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INDEX. 



Matthews, Dr., his Micro-megascope, i. 

 88; his saw for Section-cutting, i. 

 197. 



Media, Preservative, i. 209-211. 



Medullary Rays, i. 354, 371-273. 



Sheath, i. 364, 369. 



Medusce, their relation to Polypes, ii. 

 126, 131-134; fresh-water, amceboids 

 in, 122. 



Megalopa-larvsi of Crab, ii. 216. 



Megatherium, teeth of, 261. 



Melanospermece, i. 332. 



Melicertians, ii. 60, 61. 



Melolontha, see Cockchafer. 



Melosira, i. 289; auxospores of, i. 282. 



Menelaus, scale of, ii. 221, 222. 



Meniscus Lenses, refraction by, i. 6. 



Meridian circular e, i. 285. 



Mesembryanthemum, cuticle of, i. 378. 



Mesocarpus, i. 236. 



Metamorphosis, of Annelids, ii. 198- 

 201; of Ascidians, ii. 168-170; of Cir- 

 rhipeds, ii. 213, 214; of higher Crus- 

 tacea, ii. 215, 216; of Entomostraca, 

 ,ii. 211; of Echinoderms, ii. 150-153; of 

 Infusoria, ii. 47-49; of Insects, ii. 248; 

 of Mollusks, ii. 183-189. 



Metazoa, ii. 2. 



Mica-Selenite Stage, i. 113. 



Micr aster ias, binary sub-division of, i. 

 266; stato-spores of, i. 267. 



Micro-Chemistry, ii. 326. 



Micrococcus, i. 308. 



Micro-gonidia, i. 229 note; of Protoc- 

 cus, i. 234; of Desmidiaceae, i. 267; of 

 Hydrodictyon, i, 253. 



Micro-megascope, i. 88. 



Micrometers, Ramsden's, i. 92, 93; Jack- 

 son's, i. 93, 94; Hartnack's, i. 95. 



Micrometry, by Micrometer, i. 93-95; 

 by Camera Lucida, i. 99. 



Micropyle of Vegetable Ovule, i. 353, 

 386. 



MICROSCOPE, support required for, i. 

 130, 131; care of, i. 134, 135; focal ad- 

 justment of, i. 137-141 ; arrangement 

 of, for Transparent objects, i. 141- 

 147; for Opaque objects, i. 147-150. 



Binocular, see Binocular 

 Microscope. 



Compound, see Compound 



Microscope. 



Simple, see Simple Micro- 



. scope. 



Chemical, i. 82, 83. 



Demonstrating, i. 81. 



Dissecting, i. 44-50. 



Educational, i. 53-55. 

 Inverted, i. 82-84. 



Mineralogical, ii. 315-317. 



Pocket, i. 81 . 



Popular, i. 68. 



Portable- Binocular, i. 83. 



Student's, i. 55-67, ii. 332. 



Travelling, i. 81, 82. 



Microscopic Dissection, i. 186-188. 



Micro-Spectroscope, i. 89-92. 



Microtome, Simple, i. 189; Hailes's, i. 

 190, 191; Strassburg, i. 191; freezing, 

 i. 192; Rivet-Leiser, i. 192, 193. 



Microzymes, i. 314. 



Mildew of Corn, i. 323. 



Miliolida, ii. 70. 



Millon's test for Albuminous substances, 

 i. 208. 



Milne-Edwards, M., on Compound As- 

 cidians, ii. 166, note. 



Mineral Objects, ii. 313-326. 



Minnow, circulation in, ii. 288. 



Misinterpretation of microscopic ap- 

 pearances, causes of, i. 150-156. 



Mites, ii. 249. 



Mivart, Prof., on Radiolaria, ii. 110. 



Moderator, Rainey's, i. 110. 



Molecular Coalescence, ii. 323-325. 



Movement, i. 153, 154. 



MOLLUSCA, shells of, ii. 171-180; palates 

 of, ii. 180-183; development of, ii. 

 183-189; ciliary motion on gills of, 

 ii. 189, 190; organs of sense of, ii. 190, 

 191. 



Molybdate of Ammonia, i. 207. 



Monadina, ii. 26-32. 



Monerozoa, ii. 2-7. 



Monocotyledonous Stems, structure of, 

 i. 367, 368. 



Monothalamous Foraminifera, ii. 66. 



Morula, ii. 1. 



Morehouse, Mr., on Lepisma-scale, ii. 

 224, ii. 227 note. 



Morris, Mr., his Object-holder, i. 121, 

 122; on mounting Zoophytes, ii. 131. 



MOSSES, structure of, i. 338. 339; sexual 

 apparatus of, i. 340-342; development 

 of spores of, i. 341. 



Mother-of -Pearl, structure of, ii. 174. 



Moths, see Lepidoptera. 



Moulds, fungous, i. 321, 322. 



Mounting of objects, i. 211; in Canada 

 Balsam, i. 214, 215; in cement cells, 

 i. 215; in deep cells, i. 216. 



Mounting-Instrument, Smith's, i. 186. 



Microscope, Field's, i. 49, 50. 



Mounting- Plate, i. 185. 



Mouse, hair of, ii. 264; cartilage of ear 

 of, ii. 278; vessels of toe of, ii. 297 



Mouth of Insects, ii. 233-236. 



Mucor, i. 323. 



Mucous Membranes, structure of, ii. 

 275; capillaries of, ii. 298. 



Miiller, Dr. Fritz, on Polyzoa, ii. 160. 



Miiller, Prof. J., on Radiolaria, i. 110; 

 on Echinoderm-larvse, ii. 150-153. 



Miiller s fluid, for hardening, i. 203. 



Muscardine, of Silk-worms, i. 317, 318. 



Muscular Fibre, structure of, ii. 281- 

 284; mode of examining and prepar- 

 ing, ii. 282; capillaries of, ii. 298. 



Musk-deer, hair of, ii. 264; minute blood- 

 corpuscles of, ii. 269. 



Mussel, ciliary action on gills of, ii. 189; 

 development of, ii. 183. 



