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NDEX. 



634; keromi pullasta, ib. ; kcrona species, ib. ; hi- 

 inantopus genus, ib.; himantopus larva, ib.; himan- 

 topus species, ib.; vorticella genus, ib. ; vorticella cy- 

 atliini, 635; vorticella anastatica, ib. ; vorticella di- 

 gitalis, ib.; vorticella convallaria, G36; vorticella spe- 

 cies, ib. ; brachionus genus, 637 ; brachionus passus, 

 ib.; bracliionus Bakeri, ib.; brachionus species, ib.; 

 concluding remarks, ib., 638. See, also, Spermatic 

 Animalcules. 



Animal Kingdom, discoveries therein by the microscope, 

 ii. 602 623 ; bony structures, 602; muscles, ib.; 

 horns, hoofs, nails, ib.; hedge-hog's quill, ib.; hairs, 

 general description of, ib., 603 ; hair of dcrmestes, 

 603; of a mouse, ib.; of a bat, ib.; of a bee, ib.; of a 

 dormouse, ib.; of a mole, ib.; of a caterpillar, ib. ; 

 feathers, general description of, ib.; filament of fea- 

 ther down, 604; bird-catching spider, hair of, ib.; 

 humming bird, feathers of, ib.; singular formations 

 connected with them, ib.; scales and perspiratory 

 pores of the human skin, ib.; remarks thereon with 

 reference to the preservation of health, 605; method 

 of viewing the pores by the microscope, ib.; scales of 

 fishes, ib.; of an eel, ib.; of a carp, ib.; hypothesis 

 concerning these scales, and objections thereto, ib.; 

 crystalline lenses of animals, ib. ; Pritchard's remarks 

 thereon, and Brewster's observations of the same, ib., 

 606; objections to Brewster's statements, 606; the 

 blood and its circulation, ib; Pritchard's observations 

 thereon, ib.; objects suited to exhibit the circulation 

 of the blood, 607; peculiar motion of the globules of 

 the blood, ib.; globules and discs in the serum of the 

 blood, ib. ; insects, their structure and transforma- 

 tion, ib.; eggs of insects, ib.; how and where depo- 

 sited, ib.; eggs of the rhein-deer gad-fly, ib.; of the 

 gnat, ib. ; M. Lyonet's observations on the fecundity 

 of a moth, ib.; larva, or caterpillar state of insects, 

 608; of the musca chamelion, ib. ; extended descrip- 

 tion of, ib. ; larva of a British hydrophilus, 6U9; 

 Pritchard's description of same, 609 611; ichneu- 

 mon fly deposits its eggs in the body of caterpillars, 

 611; capada worm, its sufferings from the attacks of 

 the ichneumon fly, ib.; larva of ichneumon fly, 612; 

 pupa state of insects, ib.; exuviae, or cast-skins of in- 

 sects, 613; singular instance of insect moultings, ib.; 

 imago, or fly state of insects, ib. ; the butterfly dis- 

 covered by the microscope to be a beautiful emblem 

 of immortality, ib.; members of insects, ib. ; antennae 

 and palpi, ib.; their number and use,ib.; antennas of 

 bombyx antiqua, 614; of bombyx caja, ib.; feelers, 

 ib. ; eyes of insects, ib. ; their varieties and numbers, 

 ib.; stemmata, or single eyes, ib.; reticulated eyes, 

 ib.; particular description of, ib. ; eyes of the dragon- 

 fly, ib., 615; other varieties, 6 15; tongue or proboscis 

 of insects, ib.; of the papilio urticae, ib.; tongue, or 

 trunk of the common house-fly, ib.; Baker's descrip- 

 tion, ib.; trunk of the honey-bee, 616; legs and feet 

 of insects, ib.; various kinds, ib.; leg and foot of 

 dytiscus, ib. ; legs of a bee, ib.; wings and wing 

 cases of insects, ib. ; elytra, ib. ; the poisers, 617; wing 

 case of diamond beetle, ib. ; wing of a gnat, ib. ; of an 

 ichneumon fly, ib.; of an earwig, ib.; membrane of a 

 butterfly's wing, ib. ; dust which covers it, ib. ; scales 

 or feathers on the wings of butterflies, ib., 618; Gor- 

 ing's observations thereon, 618 ; characteristics of 

 these objects, ib.; scale of red under- wing butterfly, 

 ib. ; of the brassica butterfly, ib. ; of the podura, ib. ; 

 microscopic tests, ib. ; scales of the lepisma, ib., 619; 

 observations regarding the singular markings on these 

 objects, 619; Brewster's theory, ib.; scale of mene- 

 laus butterfly, ib. ; of the azure-blue butterfly, ib. ; 

 of the diamond beetle, ib. ; of a moth, ib. ; disposition 

 of the scales on the wing, ib.; stings of insects, 620; 

 poison bag, ib. ; microscopical insects, ib. ; monoculus, 

 or water-flea, ib.; its eye, ib.; Pritchard's remarks 

 on this object, 621; four-horned monoculus, ib. ; le- 

 pisma, ib. ; the lobster insects, and Adam's descrip- 

 tion thereof, ib., 622; singular peculiarity in the one 

 described, 622 ; Seba's assertion regarding insects of 

 this class, ib. Sec, also, Animalcules. 

 Animal remains, i. 19. See Fossils. 

 Animals distinguished from vegetables, i. 1 46 ; how they 

 blend together, ib. ; resemblance of animals and ve- 

 getables in affection, ib.; in the climates in which 

 they luxuriate, 1 47 ; comparative number of animals 

 and plants, ib., n.; in the ocean, 148; how few useful 



to man, 149; consume one another, ib. ; the small 

 numerous, the large ferocious, ib. ; different genera- 

 tive powers of animals and plants, 1 50, n. ; their gene- 

 ration, 151; distinguished thereby, 152; some multi- 

 plied by cutting, ib. (see Generation) ; their compara- 

 tive perfection, 160; great variety of, 229; use of sys- 

 tematic divisions of, 230; defects of, ib., 231 ; systems 

 of different authors, 231, 232; the classification used 

 in this work, 233 236; the wild and domestic, 240; 

 affected by food, climate, &c., 241 ; size of, in different 

 continents, 242. 



Ant, ancient fame of the, ii. 535; modern doubts, ib.; 

 varieties of appearance, ib. ; the body of the, de- 

 scribed, 536; display of forces, 539; divisions in re- 

 spect of sex, ib. ; male and female, ib. ; the working 

 class, ib. ; their hills, ib.; objects of labour, ib.; con- 

 tests with one another, ib.; female and eggs, ib.; 

 maggot state, 540 ; care of the female, ib. ; loss of 

 wings, ib. ; preparations of the workers for winter, 

 ib.; size of the hills in tropical countries, ib.; the 

 African species, 541; migrations, ib.; the wood-ant 

 or pismire described, 535, n. ; carpenter ants, 536, n. ; 

 sugar ants, 537, n.; white ants, or termites, ib.; sin- 

 gular structure of their nests, ib., 538, n. 



Ant-bear, one of the animals that live on ants, i. 555, and 

 n.', varieties, ib.; described, ib. ; its snout, 556; mouth, 

 ib.; tongue, ib. ; helplessness, ib. ; residence, ib.; 

 food, ib.; method of taking ants, ib.; manner of de- 

 fence, ib. 



Antelope, animals of that kind, i. 304; the class scienti- 

 fically described, ib., and n. ; the antelope described, 

 309; the Indian, ib. n.; striped antelope, 310, .; 

 pigmy, 311, and .; African antelopes, ib., . 



Antenna and palpi of insects, ii. 613. 



Antioch, earthquakes there, i. 49. 



Antiparos, grotto of Magnis, account of a visit to, i. 33 



Antlers of the elk, described, i. 335; of the rein-deer, 

 ib.; of the stag, 319, 320; technical names of the, 

 324. 



Ant-Lion. See Lion-Ant. 



Ape, the, i. 497 ; the long-armed, or gibbon, ib. ; de- 

 scribed, ib., 498, and n.\ Barbavy ape, 498, n. 



Aperea, or Brazilian rabbit, i. 426. 



Aphides, or plant lice, ii. 460, . 



Apicius, his method of dressing a hare, i, 433. 



Apodal finh, what, ii. 294; prickly-finned, ib.; soft-fin- 

 ned, 299. 



Arabia, the wild horse of, i. 246; estimation and treat- 

 ment of the horse there, 247, 248; its breed of horses 

 introduced into England, 258. 



Aratoo, the goliath aratoo parrot, ii. 1 1 9, n. 



Archimedes, his method of determining the purity of 

 gold, i. 72. 



Arequipa, a burning mountain in Peru, i. 45. 



Argali, a wild mountain sheep, described, i. 297, .; 

 Asiatic argali, ib. ; American argali, ib. ; bearded ar- 

 gali, ib. 



Argentine, the fish described, ii. 302. 



Argonaut, a small shell-fish, ii. 364, and n. 



Aristoplianes, his advice about lions, i. 369. 



Arlotta, a sleep walker, story of, i. 190. 



Armadillo, or Tatou, an inhabitant of the new continent, 

 i. 468,469; its shell described, 469, 470; method of 

 rolling itself up for defence, 470; bears our climate, 



snake, how, ib.; varieties of the, ib.; the pig-headed, 

 471; the weasel-headed, ib. 



Arms, human, their shape, i. 175. 



Arnee, a species of buffalo, described, i. 283, n. 



Artedi, his classification of fishes, ii. 293. 



Asiatics, the southern, described, i. 211, 212. 



Asp, a venomous snake, ii. 423. 



Asperea, by some called the Brazilian rabbit, described, 

 i. 446. 



Aspic Viper, so called, ii. 424, n, 



Ass, its similitude to the horse, i. 258; distinctness of 

 the species, 259 ; the wild ass, ib. ; hunting the wild 

 ass, ib., .; habits of the, 260, .; effect of internal 

 emotion on the, ib.; flesh of the wild ass eaten by the 

 Persians, ib, ; wild in America, how hunted, 26 1; 

 anecdote of the sagacity of the ass, ib., n. ; Sterne's 

 illustration of the patience of the, ib. ; patience of the 



