XVI 



Pupa, winffs of insects fresh from the, is 

 the growth of affected by the temper- 

 ature ? 7970 



Pupae, are tliey killed by floods ? 7969 ; 

 destroyed by a caterpillar, 7970 ; are 

 occasionally killed by floods, 8008 



Pyrausla piirpnralis, 7899 



Python, incubation of the, 8007; conclu- 

 sion of the history of, 8037 



Pythoness, (treat, at the Zoological Gar- 

 dens, 794 1 



Eahbit, 7991 



Rail, spotted, in Leicestershire, 7847 



Bangifer arcticus, 7993 

 „ caribou, id. 



Rat, snake, notes on, 7983 



Ravens, tiiree feeding on a dead hare at 

 Higham, 7932 



Redshank, spotted, 8093 



Redstart, black, at Southampton, 8032 ; 

 in the county of Dublin, 8034 



Reindeer, 7993 



Robin, 7829 ; query about the, 7881 



' Romance of Natural History,' 7865 



Rose, coccus of the, 7894 



Sagartia miniata, 7858 



„ Troglodytes, id. , 



„ viduata, id. 



Salticidse, 7945, 8048 



Salticus fasciatus, 7945, 

 „ floricola, id. 

 „ nidicoleus, id. 

 „ quinque-panitus, id. 

 „ reliculalus, 7946 

 „ tardigradus, id. 



Sand -grouse, Pallas's, remarks on, 8236 



Sandpiper, green, at Leyton, 7939; un- 

 usual situation of a nest of, 8169; 

 conimou, a diver, 8195, 8237, 8283; 

 curlew, at Rochester, 8237 



Sawflies, life-histories of, 7855, 7887, 

 8012,8079,8175,8302 



Sawfly (currant), note on the ravages of, 

 8182 



Scaritarchus Midas, 8220 



Science, on the opportunities of ad- 

 vancing, enjoyed by the mercantile 

 marine, 8094,8105 



Scodiona belgiaria, 8071 



Scolopax galliuago and Corvus corone of 

 Wilson, observations and remarks on, 

 8284 



Scotosia dubitata, description of the 

 larva of, 7972 



„ rhamnata, description of the 

 larva of, id. 

 „ undulata, 7969 

 „ velulata, description of the 

 larva of, 7972 



Scydmaenus Godarti, 7975 



Scydm^nus pumilio, 7975 



Season, mildness of the, 7929 



Selidosema plumaria, 8071 



Senociilina, 8n51 



Serica brunnea, 7918 



Serpent, sea, 7850,7851 



Sesia Scoliceformis, capture of, 8172 



Shearwater, inanx, in the neighbourhood 

 of Huddersfield, 8005 ; at Sheerness, 

 8287 



Shells, on the use of glycerine for pre- 

 serving, 8051 



Shrew, curious habit of, 8192 



Shrike, great gray, at Jevingtou, Sussex, 

 788 L 



Silla roseilia, 8276 



Skua, common, near the Land's End, 

 8237 ; pomarine, in the Isle of Wight, 

 8288 



Skylark, 7828 



Snails, temperature of, 8201 



Snake, lizard, in the Zoological Gardens, 

 8199 ; capture of another specimen of 

 —birth of young ones, 8239 



Snipe, Sabine's, examination of a speci- 

 men of, 7882, 7938 ; variety of, 7938 ; 

 note on, 8000 ; jack, id. ; Sabine's, 

 note on, 8035 ; nests of, in Oxford- 

 shire, 8169; great, near Malbam, in 

 Yorkshire, 8196 



Sparrows, nesting of, 8194 



Specific or race forms, on the mutability 

 of, 8249 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Cambridge, 8204 ; 

 near Bury, id. ; near Sheerness, 8243 



Spider's web, viscid lines in, 7884 



Spiders, list of new and rare, captured in 

 1861, 7945 ; British, descriptions of 

 ten new species of, 7951 ; Scotch, list 

 of, 8041 ; jumping, 8202 ; lecture on, 

 8290 



Spoonbill, 8093 ; in Surrey, 8283 



Stainton, H. T., &c., ' Natural History 

 of the Tineina,' 7874, 8225 



Slauropus Fagi, capture of at Henley- 

 on-Thames, 8052 



Slenidea, note on, 8144 



Sienolophus derelictus, capture of, on 

 Wimbledon Common, 7854 



Stilbia anomala, 7899 



Stork, black, near Hartlepool, 8196 



Succinea Pfeifferi, is it a species ? 8138 ; 

 unnoticed character in, 8171 



Sugar and sallows, 8023 



Swallow, chimney, nesting of, 7937; 

 early appearance of, 7938 ; appear- 

 ance of the, in 1862, 8035 



Swallows, migration of, 7937, 8162 



Swans and geese of Hudson's Bay, 7831 



Sylvia atricapilla, 7828 



