Asplenium (“ Langue de beuf”), 
mentioned, 33. 
Asterolecanium bambusx, Boisduval, 
198. 
epidendri, 198; on 
and Ficus 
Bouché, 
Boehmeria nivea 
indica, 198. 
miliaris, Boisduval, 198. 
quercicola, Bouché, 198. 
Asterropteryx monacanthus*, Regan, 
240, . 
Astronesthes, Richards., mentioned, 
PANT 
elucens, Brawer, mentioned, 217, | 
218. 
richardsonii, Poey, mentioned, 
Die 
Astylus, mentioned, 352. 
Atlanta, 141. 
Atyide, 67. 
Aves, with some Notes on the Dis- 
tribution of the Land-Birds of the 
Seychelles, by H. Gadow and J. 
Stanley Gardiner, 103-110. 
Avrainvillea, Decaisne, 388; 
tioned, 129, 389. 
amadelpha, A. & E. S. Gepp, 
388; mentioned, 374, 389, 
390, fig. 398. 
comosa, J. Murray & Boodle, 390. 
Gardineri, A. g £. S. Gepp, 
389; mentioned, 373, 390, 
fig. 398. 
lacerata, J. Aqg., mentioned, 389. 
nigricans, Decne., mentioned, 
389; from West India, 390. 
men- 
“ Badamier” (Terminalia Catappa, 
Linn.), in the Ile Sudest, men- 
tioned, 53, 140. 
« Bulais” (Erythroxylon), mentioned, 
125. 
Balistes aculeatus, Zinn., 251. 
niger, Munyo Park, 251. 
viridescens, Bl. Schn., 252. 
Balistide, 251. 
Barana castelli, Dohrn, mentioned, 
97. 
Barringtonia speciosa, Linn. f., “ Bon- 
net carré,’ clumps of, mentioned, 
47; seeds are used for burning and 
for salad, mentioned, 47, 155. 
Bathyactis, mentioned, 42. 
Bathypathes, Brook, 314; mentioned, 
301, 302, 310; Summary of Species 
with Habitats, 320. 
INDEX. 
Bathypathes  affinis 
tioned, 310. 
patula, Brook, 310; mentioned, 
320, 821. 
Batrachians, by G. A. Boulenger, 
292-204, 
909 
“nk 
Brook, 
Jerycide, 
Birds, List of, illustrates the effects 
of insularity on Birds, 105. 
Birgus, Leach, mentioned, 53, 63. 
Linn., 66; 
(“ sipaille”), 33; attacking 
coconut, 34; in Six Islands, 
mentioned. ftnote 50, 140. 
Bittern, grey, mentioned, 35. 
little green, mentioned, 103. 
Bivalve, like an Orca (read Arca, 
latro, 
Linn.), very common in the mud, 
mentioned, 48, 
Blenniide, 250. 
Blue-shelled Ianthina, Zam., men- 
tioned, 46. 
“ Bois blanc” (Hernandia peltata, 
Meissn.), 33; first 
land-shell in decaying trunk of, 
mentioned, 53, 152. 
“ Bois la Mare” (Pemphis), Danger 
Jsland fringed with, mentioned, 43. 
mentioned, 
“ Bois manioc” (Scevola), mentioned, 
125. 
* Bonnet (Barringtonia 
speciosa, Linn.), clumps of, men- 
tioned, 47; seeds used for burning 
and for salad, mentioned, 47. 
* Booby” (Sula piscator, Linn.), 149 ; 
mentioned, 154. 
Boodlea, G. Murray § De Toni, 375. 
coacta, G. Murray & De Toni, 
375. 
Van Bossei, Reind., 375; men- 
tioned, 573; from the Indian 
Ocean, 374. 
Boodon geometricus, Schleq., 300. 
Borradaile, L. A., Land and Fresh- 
water Decapoda, 63-68; Stoma- 
topoda from the Western Indian 
Ocean, 209-216. 
Borostomias *, Regan, 217. 
braueri *, Regan, 217, fig. 254. 
Boulenger, G. A., A List of the 
Vreshwater Fishes, Batrachians, 
and Reptiles obtained by Mr. J. 
Stanley Gardiner’s Expedition to 
the Indian Ocean, 291-301. 
cordemoyl, 
499 
carre 
Brachymyrmex Forel, 
mentioned, {)4. 
men- | 
mentioned | 
401 
Brachypleura xanthosticta, Giinther, 
232. 
Braconide, 81. 
Braconine, 81. 
Braunsia, Kriechbaumer, from Africa, 
mentioned, 69, 83. 
melanoptera *, Cameron, 83. 
Brotulidie, 250. 
Bruzeliella, Norman, 343. 
faleata, Montagu, 343; men- 
tioned, 326, 
Bryony, mentioned, 27. 
Bryopsis, Lamour., 379 ; 
380. 
australis, Sond., 
379, 380; from 
tralia, 380. 
mentioned, 
mentioned, 
West Aus- 
cespitosa, Suhr, mentioned, 
379. 
gemellipara, J. Ag., mentioned, 
380, 
hypnoides, Zamour., mentioned, 
380. 
indica, A. § ELS. Gepp, 379; 
mentioned, 373, 380, fig. 
397. 
plumosa, Ag., mentioned, 380. 
sp., 380. 
Bubuleus, Bonaparte, mentioned, 
106. 
coromandus, Bodd., mentioned, 
103. 
ibis, ZLinn., mentioned, 103, 
109. 
Bugs, Sceevola bushes covered with 
green, mentioned, 126. 
Bury, H., The Life and Work of 
Mr. W. Percy Sladen, xi-xx. 
Mrs. Sladen and the Perey 
Sladen Memorial Fund, xxi—xxii. 
Butorides, Blyth, mentioned, 106. 
atricapilla, Afzel., 35, 42, 103, 
109. 
javanica, 
103. 
plumbea, Sundev., mentioned, 
103. 
stagnatilis, Gould, mentioned, 
103. 
striata, Zinn., mentioned, 103. 
mentioned, 
Horsf., 
mentioned, 
virescens,  Linn., 
103. 
Buzzards, mentioned, 42. 
Byblis, Boeck, 331. 
sp., 331; distrib. of, mentioned, 
325, 
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