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INDEX. 



Insects, tenacity of life of, 33 



adapted to special conditions, 33 



groups selected for the study of their 

 geographical distribution, 102 



antiquity of the genera of, 166 



fossil of European Miocene, 166 



European Cretaceous, 167 



European Wealden, 167 



Palaeozoic, 168 



Palsearctic, 187 



of Central Europe, 196 



of the Mediterranean sub-region, 205 



of the Siberian sub-region, 220 



of the Manchurian sub-region, 227 



of the Ethiopian region, 255 



of the East African sub-region, 260 



of West Africa, 265 



S. African, 268 



of Madagascar, 282 



general remarks on, 284 



of tropical Africa and America, probable 

 cause of similarities in, 291 



of Indo-Chinese sub-region, 332 



of the Oriental region, 318 



of Ceylon, 327 



of Indo-Malay sub-region, 341 



statistics of collecting in the various 

 islands of the Malay Archipelago, 343 



of the Australian region, 403 



of New Guinea, 417 



of the Moluccas, 420 



of Timor group, 426 



of Celebes, 454 



of New Zealand, 458 



scarcity of, in New Zealand, 462 



influence of on the flora, 463 

 Insectivora, European Miocene, 117 



N. American Post-Pliocene, 129 



N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Insectivora, classification of, 87 



of the Palsearctic region, 181 

 of N. China and E. Thibet, 222 

 range of Palsearctic genera of, 239 

 of Madagascar, 273 

 range of Ethiopian genera of, 301 

 of the Oriental region, 315 

 range of Oriental genera of, 372 

 range of Australian genera of, 476 

 Isacis, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Ischyromys, N. American Tertiary, 140 

 Islands, N. European, zoology of, 197 

 of the Mediterranean sub-region, 206 

 of the West African sub-region, 265 

 of Ethiopian region, 269 

 Mascarene, 280 



of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, 333 

 of Indo-Malay sub-region, 345 

 Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, 443 

 Society and Marquesas. 444 

 New Caledonia and New Hebrides, 445 

 Sandwich, 446 



of New Zealand sub-region, 453 

 Norfolk, 453 

 Lord Howe's, 454 

 Chatham, 454 

 Auckland, 455 

 Issiodromys, European Pliocene, 113 



Jacchus, in Brazilian caves, 144 



Japan and North China, physical features of. 



221 

 southern extremity of perhaps belongs to 



the Oriental region, 226 



Japan, general character of the fauna of, 230 



former land-connexions of, 231 

 Java, mammalia of, 349 



productions of, well known, 350 



birds of, 351 



representative species of birds in, 352 



origin of the anomalous features of its 



fauna, 352 

 Sumatra and Borneo, their geographical 

 contrasts and zoological peculiarities 

 explained, 357 

 Junonia, European Miocene, 167 



Kakapoe, of New Zealand, 455 

 Kangaroos, extinct in Australia, 157 

 Kerguelen Island, apterous insects of, 211 



{note) 

 Kerodon, in Brazilian caves, 144 



S. American Pliocene, 147 

 King-fisher, racquet tailed, of New Guinea, 



figure of, 415 

 Kiwi of New Zealand, 455 

 Koodoo antelope, figure of, 261 



Lacertilia, classification of, 99 

 Ladrone Islands, birds of, 444 

 Lagomys, European Pliocene, 113 



European Miocene, 120 

 Lagostomus, in Brazilian eaves, 145 



S. American Pliocene, 147 

 Lake Baikal, seals of, 218 

 Land and water, proportions of, 35 

 Land and fresh-water shells, antiquity of the 



genera of, 168 

 Land-shells, Palseozoic, 169 



Paliearctic, 190 



of Madeira, 209 



of the Cape Verd Islands, 215 



of the Ethiopian region, 257 



of W. Africa, 265 



of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, 

 285 



of Indo-Malay sub-region, 344 



of the Australian region, 407 



of Sandwich Islands, 446 



of New Zealand, 459 

 Lanius, European Miocene, 161 

 Laopithecits, \ .American Tertiary, 133 

 Laor?iis, N. American Cretaceous, 164 

 Lemuria, a hypothetical land, 76 

 Lamuravidce, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Lemuravus, N American Tertiary, 133 

 Lemuridm, European Eocene, 124 

 Lemuroidea, range of Ethiopian genera of, 300 



range of Oriental genera of, 371 

 Lepictis, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Lepidoptera, cosmopolitan families of, 177 



table of Palsearctic families of, 23S 



S. African, 268 



table of Ethiopian families of, 299 



of the Oriental region, 318 



table of Oriental families of, 369 



of the Australian region, 404 

 table of Australian families of, 472 

 Leptarchus, N. American Tertiary, 135 

 Leptauchenia, N. American Tertiary, 138 

 Leptochosrus, N. American Tertiary, 137 

 Leptodon, Miocene of Greece, 116 

 Leptomeryx, N. American Tertiary, 138 

 Leptoplilvs, European Miocene, 162 



