INDEX. 



407 



ligo, 96 note — on the sex of tlio 

 Actinias, 163, 165, 166 — observations 

 of, on the Actinophrys, 208 — on 

 Parthenoy;enesis, 296 — on the sensi- 

 bility of the skin, 353. 



Krohn, classification of the Sagitta by, 

 250 — on it, 252 — on Parthenogenesis, 

 287— on the Noctilucie, 326. 



Kyber, experiment on the Aphis by, 306. 



Lagenella repens, the, 24cS. 



Lamarck, views of, on the nervous sys- 

 tem, 378. 



Lamp Polype, the, 240. 



Lampiey, metamorjiliosis of the Am- 

 mocete into the, 239 note. 



Landrail, the, 8. 



Landsborough, Dr, on the Anemone, 

 125 — on the stinging power of the 

 Anemone, 129. 



Lanes, the, in Scilly, 189. 



Lankester, Dr, on Parthenogenesis in 

 plants, 291. 



Laomedea geniculata, reproduction in 

 the, 280. 



Lantern Hill, Ilfracombe, 30. 



Leeuwenhoek, discovery of, respecting 

 vertebrate nerve-tissue, 387 note. 



Lemsea, peculiarities of the, 53. 



Leuckhart on Parthenogenesis, 287, 288. 



Leydig on the structure, &c. of the eye, 

 352 — on the colouring matter in the 

 ganglia of the Doris, &c., 372 note — 

 on the so-called muscles of the hydra, 

 389. 



Life, revelations of the mystery of, 

 through marine studies, 53 — is mo- 

 tion the index to ? 58 — definition of it, 

 ib. et seq. — no special organs in the 

 earliest forms of, 60 — relations of, to 

 food, 218 — the relations of light to, 

 232 et seq. — the successive develop- 

 ments of, 245. 



Light, indifference of Molluscs, &c. to, 

 21 — alleged sensibility of the Ane- 

 mones to, 122 — effects of, on various 

 marine species, 230 — vital action of, 

 231 — its relation to organisation, 232 

 — relations of, to the anim.al organ- 

 ism, 234 — apparent indifl'erenco of 

 Actinise, &c. to, 235. 



Limax, the nervous system of the, 373, 

 374. 



Lion, the man-eater, and the zoologist, 

 177. 



Literature, gi-eatness of, 263. 



Locomotion, special organs of, 393. 



Logic, inattention to, among zoologists, 

 96, 99. 



Loligo, the colour-specs on the, 94 et neq. 

 Longet, views of, on the nervous sys- 

 tem, 380. 

 Lophius, the, 238. 

 Lucernaria, the, 240. 

 Luidia fragiUssima, the, 241. 



Madeira snail, vitality of the, 340. 



Mammalia, digestion in the, 218. 



Man, perfection of the senses in, com- 

 pared with animals, 357. 



Marine animals, liunting for, at Ilfra- 

 combe, 10 — eccentricities of forma- 

 tion, &c. among, 52 — dredging for, 

 88— chai-ms of, 40. 



species, various effects of light 



on, 230. 



spider, the, 202. 



zoology, attractions of, 4. 



Maternal instinct, influence of animal 

 heat on, 238. 



Maury, Lieutenant, on the influence of 

 Molluscs on oceanic currents, 359. 



MedusiC, vitality of detached portions of 

 the, 57, 58 — identity of, and the Po- 

 lypes, 321 — fishing for, 324 — are they 

 susceptible of i)ain ? 328 et seq. 



Meissner on the sperm-cell, 318 — on 

 granular nerves, 382 et seq. 



Mermis, granvxlar nerves in the, 382, 

 383, 384 note. 



Mcsembryanthemum, the, 12 — left dry 

 by the ebb, 125. 



Microscope, employment of the, 34 — its 

 value and uses, 36 — errors concerning 

 it, 37 — considered as a new sense, 

 54. 



Milne- Edwards on the blood of Anne- 

 lids, 67 — on alternation of genei-ations 

 in the Ascidians, 287 — on the oyster, 

 339— on the relation of function to 

 organ, 393. 



Mind, effect of the study of nature on 

 the, 54, 397. 



Moleschott, the experiments of, on the 

 relations of light and life, 235. 



Molgula arenosa, 91. 



Molluscs, general partiality of, for dark- 

 ness, 21 — habitations of, and those of 

 men, 31 — the shells of, 247 — Parthe- 

 nogenesis among, 291 — insensibihty 

 of, to jiain, 331 — powers of endurance 

 in, 337 — the so-called cj'es of, 341 et 

 seq., 352 et seq. — the hearing of, 354 

 et seq. — their shells, 357 etseq. — nerv- 

 ous system of, 371 et seq. 



Mormon jn-eacher, &c., a, 98. 



Morte stone, the, at Ilfracombe, 79. 



Moths, Parthenogenesis among, 289. 



