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INDEX. 



Donovan, luminous insects of India, 

 68. 



Drummond, Mr., on luminous toad- 

 stools, 136. 



Dubois, Professor Kaphael, on phos- 

 phorescence, 61. 



Dust, luminous, 148. 



Dust showers at sea, 152. 



Earth-worms, 33. 



of New Zealand, 33. 



Darwin on, 34. 



Roman villas preserved by, 34. 



of Australia, 35. 



of India, 35. 



luminosity, 35. 

 Echinoderni, nature of, 29. 



Finny light-bearers, 91 et seq. 

 Fire-flies, 59 et seq. 



as ball-room ornaments, 59. 



as lanterns, 60. 



spectrum of their light, 61. 



brilliancy, 52. 

 Fire-mushroom, 134. 

 Fish, luminous, 91 et seq. 

 Fish, dead, phosphorescent, 141. 

 "Fish-stories," 97. 

 Fogs, luminous, 146. 

 Fox-fire, 131. 

 Florida Reef, 3, 24. 



displays of phosphorescence at, 



107. 



Flowers, luminous, 121. 

 Frog's eggs, luminosity of, 114. 

 Fungus, luminous, 133 et seq. 



Gardiner, Mr., on luminous fungus, 



135. 



Garfish, phosphorescent, 106. 

 Gecko, luminosity of, 115. 

 Globerigina, 3. 

 Goethe on luminosity of poppy, 122. 



Gorgonias, 24. 



Sir Wyville Thompson on, 25. 



Dr. Holder on, 26. 

 Giinther, Dr., on luminous fish, 92. 



Hailstones, luminous, 145. 



Homer's ** Iliad," dust-shower in, 154. 



Herons, luminosity of, 113. 



Human beings sometimes luminous, 



116. 

 Humboldt on phosphorescence, 6. 



Ice, luminous, 146. 

 Infusoria, 152. 



Jaeger, Professor, on luminous 



beetles, 60. 



Jelly-fish.- See Medusae. 

 Josephus refers to luminosity of 



plants, 130. 



Kane, Dr. E. K., curious instance of 

 luminosity recorded by, 117. 



Lantern-flies, 64 et seq. 

 Legends of the " burning bush," 129. 

 Light-emitting organs of Medusae, 17. 

 Luminous larvae, 54 et seq. 

 Lightning-bugs, 47. 



Southey, the poet, on, 49. 



of West India Islands, 50. 



Gosse on, 51. 



common, of Eastern United 

 States, 52. 



common, of Europe, 56. 

 Luminosity in man, instances of, 116. 



of plants, 129 et seq. 

 Luminous organs of lightning-bugs, 

 55. 



fishes, 94. 



fogs, 146. 



" ink," 156. 



marbles, 155. 



