

 West Indian cretaceous rocks, i. 110. 

 West Indian deep-sea fauna, richness of, 



ii. 3. 

 West Indian fauna, ii. 1. 



immigration into, of Atlantic types, i. 

 158. 



transition from old fauna, i. 100. 



variety and richness of, i. 91. 

 West Indian fauna and flora, origin of. i. 

 110. 



relations of, i. 109. 

 West Indian marine animals, northern ex- 

 tension of, i. 119. 

 West Indian mioeene rocks, i. 110. 

 West Indian reptiles, relation of, i. 115. 

 West Indian specific forms, i. 110. 

 West Indian subniilrine plateau, i. 113. 

 j West Indian types, northern extension of, i. 

 I lis. 



West Indies, Duncan on fossil corals of, i. 

 101. 



fossiliferous rocks of, Cleve on, i. 109. 



land tortoise of, i. 115. 



moUusk fauna of, i. 114. 

 Western Atlantic, bird's-eye view of, i. 105. 

 Western Caribbean, topography of, i. 100. 

 Western North Atlantic, warm water of, i. 



243. 

 White chalk, a deep-sea deposit, i. 140. 



composition of, i. 291. 



off Nuevitas, i. 289. 

 Wild, J. J., i. 240. 



Thalassa, i. 244. 

 Willemoesise, ii. 42. 

 Willemoes-Suhm on luminosity of Scopelus, 



ii. 33. 

 Wilson, E. B., ii. 49. 



Report on Pygnogonida;, i. xxi. 

 Winds, effect of, in depth, i. 255. 



frictional effect of, i. 247. 

 Windward Islands, bottom of plateau of, iL 

 158. 



