GENERAL INDEX. 



585 



LYC^ENID^E, ii. 477 



Lycalopex. i 197 

 LYCOUID/E, ii. 439 

 Lycodon, ii. 380 

 LYCODONTIU^E, ii. 380 

 Lycophidion, ii. 380 

 Lycorea, ii. 470 

 Lygosoma, ii. 397 

 Lygosomella, ii. 397 

 Lymanopoda, ii. 471 

 Lymnas, ii. 476 

 Lyncornis, ii. 320 

 Lyncus, ii. 193 

 Lytorhynchvs, ii. 376 

 Lyre-bird, figure of, i. 441 

 ii. 298 



M. 



Mabouya, ii. 397 



Macacus, European Pliocene, i. 112 



Miocene of Greece, i. 115 



Indian Miocene, i. 121 



supposed in European Eocene, i. 125 



ii. 173 



ii. 178 



Macaws, ii. 327 

 Machairodus, i 110, 111 



Miocene of Greece, i. 115 



European Miocene, i. 118 



Indian Miocene, i. 121 



N. American Tertiary, i. 134 



in Brazilian caves, i. 144 



S. American Pliocene, i. 146 



ii. 193 



Machetornis, ii. 101 

 Machcerhamphus, ii. 349 

 Machcerirhynchus, ii. 271 

 Machceropterus, ii. 102 

 Machetes, ii. 353 



Macramhenia, S. American Pliocene, i. 146 

 Macrocalamvsy ii. 374 

 Macroceramus, ii- 516 

 Macrochilus, ii. 491 

 Macrocyclis, ii. 516 

 Macrodipteryx, ii. 320 

 Macrodon, ii. 445 

 Macroglossa, ii. 482 

 Macrones, ii. 442 

 Macronvs, ii. 261 

 Macronyx, ii. 290 

 MACROPODIDjE, ii. 250 

 Macropus, ii. 251 

 Macropygia, ii. 332 

 Macrorhamphus, ii. 353 

 MACROSCELIDID^, ii. 186 

 Macroscelides, it. 186 

 Macrosila, ii. 482 

 Macrotherium, Miocene of Greece, i. 116 



European Miocene, i. 121 



ii. 246 



Macrotus californicus, ii. 182 

 MACROURIDJE, ii. 440 

 MACTRID.E, ii. 443 

 Madagascar, extinct birds of, i. 164 



description of, i. 272 



mammalia of, i. 272 



birds of, i. 274 



reptiles of, i. 279 

 amphibia of, i. 280 

 extinct fauna of, i. 282 

 general remarks on insert fauna of, i. 284 

 Madeira, birds of, i. 208 

 land-shells of, i. 208 

 beetles of, i. 210 



Madeira, wingless insects numerous in, i. 211 

 how stocked with animals, i. 213 



MALACANTHID^E, ii. 433 



Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo, zoological 



unity of, i. 353 



comparison of mammalia, i. 354 

 of birds, i. 355 



Malacofacus, ii. 261 



Malacopteron, ii. 261 



Malacoptila, ii. 310 



MalacorhyncJius, ii. 364 



Malacothrix, ii. 230 



Malagasy sub-region, description of, i. 272 

 mammalia of, i. 272 

 birds of, i. 274 



illustration of zoology of, i. 278 

 reptiles of, i, 279 

 amphibia of, i. 280 

 extinct fauna of, i. 282, 289 

 insects of, i. 282 

 early history of, i. 286 



Malapterurus, ii. 443 



Malaya and Indo-Malaya, terms denned, i. 

 345 (note) 



Malaya, meaning of term, ii. 261 



Malay Archipelago, distribution of butterflies 



in. ii. 484 



distribution of Cicindelidse in, ii. 487 

 distribution of Longicorns in, ii. 500 



Malavan forms of life reappearing in West 

 " Africa, i. 263 



fauna, probable origin of, i. 359 

 resemblances to that of Madagascar and 

 Ceylon explained, i. 361 



Malimbus, ii. 286 



Mallodon, ii. 501 



Mallotus, ii. 447 



Malta, Post-Pliocene fauna of, i. 114 

 formerly joined to Africa, i. 201 

 fossil elephants of, i. 201 

 birds of, i. 206 (note) 



Malurvs, ii. 258 



Mammal, the most ancient American, i. 134 



Mammalia, means of dispersal of, i. 10 

 as limited by climate, i. 11 

 as limited by rivers, i. 12 

 how far limited by the sea, i. 13 

 dispersed by ice-floes and drift-wood, i. 



14 



means of dispersal of aquatic, i. 15 

 of most importance in determining zoo- 

 logical regions, i. 57 

 classification of, i. 85 

 birthplace and migrations of some families 



of, i. 142, 153 



cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 

 of the Palsearctic region, i. 181 

 of the European sub-region, i. 192 

 of the Mediterranean sub-region, i. 202 

 of the Siberian sub-region, i. 217 

 characteristic of Western Tartary, i. 218 

 of the Manchurian sub-region, i. 222 

 Palsearctic genera of, in the Manchurian 



sub-region, i. 222 

 Oriental genera of, on borders of same 



sub-region, i. 223 

 peculiar to Japan, i. 223 

 characteristic of N. W. China and Mongolia, 



i. 226 



table of Palaearctic families of, i. 234 

 range of Palaearctic genera of, i. 239 

 of the Ethiopian region, i. 253 

 absence of certain important groups, i. 253 

 of the E. African sub-region, i. 260 

 of W. Africa, i. 262 

 of S. Africa, i. 267 



