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INDEX 



Lemur, Black, 400 ; Ring-tailed, 400 ; 



Ruffed, 400 ; Slow, 400 ; Weasel, 



400 ; White-fronted, 400 

 Lemur catta, 401 

 Lemuroida, 399 

 Lemuroidea, 399 

 Leopard, 382 

 Lepadogaster, 236 

 Lepidoptera, characteristics of, 149-52 ; 



larva of, 140-1, 183; mimicry of, 



143-4 



Lepidosiren, 204 



Lepidostidce, 224 



Leptoplana tremellaris, 71-2 



Leptostraca, 117 



Leuckart, investigations of, into Liver- 

 flukes, 75 



Leucocytes, 6 



Life, dawn of, 1-29 



Lighthouses, effect of lights of, on 

 migrating birds, 270 



Limas, 113 



LimidcB, 113 



Limncea trunculata, 75 



Limnoria terebrans, 124 



Limpet, 99, 103-5 ; Chain, 104 ; Key- 

 hole, 104 ; Split, 104 



Ling, 209, 231 



Lingthorn, 64-5 



Linnaeus, on Lemurs, 400 



Linnet, 313 



Won, 373, 383 



Lithodida, 120 



Lizard, Common, 253 ; European 

 Green, 253 ; Flying, 254 ; Frilled, 

 254 ; Gecko, 254 ; Iguana, 254 ; 

 Monitor, 253 



Llama, Alpaca, 359 ; Vicuna, 359 



Lobosa, 7 



Lobster, 116-7, 122, 124, 125 



" Lobster' s-horn," 45 



Locust, 193-4 



Locustidce, Green Grasshoppers, 193-4 ; 

 Katydid, 193-4 



Lophobranchii, 205 



Lophopus, 90-1 



Lophyropoda, 124 



Lory, 302 



Lucanus cervus, 159 



Lucernaria, 48 



Luidia, 64-5 



Lumbricus terrestris, 81-2 



" Lump-sucker," 229 



Lunda cirrhata, 290 



Lung-fishes, characteristics of, 206-7, 



239 



Lycaon, 377, 379 

 Lycaon pictus, 379 

 Lycosidce, 131, 136 

 Lydefcker, on Bears, 377 

 Lynx, 381 

 Lyre-bird, 317 



M 



MACAQUE, 406-7 



Macaw, 302-3 



McCook, book, "American Spiders,'* 



by, 131 



Macrocheira Kempferi, 118 

 Macrochirus, 161 

 Macroglossa Titan, 143 

 Macropodia rostratus, 118 

 Macropus giganteus, 322 

 MacYOScelida, 393 

 Macroura, 120 

 Madreporia, 51-2 

 Magnus, Olaus, his mythical account 



of the habits of the Glutton, 376 

 Magot, or Gibraltar Ape, 406 

 Magpie, 315 

 Mai Squinado, 119 

 Major, Dr. Forsyth, on Wart Hogs, 355 

 Malacostraca, 117 

 Malaria, how caused, i, 16-8 

 "Malay Archipelago," quoted, 245 

 Mai de caderas, disease attacking 



horses in South America, 24 

 Mammalia, animals comprised in, 



characteristics of, 318 et seq. 

 Mammoth Elephant, 348 

 Man, links with anthropoid ancestors 



of, 399 

 " Manakin " habitat of, 317 ; Nutting 



on, 272 



Manatee, 343-5 



Manson, researches of, on Sporozoa, 15 

 Mantida, 191-2 



