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INDEX TO ZOOLOGY. 



Jaguar, the, '101. 



Janthina iaiitliina, 85. 



Jardine, Sir Wm., his description of 

 the common robin, 337, 338 — of the 

 cuckoo, 366, 367. 



Jays, the, 3,50. 



Jelly-nsh, 27. 



Jer falcon, the, 301. 



Jerboas, the, 4C0. 



Jigger, the, 148. 



John Dory, the, 2'27. 



Johnston, reasons of, for classing 

 sponges with plants, 16; observa- 

 tions of, on the actinia, 34, 35 ; on 

 the habits of some of tlie polypes, 

 53 ; on the lernsea;, 105. 



Jones, Prof. R., his dovibts as to the 

 correctness of Ehrenbeig's view of 

 the polygasli-ica, 20 ; confirmed by 

 Dujardin, ib. 



.lugulares, 201. 



Kangaroos, the, 412, 413; the kanga- 

 roo rat, 402. 



Karabos, the, of Aristotle, 116. 



Kerodon, 4.'J8. 



Kestril, the, 302. 



Ketupa, 313. 



King of the herrings, the, 227. 



King birds, the, 345. 



Kingfish, the, 224. 



Kingfishers, the, 323, 324. 



Kin-yu, the, or gold fish, 215. 



Kinixys, 287. 



Kinki, the, of China, 372. 



Kinosternoif pennsylvanicum, 288. 



Kirtland, Dr. J. P., his method of dis- 

 tinguishing the sexes in the miio- 

 niniB by the shell, 79. 



Kites, the, 306. 



Kittiwake, the, 389. 



Kivis, the, 377. 



Kroyer, remarks of, on the lernasEe, 

 105. 



Labrax linentus, lupus, &c., 221. 



Labrid*, 217. 



Labyrinthibranchia;. 224. 



Labyrinthodnnta, 285, 286. 



Lacerla, 14, 277 ; lacertidse, 275. 



Lachesis perversa, 130. 



Lactophrys, 231. 



Lady- bugs, 162. 



Laemodipoda, 12, 113. 



Lagldiura, 458. 



Lagomys princeps, alpinus, &c., 

 45G. 



Lagopus albus and mutus, 376. 



I.agorchestis, 413. 



LagostomidiP, 458; lagostomus, ib. 



Lagothrix, 495. 



Lagriidce, 159. 



Lake trout, the, 212. 



Lama, the, 447. 



Lamellibranchia, 56. 



Lamellicornia, 156. 



Lammergeyer, the, 297. 



Lainna, 242, 243 ; laranini, 242. 



Lamper-eel, 13. 



Lamprey or lamper-eel, 206. 



Lampyridae, 158. 



Lami)yris, 140. 



Languria, 162. 



Lauiarius barbarus and olivaceus, 

 349. 



Laniidae, 348 ; laniinae, 349 ; lanius 

 exubitor, &c., lb. 



Lapemis, 268. 



Lapland long-spur, the, 358. 



Lapwings, the, 378. 



Laridte, 389 ; larus atricilla. rissa, &c., 

 ib. 



Larks, the, 358 ; the American, 354. 



LarridcR, 172. 



Larva, a name applied to the young 

 of all insects, 133; various forms 

 and characters of, 133, 134; terms 

 employed to denote the different 

 segmenis of heteromorphic larvie, 

 134 ; duration of the larva state, 

 ib. 



Lasiocampa quercus and rubi, 181. 



Latreille, his division of the decapoda, 

 115 — of the isopoda, 112 — of in- 

 sects, 143— of the lepidoptera, 178, 

 179. 



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liatrodecfus raalmignatus, 129. 



Leather-head, the, 331. 



Lebias, 214. 



Lecanium, 186. 



Leech, the, 11, 96, 97; use of, in me- 

 dicine, 97; particulars as lo the 

 numbers of leeches annually used, 

 method of preserving, &c., 98. 



Leeuwenhoek, the first observer of 

 the infusoria, 18. 



Lefevre, Dr., account of the Greek 

 divers by, 65, 66. 



Leidy, Dr. Joseph, his observations on 

 vibrio anguilhila, 23. 



Leiostomus obliquus and xanthuius, 

 224. 



Lemmatophila, 179. 



Lemmings, the, 462. 



Lemmus, 462. 



Lemur macaco, pusillus, &c., 15, 492, 

 493 ; lemurida;, ib. 



Leopard, the, 491. 



I^epadogaster, 229. 



Lepas, lol. 



Lepidoptera, 13, 143, 177. 



Lepidosiren, 249; L. paradoxa, 239. 



Lepidostei, 234, 235. 



Lepidosteus, 217. 



Lepidotini, 236. 



Lepisma, 13, 146 ; lepismidae, 145. 



Leporida', 455. 



Lepralia, 54. 



Leptida", 194; leptis. ib. 



Leptophis iestjvus, 270. 



Leptopidip, 188. 



Leptopodia calcarata, 118. 



Leptotherium, 452. 



Leptoxis, 83. 



Leptura, 162; lepturida?, ib. 



Leptus, 125. 



Lepus, 15 ; L. timidus, cuniculus, &c., 

 456, 457. 



Lepus marinus, the, of the ancients, 

 80. 



Lernaeidas, 104 ; lernaea, 105 ; difficul- 

 ty of determining the affinities of, 

 ib. ; particulars relating to the mode 

 of i-eproduction of, 105, 106 ; en- 

 graving of two species of lernseo- 

 cera, 106. 



Lethrus ceph.alotes, 157. 



l.euciferin;e, 116. 



LeucosiadcP, 117; leucosiina;, ib. 



Leucospis, 172. 



Leuz, Dr., advice of, as to the treat- 

 ment of the bites of serpents, 264, 

 265. 



Libellula, 13, 168; libellulida;, 1C6, 

 167. 



Libinia comaliculata, 118. 



Lice, the, 131, 143, 146, 147 



Lichanotus, 493. 



Ligula, 10. 45. 



Limacidae, 91, ; Umax, ib. 



Limnadia, 109. 



Limnaelus, 305. 



Limnea, 10, 90. 



Lininiades, 54. 



Limnophilus, 169. 



Limosa fedoa, hudsonica, &c., 381 ; 

 limosinie, ib. 



Limulus, 103, 111. 



Ling, the, 219. 



Linguatulida;, 49. 



Lingula, 55. 



Linnasus, brief outline of Ihe system 

 of classification of, 3 ; the insecta 

 of, 95 ; orders and genera of fishes 

 according to, 201 ; his classification 

 of mammalia, 398. 



Lion, the, 491. 



Liparis, 229, 230; L. chrysorhoea and 

 dispar, 181. f 



Listriodon, 437. 



Lilhobiida', 132. 



Lithodomup, 66. 



Lithosia, 141. 



Litholrya, 1(I2. 



Litlorina, 83. 



Lizards, the, 271, 274 et seq. 



Lizia octopunctata, engraving of the, 

 31. 



Lobster, the, 103, 116. 



Lochraias .squamatula, 331. 



Locust, the, 165 ; the seventeen year, 

 187. 



Locusta, the, of Suetonius and Eeloii, 



116; L. migratoria, &c., 141, 165; 



locustida.\ 165. 

 Loligida», 94 ; loligo, ib. 

 Loligopsidae, 94 ; loligopsis, ib. 

 Lcncheres, 460. 

 Lonchophorus, 460. 

 Loncosilla, a genus instituted by Rafi- 



nesque, 70. 

 Long-shafted nightjar, the, 321. 

 Longicornia, 16(), 161. 

 Loon, the, 387. 

 Lophiida", 230 ; lophius piscatorius and 



americanus. ib. 

 Lophiodon, 437. 



Lophobranchii, 14, 202, 205, 232. 

 Lophophoriuie, 374 ; lophophorus re- 



fulgens, ib. 

 T<ophortyx californicus, 375. 

 Lophyrus, 171, 278. 

 Lories, the, 362. 

 Lorinw, 362 ; lorius domicella, &:c., 



ib. 

 Loris, 493. 

 Lota, 219. 

 Loxia pityopsittacus, &c., 359 ; loxi- 



an;p, ib. 

 Lncanidaj, 156; lucanus, 149, 156. 

 Lucernaria, 35. 

 Lucinidaj, 74. 



Lucioperca americana, 221. 

 Lumbricidae, 98; lumbricus, 11, 98. 

 Luminosity of insects, 140. 

 Lump-fish, the, 229. 

 Lump-sucker, the, 229. 

 Lurapus, 229. 

 Lupa, 118. 



Lulra vulgaris and canadensis, 486. 

 Lutraria lineata and plicatella, 58. 

 Lyciena hippothoe, 184; lycienidae, 



"185. 

 Lycosa, 129; L. scutulata, 48. 

 Lycosinte, 128. 

 Lygaeidae, 189. 

 Lygosoma, 273. 

 LymexylonidtB, 158. 

 Lynx, the, 491. 

 i>ytta, 159. 



Macacus cynomolgus and silenus, 



496. 

 Macaque, the maned, 490. 

 Maccaws, the, 362. 

 Maciiairodus, 488. 

 Machilus, 146. 

 iVIatkerel, the, 225. 

 Mackinaw trout, the, 212. 

 Macquart, classification of the aipiera 



according to, 191. 

 Macrauchenia, 435. 

 Macrocolus, 461, 462. 

 Macrodactyla, 154. 

 Macrodipteryx longipennis, 321. 

 Macroglossa, 183, 479. 

 Macropodidie, 412 ; macropus gigan- 



teus, 413. 

 Macropteryx, 319 

 Macrorhinus, 481. 

 Macroscelides, 474. 

 Macrospondylus, 383. 

 Macrosternia, 157. 

 Macrotherium, 405. 

 Macrotis, 416. 

 Macrotoma, 145. 

 Macrourus, 219. 

 Macrura, 115, 

 Mactra, 58 ; mactridae, ib. 

 Madrepora prolilera, 36 ; raadreporidae, 



&c., ib. 

 Maggots, 133. 

 Magilus, 85. 



Magnolia warbler, the, 340. 

 Magots, the, 496. 

 Magpies, the, 352. 

 Maiida:", 118. 

 Makis, the, 493. 

 Malachius, 458. 

 Malacobdella, 43. 

 Malacodermia, 158. 

 Malacology, or the study of animals 



provided with a calcareous shell, 



49. 

 Malacopteri, 203. 

 Malacopterygii, 200, 201, 202, 217. 

 Malacostraca, 111. 

 Malacothrix, 464. 



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