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INDEX 



Marsupialia, geographical distribution, 113. 



Mating, preferential, see Sexual selection. 



Mean, species, 19. 



Measles, among savage races, 171. 



Mechanics lysimnia, PL 77. 



Megilla maculaia, PI. 69. 



Melincea ethra, PL 77. 



Melitcea cinxia, PL 71. 



Mendel, 40, 44. 



Menura superba, PL 24. 



Mephitis mephitica, PL 72. 



Merriam, C. Hart, 147 148. 



Mesohippus, PL 47. 



"Method of Evolution, The" (Conn), 192, 



198. 



Mice, Mendelian phenomena, 44. 

 Migration, 64. 

 Mimicry, aggressive, 145, 146; conditions 



fulfilled in, 145 ; in insects, 135, 137, 



PL 70, PL 73, PL 74^ PI. 76, PI. 77; 



in snakes; 142, 143, PL 97; protective, 



I35- J 45- 

 Mind, 39; development of human, 167; 



training of human, 178. 

 Miohippus, PL 47. 

 Misumena vatia, PL 75- 

 Mitchetta repens, 156, PL 88. 

 Mivart, St. George, 188. 

 Modification, inheritance of parental, 67-82, 



175 et seq. 



Monaxenia darwinii, 102. 

 Monkey, ears, 165; reject noxious insects, 



130; relationship to man, 163. 

 Moral character, effect on evolution, 187; 



growth in innate, 176; improvement 



through sexual selection, 182; training 



of, 177, 178. 

 Morgan, Lloyd, 27, 47, 48, 65, 130, 192, 



198. 



Morgan, T. H., 57, 59, 198. 

 Morrtiolyce phylloidcs, PL 62. 

 Moss insect, 122, PL 61. 

 Moths, confusing coloration, 147, PL 83; 



elephant hawk, 139, 140, PL 78 ; leaf, 



123, PL 83; mimicry, 136, 142, 143, 



PL 70, PL 78; protective color, PL 54, 



PI. 55; sexual coloration, PL 84; 



terrifying attitude, 142; warning color, 



132, PI. 70; waved-yellow, 123-, PL 63. 

 Miiller, Fritz, 134. 

 Murray, Sir Robert, 5. 

 Muscles, of human ear/ 94, 165, PL 96; 



of human skin, 94; vestigial -of tail 



in man, 165, PL 95. 



Mutation, 18-20, 39; determinate, 189. 

 Mydas clavatus, PL 74. 

 Mygnimia aviculus, PL 73. 

 Mysis stage in development of lobster, 

 PL 41; stenolepis, 99, PL 41. 



Nascent, organs, 101. 



"Natural History of Plants, The" (Kerner), 

 158, 198. 



Natural selection, 3-47, Intro, xi; man, 

 1 68, 169; sacrifices individual for wel- 

 fare of race, 1 70. 



"Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern 

 Archipelago, A" (Forbes), 127. 



" Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte"(Keieck~ 

 el), PI. 21. 



Nauplius, 184, PL 101. 



Nectar, 154, 155, 163. 



Negro, segregation, 168. 



Nerice bidentata, PL 56. 



Neritina virginea, var. minor, Frontis- 

 piece, 9. 



Nesocentor milo, PL 2$. 



New Forest segregation of sheep, 65. 



"New Guinea, Birds of" (Gould), PI. 25, 

 PL 26, PI. 80. 



New Jersey scrub pine, PL 87. 



Newton, Intro, ix. 



Nictitating membrane, 94, 166, PL 36, 97. 



Nighthawk, 147, PL 51, PL 82. 



Nutrition of germ cells, 68. 



Nymphalidce, PL 77. 



Oahu land shells, 63 ; map, 64. 

 Objections to natural selection, 31-47; to 



sexual selection, 56-60. 

 Odor of warning-colored butterflies, 132; 



of flowers, 154. 



(Enothera lamarckiana, 18, 189. 

 Ophibotus doliatus, PL 79. 

 Opossum geographical distribution, 113. 

 Orang, 164, PI. 91, PL 94-96. 

 Orchid cross-fertilization, 156, PL 89. 

 Orchis militaris, PL 90. 

 "Organic Evolution, The Factors of," 



(Cope), 198. 



Organic selection, 27, 192. 

 Orgya antiqua, PL 71. 

 Origin of animals from plants, 3. 

 "Origin of Civilization, The" (Lubbock), 



198. 

 "Origin of Species, The" (Darwin), Intro. 



x, 197. 

 "Origin of the Fittest, The" (Cope), 198. 



