INDEX. 



Upheaval and depression of land, i. 171 ; 



ii. 238, 247, 252. 



of land during the Miocene period, 



i. 301. 



- of the Alps, ii. 171. 

 Upper Jurassic, Swiss, beds (White Jura), 



i. 112. 

 Miocene epoch, temperatures of, 



ii. 147. 



Miocene strata, i. 303. 



strata of Cretaceous rocks, i. 181. 



Urgonian fauna, i. 194. 



stage, i. 179. 



Urns, remains of, in the lignites, ii. 166. 

 Useful products of the Eocene period, i. 



285. 

 Utznach, lignite of, ii. 152, 200. 



Vaccinieae, Miocene, i. 352. 



Val Orcine, sandstones of, ii. 184. 



Valais, Carboniferous strata in the 

 Lower, i. 2. 



, glacier from the Canton of, ii. 

 190. 



Valangian fauna, i. 192. 



stage, i. 179. 



Valleys, formation of Swiss, ii. 243. 



Valvata, i. 30, ii. 5. 



Variation in species during the Creta- 

 ceous period, i. 177. 



Variegated conglomerate, i. 288. 



marls between the Jura and the 



Alps, i. 299. 



Variety of food for Miocene animals, ii. 

 85. 



Various geological periods, climate of, 

 ii. 262. 



Vascular Cryptogams, i. 321. 



Vast intervals of time, ii. 257. 



Vegetable kingdom, numerical propor- 

 tions of the great divisions of the, i. 

 311. 



remains, Miocene, i. 308. 



world, periodical phenomena of the, 



in Miocene times, ii. 128. 



Vegetation, alpine, ii. 205, 209. 



, changes in the, of Switzerland 



during the Miocene period, i. 316. 



Veined fern, i. 11. 



Veneraceae, Miocene, ii. 101. 



Venetz, J., ii. 228. 



Vertebrata, Miocene, ii. 56. 



Vesparia, Miocene, ii. 43. 



Vestiges of man, early, ii. 222. 



Vindonissa, ruins of, i. 62. 



Vine found at (Eningen, i. 355. 



Vine-pest, i. 21. 



Vinhatico, i. 349. 



Virgloria-bed of limestone, i. 59. 



Virgulian strata, i. 163. 



Volcanic eruption near (Eningen, i. 303. 



Volcanic rocks of CEningen, ii. ]-". 

 Voltziae, i. 49, 53, 55. 



Wagner, Prof. M., ii. 285. 

 Walchia piniformis, i. 16. 

 Walnuts, Miocene, i. 362. 

 Warm climate, Liassic, i. 93. 



, Miocene, ii. 127. 



-, , the fauna of Matt affords 



evidence of a, i. 251. 

 south wind known under the name 



of the Fohn, ii. 268. 

 zone, ii. 133. 



Wasps and Bees, Miocene, ii. 43. 



Water, action of, ii. 258. 



, influence of, upon the life and de- 

 velopment of plants, ii. 141 . 

 , stagnant, i. 29. 



Water-beetles, i. 90. 



Water-bugs, Miocene, ii. 51. 



Water-lilies, Miocene, i. 356. 



Water-lily found in the lignites, ii. 162. 



Water-scorpions, Miocene, ii. 51. 



Wealden formation, land plants found 

 in the, i. 229. 



Western Switzerland, White Jura of, i. 

 167. 



Wetterau, plants found in the lignites of, 

 ii. 175. 



Wettingen strata, i. 164. 



Wetzikon, old peat near, i. 29. 



, section of deposits at, i. 27. 



, signs of glacial transport at, ii. 



202. 



[ strata], ii. 296. 



White ants, Miocene, ii. 22. 

 Jura, i. 152. 



Whitsunday atoll (Pacific Ocean), i. 

 117. 



Widdringtonites keuperianus, i. 52, 53. 



Wildegg, iodized water of, i. 61. 



Wildkirchli cavern, remains of Mam- 

 malia found in the, ii. 214. 



Winkler, M., ii. 57, 61. 



Wirtemberg lias, i. 99. 



Wood-bee, Miocene, ii. 43. 



Wood-beetles, i. 87. 



Wood-eating insects, Miocene, ii. 14. 



Woodwardia Roesneriana, i. 322. 



Woody plants, Miocene, i. 310. 



Worms, Miocene, ii. 105. 



Wormstones, i. 260. 



Writing- and roofing-states of Platten- 

 berg, i. 238. 



Wiirtemberg rock-salt deposit, i. 42. 



Xiphodon graoile, i. 278. 

 Xylophagidae, Miocene, ii. 55. 



Yew found in the lignite, ii. 160. 

 Yuccas, i. 16. 



