INDEX. 



747 



Butterflies, scales from wings of, engraving of, 102 ; 

 delicacy of their wings, 102 ; complicated struc- 

 ture of scales on, 102 ; admirable symmetry of 

 arrangement of, 103. 



Butterfly, changes it undergoes, 133; head and 

 proboscis of, engraving of, 134 ; the Great Tor- 

 toise-Shell ( Vanessa polychloros), engraving of, 

 136. 



Butter-Tree, 418. 



Buxton, Charles, on acclimatization of birds, 313, 

 note. 



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Cabala, believers in, 660. 



Cacti, thirst of animals quenched by, 665, and note. 



Cactus, never watered, fed by moist atmosphere, 

 376 ; plentiful in Mexico, 368 ; grows on sterile 

 rocks, 490 ; grandiflorus flowering, 437. 



Ccesalpinia pluviosa, vegetable marvel of transpira- 

 tion, 397 ; engraving of, 397. 



Cage for luminous beetles, 123. 



Calamus Rotang, great length, 507. 



Calendar, floral, formed by Linnaeus, 339. 



Calosoma pursuing a bombardier, engraving of, 

 143 ; C. sycophanta, engraving of, 223. 



Camerarius discovered sexuality of plants, 361 ; 

 disputes concerning, 362. 



Camphor-Tree, exudes camphor, 421 ; engraving of, 

 423. 



Candleberry myrtle (Myrica ceriferd), 414. 



Cantharis officinalis, 125, note. 



Capillary attraction, 372. 



Capricornis, Great, engraving of, 127 ; excavates 

 oak, 127. 



Caprification of fig-tree, 464, note. 



Car of Neptune, 71. 



Carabi, hunting beetles, 155. 



Carabidae, engravings of, 139 ; protectors of agri- 

 culture, 224 ; engravings of, 223 ; account of, 224, 

 note. 



Carabus purpureus, engraving of, 156; C. gry- 

 phceus, engraving of, 223. 



Carboniferous period, 547 ; luxuriant vegetation of, 

 547. 



Carpenter-Bee, its habits, 195 ; its chambers for its 

 young, engraving of, 196 ; English (Xylocopa vi- 

 olacea), 197, note. 



Carpenters, 186 ; insects with powerful mandibles, 

 with which they cut and divide wood, 192 ; jet 

 ant, 192 ; larva of goat-moth, 192. 



Cassava, abounds in midst of poison, 409, note. 



Cassicus, Crested, nest built of dry grass, 293 ; 

 great length of nest, 294. 



Cataclysms, 591 ; opinions of Klee respecting, 592 ; 

 still to be expected, 594. 



Caterpillar, great number of muscles in, 103 ; mus- 

 cular apparatus of, engraving of, 103 ; willow- 

 eating, engraving of, 193 ; great digestive power 

 of, 111; destroys our harvests, 112; in its last 

 stage loses its digestive apparatus, 112 ; head and 

 jaws of willow-eating, engraving of, 112 ; willow, 

 hooked feet and nail, engraving of, 135. 



Cavanilles' experiment to see trees grow, 406. 



Caverns, 651 ; animals found in, 651 ; Mammoth 

 Cave, 653 ; bone, 658 ; spirits frequenting, 659. 



Cedars, legends in Japan respecting, 435 ; of Leba- 

 non, 500 ; of California, great height of, 500. 



Cell, the, in tissues, its importance, 343; minute 

 size, 343 ; its power, 343 ; rapidity of multiplica- 

 tion, 343 ; its contents, 343. 



Cellular tissue, abounds with fecula, 345 ; engrav- 

 ing of, filled with fecula, 344. 



Cerambyx, Musk, odor of, derived from same 

 source as smell of bugs, 124 ; C. heros, Great 

 Capricornis, excavates timber, 195. 



Cereus giganteus, 490 ; great size of, 491. 



CeritMum giganteum, 569 ; engraving of, 568. 



Ceroxylon andicola, 413. 



Cetacean attacking a ship, engraving of, 739. 



Cetonia, variegated with beautiful tints, 89; C. 

 cervus, engraving of, 89. 



Chalk formation, 561. 



Chateaubriand on migration of buffaloes, 301. 



Chestnut-Tree, marvel of the vegetable kingdom, 

 499 ; measurement by Count Borch, 499 ; legend 

 connected with, 499 ; engraving of, 501 ; longev- 

 ity very great, 508. 



Chicken-Spider (Aranea pullaria), 164. 



Chiron first divides the sky into constellations, 692. 



Chlamydera maculata, 266 ; mode of building and 

 decorating its nuptial arbor, 266 ; engraving of, 

 267. 



Chlorops lineata, havoc it makes in grain-fields, 99, 

 and note. 



Chlorostilbon prasinus, 319. 



Chrysalis, engraving of, 127, 132. 



Cicindela campestris, and Chinese Cicindela, en- 

 gravings of, 156. 



Ciliary oars of Dytiscus, engraving of, 106. 



Cinchona (C. cordifolia'), yields a powerful febri- 

 fuge, 419 ; account of discovery of its properties, 

 419, note ; engraving of plant, 419. 



Cinnamon-Tree, secretes an aromatic, 421. 



Circulation in plants, 377 ; great force of, Hale's 

 experiment, 377 ; engraving of, 378 ; greater than 

 in mammals, 378 ; erroneous views respecting, 

 384 ; opinions of De Candolle and Richard, 385 ; 

 opinion of Schultz, 385. 



Civet disseminates coffee seeds, 529, and note. 



Claw of lion, engraving of, 107 ; of spider, engrav- 

 ing of, 108. 



Clock, Flower, of Linnaeus, 339 ; of Lamarck, 339. 



Cloth-Cutters, 198. 



Clothes-Moth, 197 ; larvae of, engraving of, 198 ; in 

 butterfly state, engraving of, 199. 



Clouds of Magellan, 706 ; of what formed, 706. 



Coal period, luxuriant vegetation of, favored by 

 heat, 548 ; imaginary view of forest, engraving 

 of, 545 ; first reptile of, 549. 



Coal-Sacks of southern hemisphere, 706. 



Cocoa-Nuts carried off by currents, 523 ; borne to 

 shores of Scandinavia, 523. 



Colocasla esculenta, engraving of, 397. 



Color in flowers mutable, 452; example of, in 

 Anemone patens, Anagallis arvensis, Myo.totis 

 diversicolor, Hibiscus mutabilis, and Gladiolus 

 versicolor, 453. 



