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INDEX. 



Bovista piganteum, coil-formation in 



the, 313. 

 Brain, increase of fibre in the, with age, 



385. 

 Bniunton road and inn, Ilfracombe, 7. 

 Bri^ditwfll, Mr, on the Noctilucae, 32(j. 

 Brittle-star, the, 240 e/ seq. 

 Browni-Sdquard, M., his discovery re- 



gai-dmg the spinal chord, &c., 378 et 



seq. 

 Budding or Gemmation of Annelids, 61. 



See Gemmation, 



Cailladd, M., on the vitality of Mol- 

 luscs, 340. 



Calamary, the coloui"-specs on the, 94 

 et seq. 



Calvados, the oyster- establishments at, 

 339. 



Campanularian Polypes, Parthenogen- 

 esis among the, 293. 



Capstone Parade, the, Ilfracombe, 28, 

 30. 



Carp, the, a ruminating fish, 238. 



Carpenter, Dr, on the Anemones, 125 — 

 on the digestion of the Polypes, 214 — 

 on Parthenogenesis, 293. 



Cams, Victor, on the zoological wealth 

 of the Scilly Isles, 228 — on the con- 

 vohited bands, 262 — name given to 

 Parthenogenesis bj', 281. 



Cells, multiplication by division of, 313 

 — by union of two similar, 315 — and 

 of two dissimilar, 310. 



Cephalcipods, the eyes of the, 341. 



Ccrianthus, peculiarity of sex in the, 

 H)4. 



Chambercombe woods, 74. 



Cliamisso, discoveries of, on the genera- 

 tion of the Salpa, 28G. 



Chance-seeking, 336. 



Chiaje, nee Delia Chiaje. 



Chylaijueous fluid, what, 68 — uses, &c. 

 of it, 69 — distinction between, and 

 blood, 254. 



Chyle-corpuscles, the supposed, in the 

 Actinia;, 256 et seq. 



Ciliarj' action, is it distinguishable from 

 life? 57. 



Circulation, relations of, to respiration, 

 253. 



Classification, difficulties of, 250. 



ClavcUina;, the, 14 — at Jersey, 275. 



Cleopatra's pearl, the stoiy of, 100. 



Cockle, vitality of the, 337. 



Colour, uncertainty of, as a specific dis- 

 tinction in the Anemones, 142. 



Cjlour-specs, the, on the Loligo, 94 et 

 seq. 



Comatula, the, 204, 240. 



Commerce, primitive state of, in the 

 Scilly Isles, 195. 



Commissariat, state of, in the Scilly 

 Isles, 196. 



Compound Ascidian, genei-ation of the, 

 279. 



Comte, Auguste, modification of Har- 

 vey's aphorism proposed by, 282. 



Convoluted bands of the Anemones, 

 what ? 160- function of the, 262— not 

 biliaiy or urinary organs, 263. 



Contractility, existence of, apart from 

 muscularity, 370 — speciaUsation of, 

 391. 



Coriaceous Anemone, the, 20. See Acti- 

 nia crassicornis. 



Corkscrew Coralline, the, 366. 



Corpuscles, absence of, in the blood ol 

 Annelids, 67. 



Coryno, reproduction in the, 170. 



Couch, R. Q.,on the sex of the Actiniae, 

 168 — experiments by, on the chges- 

 tion of the Actini*, 216 — on the cir- 

 culating fluid of the Anemones, 257 

 — on reproduction in the Hydra, 282 

 — on reproduction in the Sertularian 

 Polypes, 312. 



Cowrie, the, 204. 



Crabs, do the Anemones feed on ? 131, 

 132. 



Crinoidea, the, 204. 



Crustacea;, partialitj' of, for dai'kness, 

 21. 



Currents, influence of Molluscs in in- 

 ducing, 359. 



Cuvier on the blood of the Annelids, 67. 



Cydippe, the, 325, 327. 



Daisy, the (Actinia bellis), 13 — where 

 found, 16. i^te Actinia bellis. 



Dalzell, Sir John, on the strength, &c. 

 of the Anemones, 130. 



Daphnia, alleged paralysing power of 

 the Hj'dra on the, 135. 



Darkness, importiince of, to many ma- 

 rine species, 21. 



Decay, as a life-l'unction, 58, 59. 



Delia Chiaje on the colour-specs of the 

 Loligo, 95 note — researches of, on 

 the Anemones, 118 — on the repro- 

 duction of the Actinia", 173 — on ner- 

 vous system, 371, 390. 



Dcndronotus arboresccns, the nervous 

 system of the, 375 7i(jte. 



Desert snail, viUility of the, 341. 



Dicquemare, the Abb6, 118 — on the 

 vitality of the Anemones, 20. 



Difl'ereutiation, illustrations of, 158. 



