JUDD 



INDEX 



MIND 



405 



Judd, Professor, on strange forms of 

 ammonites, 269 



Kambangan island, rich flora of, 73 

 Karoo formation, reptiles of, 198 

 Kearton on increase of rabbits, 114 

 Kerner, Dr. A., on power of increase 

 of plants, 113 ; on the insect enemies 

 of flowers, 307 ; on " vital force," 

 330 ; on arrangement of atoms in the 

 carbon-compounds, 356 

 Koorders, Dr., on the flora of 

 Celebes, 51, 79 ; on rich floras of 

 small areas in Java, 74 



Lagoa Santa, flora of, 63, 70 

 Land-shells, peculiar British, 125 

 Latitude as influencing floras, 29 

 Lemming, periodical migrations of, 



119-22 

 Lepidoptera, number of British, 83 ; 

 number known, 85 ; peculiar 

 British, 125 ; wealth of colour in, 

 320-24 

 Life, definition of, 3 ; Haeckel on, 

 4, 7 ; the cause of organisation, 8 ; 

 reactions of animal and plant, 282 ; 

 the sole cause of life, 284 ; a sugges- 

 tion as to origin of, 392 

 Life-development of mesozoic era, 



215 ; conclusion on, 277 

 Life-forms, causes of diversity of, 



385 

 Life- world, progressive development 



of, 188 

 Limestone, progressive increase of, 



217 

 Lithospermtun gastoni, narrow range 



of, 18 

 Llamas, extinct S. American, 233 

 Lloyd-Morgan, statement of theory 



of germinal selection, 271 ; on rapid 



cell-growth, 348 

 Lydekker, Mr., on Patagonian mar- 

 supials, 224; on affinities of American 



and Australian marsupials, 241 

 Lyell, Sir C, on causes of extinction, 



246 

 London, how to stop growth of, 285 

 Lovvne, Mr. B. T. , on development 



of blow-fly, 299 



Macharodus neogaus, skull of, 266 

 Macrauchenia patachonica^ 234 

 Macroscaphites ivanii, 269 

 Madagascar, flora of, 55 

 Maritheriwn lyonsi, skull of, 228 



Malay Islands, flora of, 48 ; insects 



of, 86 

 Malay Peninsula, table of chief 



orders of plants, 45 ; characteristic 



plants of, 46 

 Mammalia, teachings of pleistocene, 



242 

 Mammals, extinct Australian, 239 

 Man, the cause of extinction of pleisto- 

 cene mammals, 246-9 ; the glory 



and distinction of, 373-4 ; the most 



sensitive of organisms, 377 

 Mantell, Dr., discovered extinct 



reptiles in Kent, 201 

 Marsh, Professor O. C, on Bronto- 



saurus, 204; on Dinocerata, 221; 



on small brains of early mammals, 



223 ; causes of extinction of mam- 

 mals, 245 



Marsupials in IV.lagonian miocene, 



224 ; of the Australian type still 

 living in the Ancles, 241 



Martius's flora of Brazil, 57 

 Mastigophora, 336 

 Mastodon in S. America, 235 

 Mastodon americanus, skeleton of, 231 

 Mastodons, less developed elephants, 



230 

 Max Verworn on chemistry of proto- 

 plasm, 292 ; on vital force, 293 

 Mediocrity, recession towards, 103 

 Mediterranean flora, species in, 31 

 Megatherium, extinct ground sloth, 



237 

 Megatherium giganteiun, restoration 



of, 237 



Mendelism and mutation inefficient 

 as substitutes for Darwinian evolu- 

 tion, 123 



Merrill, Mr. E. D., on flora of the 

 Philippines, 50 



Mesozoic era, 197 ; mammalia of, 

 212; insects of, 212; life-develop- 

 ment of, 215 



Metals, the seven ancient, 359 ; 

 essential for civilisation, 360 



Metamorphosis of insects, 297 



Mexico and Central America, flora of, 

 60 



Microbes, use of in nature, 382 



Migration, origin of bird, 148 ; facts 

 and inferences, 149-52 



Mimicry, 157 



Minahassa, N. Celebes, flora of, 5 1, 79 



Mind and purpose in life-development, 

 277 ; and life, different degrees of, 

 284 ; produces brain, 284 



