INDEX. 



209 



Macrocystis, i. 313. 

 Macropnenstes, i. 159, 160. 

 Macropnenstes spatangoides, ii. 98. 

 Macruroids, ii. 26. 

 Macrurus Bairdii, ii. 26, 27. 

 Macrurus caribbanis, ii. 26, 27. 

 Madagascar, relation to Africa, i L26. 

 Madrepora cervicornis, i. N -'. V| i. 

 Madrepora palmata, i. 70, s 3. 



wall of, i. 70. 

 Madrepora prolifera, i. 81, : 

 Maeandrina areolata, i. 82 

 Maffitt and Craven on Gulf Stream globige- 



rinSB, i. 45. 

 Magnaghi. i. 41. 

 Maioidea, ii. 37. 

 Malacosteus niger, ii. 34, 35. 

 Maldane enculigera, ii. 54. 

 Mallet on primordial ocean, i- 153. 



on atmosphere of steam, i. 1 28. 

 Malmgren. i. 42. 

 Malthe, ii. 31. 

 Mammals, distribution of. by driftwood, i. 



122. 

 Manatee bones, i. 282. 



Pourtales on, i. 144. 

 Manganese concretions and phosphate of 



lime. i. 275. 

 Manganese nodules, i. 141. 290. 

 Mangrove islands, formation of, i. 53. 

 Mangrove plants, i. 53. 

 Manicina, i. 55. 

 Margarita ajglees. ii. 68. 

 Marginella succinea, ii. 69. 

 Marginella Watsoni, ii. 69, 70. 

 Marie-Galante. i. xvi. 

 Marine animals, destruction of. i. 274. 



food of, i. 204. 

 Marine deposits, character of, i. 266. 



composition of, i. 2IJ2. 

 Marine fishes in the Amazons, i. 153. 

 Marine forms within 100 fathom line. i. 



142. 

 Marine plants, distribution of, i. 312. 

 Marquesas atoll, structure of, i. 73. 

 Marquesas islands, examination of. i. 7m. 



lagoon of, i. 73. 

 Marshall, bis tangle bar. i. ->'>. 

 Martinique, i. 112. 



island of, i. xvi. 

 Masearene islands, relation to Africa, i. 126. 

 Mastigoteuthis Agassizii, ii. 59. 

 McClintoek. i. 45. 

 McRea. Henry, i. -'.ii. 



Mediterranean, contrast between northern 

 n*—* and southern shores of. i. 1 23. 



Mediterranean, great changes in eastern basin 

 of, i. L23. 



recenl connection with Atlantic, i. 123. 

 Medusa;, decomposition of, ii. 128. 



deep-sea types of, ii. 128. 



of intermediate depths, ii. 12^. 

 Meiocardia Agassizii. ii. 74. 

 Melanocetns, ii. 32. 

 Mellita, i. 159. 



Membranipora canariensis, ii. 79. 

 Meningodora. ii. 47- 

 Mentz, Geo. W., L viii. 32. 

 Meoma, i. 159. 

 Merlucius, ii. 25. 

 Metacrinns, ii. 1 16. 

 Metacrinns angulatus, ii- 117 

 Metamorphoses of deep-sea animals, ii. v . 

 Mexico, Gulf of. Hydrographic Chart of, 

 i. 15. 



unstable equilibrium of, i. 248. 

 Micropanope pngilator, ii- 38. 

 Migration of sharks, i. 123. 

 Miliolins, i. 271. 

 Millepora. Agassiz on, ii. 138. 



Moseley on, ii- 138 ; 

 Millepora aleicornis, ii. 138, 139. 

 Miller on Pentaerinus. ii. 116. 

 Miller-Casella thermometer, i. 15. 

 Milne-Edwards, Alph.. i. 40, 44. 204. 



on fauna of antarctic region, i. 121. 



Report on Crustacea, i. xxi. 



on Sargassum. i. 212. 

 Milne-Edwards and Haime on tertiary corals. 



ii. 18. 

 Mississippi basin, denudation of, i. L28. 

 Mississippi mud. i. 57. 131. 



fauna of. i. 2 s - 2. 

 Mississippi, wearing action of, i. 138. 

 Mitchell. Henry, on current of Gulf Stream, 

 i. 232. 



on Nicholas and Santaren channels, i. 

 235. 

 Mitra Swainsonii, ii. 7<l. 

 Mixtopagurus paradoxus, ii. 41. 

 Mnemiopsis. i. 199. 

 Modiola polita, ii. 64, 73. 

 Mohn. i. 44. 



Mollusk fauna of West Indies, i. 114. 

 Mollusks. ii. I -. 



aliscnce of vegetable feeders, ii. 64. 



bathymetrical range of, i. 169. 



carnivorous, ii. 65. 



Dall. W. II.. Report on. i. xxi. 



distribution of, by driftwood, i. 122. 



flexible species of. ii. 65. 



inflexible species of, ii. 65. 



