INDEX 



531 



Lynxes, 404. 



Lyre birds, 354.454- 



Macaques, 409. 



Macaws, 348. 



Mackerel, 292. 



Macrobiotus hufelandi, 188. 



Macrogamete, 48. 



Macronucleus, 45, 46. 



Man-opus major, 367. 



Microspores, 31, 32; of Flagellata, 41; of 



/ olvox, 39. 

 Madreporic plate, 86. 

 Madreporite, 86. 



miaflavescens, 132; M. lenticular is, 



133- 

 Maggots, 215. 

 Magnum, 377. 

 Magpies, 355. 

 Maja, larva of, 172. 

 Malaclemmys palustris, 324. 

 Malacostraca, 159, 451. 

 Malapterurus electricus, 290. 

 Malaria, transmission of, 217. 

 Malarial parasite, 217. 

 Male reproductive organs, of Mammalia, 



36r. 

 Mallophaga, 226, 227. 

 Malpighi, 498, 499. 

 Malpighian tubes, of cockroach, 195; of 



scorpion, 177; of Tardigrada, 188. 

 Mamma;, of Anthropoidea, 408; of bats, 



395 ; of Carnivora, 397 ; of Primates, 



406. 

 Mammalia, 355, 432, 452, 454. 

 Mammalian ovum, first discovered, 507. 

 Mammals, 451. 453, 457. 

 Mammary glands, 356; of Cetacea, 373; 



of Perissodactyla, 377 ; of Proboscidea, 



384; of Sirenia, 372. 

 Mammoths, 385, 440, 441. 

 Man, 411; fossils of, 436; origin of, 478; 



remains of, 441 ; special characteristics 



of, 479. 

 Manatees, 372. 

 Mandible, of fowl, 331. 

 Mandibles, of Insecta, 192, 193; of Myria- 



poda, 190. 

 Mandrill, 409. 

 Mange, 185. 



Manis pentadactyla, 369. 

 Mantis, legs of, 194. 

 Mantis religiosa, 202. 



Mantle, of Brachiopoda, 133 ; of Cephalo- 

 poda, 251, 252; of Lamellibranchia, 243, 



244 ; of Mollusca, 228 ; of Pulmonata, 



241 ; of Scaphopoda, 242 ; of Tunicata, 



265. 

 Mantle-cavity, of Brachiopoda, 133; of 



Cephalopoda, 251, 252; of Lai 

 branchia, 244; of Mollusca, 228. 

 Manubrium, '13, 65, 81. 

 Manx cat, 404. 



xritana margaritifera, 248. 

 Marine nekton, 447 ; plankton, 447. 

 Marine pelagic fauna, 447. 

 Marmosets, 408, 455. 

 Marmots, 388. 

 Maroglossa titan, 465. 

 Marsh, 510. 



Marsupialia, 364, 438; in Tertiary, 432. 

 Marsupials, 454. 

 Marsupium, 364. 

 Martens, 400. 

 Martins, 355. 



Mask, ot dragon-fly larvae, 198. 

 Mastigamceba aspera, 37. 

 Mastigophora, 37. 

 Mastodon giganteus, 441. 

 Mastodons, 385, 434, 441. 

 Maxilla, of frog, 300; of (nidus, 292. 

 Maxilla?, of Insecta, 192, 193; of Myriapoda, 



190. 

 Maxillary gland, of Dapknia, 152. 

 Maxillary palps, 192, 193. 

 Maxillipeds, of centipedes, 191. 

 May flies, 198, 227. 

 Mealy bugs, 206. 

 Meandrina, 75. 

 Mecoptera, 226, 227. 

 Medulla oblongata, of dogfish, 277. 

 Medusa, definition of, 61. 

 Medusae, 63-71, 78-81, 447, 450. 

 Megaceros hibernicus, 440. 

 Megalobatrachus maximus, 303. 

 Megalops, 172. 

 Megatherium, 371, 439. 

 Meleagrina margaritifera, 247. 

 Meleagris, 349. 

 Melicerta, 127. 

 Melolontka vulgaris, 192. 

 Melospiza fasciata, 354. 

 Membrane bones, 282. 

 Memory, 489. 

 Mendel, 510. 



Mendel's law of heredity, 475, 476. 

 Menhaden, 291. 

 Mento-meckelian, of frog, 301. 

 Mentum, of insects, 193. 

 Mephitis mephitica, 399. 

 Mergus merganser, 327, 330. 

 Mermaids' purses, 280. 

 Merrythought, 332. 

 Mesenchyme, definition of, 52. 

 Mesenteric filament, 73. 

 Mesenteries, of Anthozoa, 72. 

 Mesenteron, of cockroach, 195. 

 Mesoderm, definition of, 52. 



