404 
Corophiida, distrib. of, 326. 
Corophium, Latreille, 343. 
bonnellii, Milne-Edw., read 
Brug., 343; 
distrib. of, mentioned, 326. 
crassicorne, 
erassicorne, Brug., read for 
bonnellii, Mi/ne-Edw., 343. 
Crab, Land, Fat-tailed (Birgus latro, 
Linn.), in Six Islands, abundance 
of, mentioned, 28, ftnote 50. 
Crab-plovers (Dromas  ardeola, 
Paykull), mentioned, 42. 
Crab-robber, mentioned, 33, 140; 
attacking coconut, 34. 
(like a wild Bryony), 
mentioned, 27. 
Creeper 
Cremastogaster gibba, Emery, men- 
tioned, 93. 
Crithagra 
106. 
Crocodile, extinct, of the Seychelles, 
was probably Crocodilus niloticus, 
Laur.?, mentioned, 291. 
chrysopyga, Swainson, 
Crocodilus niloticus, Law.? (extinct), 
295; mentioned, 291. 
Crows, mentioned, 42. 
Crustacea, mentioned, 29. 
Crustacean lary, mentioned, 25. 
Cryptabacia, Milne-Edw. & Haime, 
287; mentioned, 258, 259, 260, 
261, 262. 
talpina, Milne-Edw. & Haime, 
287 ; mentioned, 260. 
Cryptocentrus meleagris (Hhrenbd.), 
Cuv. & Val., mentioned, 241. 
octofasciatus *, 
mentioned, 254, fig. 255. 
Cryptohelia, Milne-Edw. § Haime, 
mentioned, 352. 
Regan, 
ramosa, Hickson & England, | 
351; mentioned, 345. 
stenopoma, Hickson & England, 
mentioned, ftnote 352. 
Cryptopsophis, Boulenger, 293. 
multiplicatus, Boulenger, 293. 
Cycloseris, Milne-Edw. § Haime, 
nientioned, 159, 258, 259, 262. 
form from Aldabra, mentioned, 
268, 270, 271. 
group, mentioned, 270, 277 ; 
found fossil, mentioned, 262, 
263, 266. 
cyclolites, Milne-Edw. & Haime, | 
| Decapoda, Land and Freshwater, 
269 ; | 
270, 271, 278. 
heaagonalis, Gardiner, 
mentioned, 270, 
241 ; | 
INDEX. 
Cycloseris sinensis, Milne-Edw. & | Deckenia alluaudi, A. Wilne-Eilw. § 
Haime, 269 ; mentioned, 270. 
tenuis, Dana, mentioned, 270. 
Cymodocea, Koeniy, 396 ; mentioned, 
124, 129, 138, 139, 145, 147, 
161 ; (sea-grass), mentioned, 137 ; 
(grass-like weed), 143; from the 
Seychelles, 396. 
ciliata, Hhrenb., 396 ; grass-like 
cotyledonous plant, men- 
tioved, 39. 
isoetifolia, Aschers., 396. 
serrulata, Aschers., 396. 
Cynoglossus brachycephalus, Bleecker, 
235. 
kopsii, Bleeker, 235. 
sealarki*, Regan, 235, fig. 255. 
Cyphocaris, Boeck, 327. 
alicei, Chevreua, 327; men- 
tioned, 324; distrib. of, 
mentioned, 325, 
challengeri, Stebbing, 327. 
Cyttidee, 231. 
Cyttosoma, Gilchr., mentioned, 231. 
Dactylanthias, Bleeker, mentioned, 
M8}. 
haplodactylus, Bleeker, men- 
tioned, 225. 
Dactylopius _caleeolariz minor, 
Maskell, 199. 
citri, Risso, 198. 
filamentosus, Cockerell, 199. 
longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti), 
199: 
sacchari, Oockerell, 199. 
virgatus, Cockerell, 199. 
Dactylopteride, 240. 
Dactylopterus orientalis, Cuv. J: Val., 
240. 
Danai-group, 278. 
Danger Island, fringed with Pemphis 
(“* Bois la Mare”), mentioned, 43. 
Daseyllus aruanus, Linn., 229. 
marginatus, Riipp., mentioned, 
229. 
melanurus, Bleeker, 229, 
nigripinnis *, Regan, 228, 
fig. 254. 
trimaculatus, Riipp., 229. 
Dasyptilus, Wagl., mentioned, 
105. 
by L. A. Borradaile, 63-68. 
Deckenia, Hilgend., 63. 
Bouv., 63. 
Desmopteris, mentioned, 25. 
Dexaminide, distrib. of, 326. 
Diafungia, mentioned, 258. 
Diaseris, Milne-Edw. & Haime, 
mentioned, 258, 259, 262, 263, 
264, 266, 270, 272. 
distorta, Gardiner, 268. 
fragilis, Alcock, 268. 
mortoni, Venison- Woods, men- 
tioned, 271; mentioned, 257. 
| Diaseris- group, 268, 271, 277 ; sepa- 
| rated in the late Eocene or early 
Miocene, mentioned, 262, 264. 
Diaspis echinocacti, Bouché, 202. 
euphorize, de Charmoy, 202. 
pentagona, Targioni- Lozzetti, 
202. 
Dictyospheria, Deene., 378. 
favulosa, Deene., 373. 
Versluysii, Weber v. Bosse, 378. 
Dictyota, Lamour., 396. 
dichotoma, Lamour., 396. 
Dinornis, Owen, occurrence of, in 
New Zealand, mentioned, 2. 
Diplacanthopoma raniceps, Alcock, 
250. ’ 
Diplacodes trivialis (Zamb.), 89; 
mentioned, 87. 
Diplodactylus, Gray, mentioned, 295. 
inexpectatus, Stejneger, 295. 
| Dipterous leaf-miners, mentioned, 
85. 
Distichopora, Lam., 346; new 
species of, mentioned, to bridge 
over the gap between this genus 
and Sporadopora, 345; 
Hawaii, 347, 348, 349, 350. 
contorta, Pourtalés, off Havana, 
mentioned, 349. 
foliacea, Pourtalés, off Florida, 
mentioned, 349. 
profunda*, Hickson & England, 
348; mentioned, 345, 348; 
characters of, mentioned, 349, 
350, fig. 353. 
sulcata, Powrialés, off Havana, 
mentioned, 349. 
violacea, Pallas, 346, mentioned, 
345, 346 ; Torres 
Straits, 347; from Indian 
Ocean, 347, 348, 349, 350. 
Dodo, bones of, mentioned, 117. 
Doderleinia *, Gardiner, 281; men- 
from 
from 
tioned, 259, 262, 280. 
