49 G 



IXDKX. 



Inserts, t<'iia:.'ity of lif^ of, 33 



adapted lo special conditions, 33 



griiu]is selei^ted for the study of tlieir 

 L'.M.;4v;(i>liir,-,l distiilmtion, 102 



aiil i(|iiil\- nf llir ^:i'iM-v;i 1,1, 160 



Inssil (.r liuvopiMii .Miiiccne, 1(35 



Eui'o]i(';ui C'l-etaceoUS, 107 



Kuiiiiiean Wealden, 107 



raheiizoic, 108 



Palaarctir, 1S7 



of Cciitral Europe, 196 



of tlie Meditenaneau sub-region, 205 



of tlie Siberian sub-region, 220 



of the Manchurian sub-region, 227 



of the Ethiopian region, 2Jo 



of the East African sub-region, 200 



of West Africa, 205 



S. African, 268 



of Madagascar, 282 



general remarks on, 28-1 



of tropical Africa and America, probaVile 

 cause of similarities in, 2!)1 



of Indo-Chinese sub-region, 332 



of the Oriental region, 318 



of Ceylon, 327 



of Indo-Malay sub-region, 341 



statistics of collecting in the various 

 islands of the Malay Archii)elago, 313 



of the Australian region, 403 



of New Guinea, 417 



of the Moluccas, 420 



of Timor group, 420 



of Celebes, 454 



of New Zealand, 458 



scarcity of, in New Zealand, 402 



influence of on the flora, 463 

 Insectivora, European Miocene, 117 



N. American Post-Pliocene, 129 



N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Insectivora, classification of, 87 



of the PahT-arctic region, 181 



of N. Cliina and E. Thibet, 222 



range of Palsearctic ^uera of, 239 



of Madagascar, 273 



rauL'e of Ethiojiian genera of, 301 



ot the Orieiilal region, 315 



range of Oriental genera of, 372 



range of Australian genera of, 470 

 Isacis, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Ischyromys, N. American Tertiary, 140 

 Islands, N. Enrojiean. zoology of, 197 



of tlie Mediterranean sub-region, 206 



of the West Afri<-aii sub-region, 205 



of Ethiopian region, 269 



Mascarene, 280 



of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, 333 



of Indo-Malay sub region, 343 



Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, 443 



Society and Maripiesas 444 



New Caledonia and New Hebrides, 445 



Sandwich, 440 



of New Zealand sub-region, 453 



Norfolk, 453 



Loril Howe's, 454 



Chatham, 454 



Auckland, 455 

 Iisiodrwnys, Eurojican Pliorcnc, llS 



Jacchus. in Brazilian caves, 144 

 Japan and North China, physical features of, 

 221 

 southern extremity of perhaps belongs to 

 llie Uritntal rcijipn, ^>2(i 



Jajian, general character of the fauna of, 230 



former land-connexions of, 231 

 Java, mammalia of, 349 



]iroductions of, weU known, 350 



birds of, 351 



rein-esentative species of birds in, 352 



origin of the anomalous features of its 



fauna, 352 

 Sumatra and Borneo, their geographical 

 contrasts and zoological peculiarities 

 explained, 357 

 Janonia, Eurojiean Miocene, 167 



Kakapoe, of New Zealand, 455 

 Kangaroos, extinct in Australia, 157 

 Kerguelen Island, apterous insects of, 211 



(note) 

 Keyodon, in Brazilian caves, 144 



S. American Pliocene, 147 

 King-fisher, racquet tailed, of New Guinea, 



figure of, 415 

 Kiwi of New Zealand, 455 

 Koodoo antelope, figure of, 261 



L. 



Laeertilia, classification of, 00 

 Ladrone Islands, birds of, 444 

 Laijomys, European Pliocene, 113 



European Miocene, 120 

 Lagostomus, in Brazilian caves, 145 "' 



S. American Pliocene, 147 

 Lake Baikal, seals of, 218 

 I.aud and water, in'oportions of, 35 

 Laud and fresh-water shells, antiquity of th« 



geni'ra of, 108 

 Land-shells, Paheozoic, 169 



Pala-aivtir, llio 



of M;i(h'iia, -jiiO 



of tlic Ciiir \erd Islands, 215 



fit the El hiupian region, 257 



of W. Africa, 205 



of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, 

 285 



of Indo-Malay sub-region, 344 



of the Australian region, 407 



of Sandwich Islands, 440 ■ 



of New Zealand, 459 

 Lanius, European Miocene, 161 

 Laopithecvs, N .American Tertiary, 133 

 Lanrnis, N. American Cri'lai-nius, 104 

 Lemnria, a hypothetical land, 7tl 

 LamuTaindce, N. American Tcitiary, 133 

 IjiiDiranis, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 l.ctiniiidfr, Euroi)can Eocene, 124 

 Lemuroidea, range of Ethiopian genera of, 300 



range of Oriental genera of, 371 

 Lcpidis, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 Lepidoptera, cosmopolitan families of, 177 



table of Palivarctic families of, 238 



S. African, 20S 



table of Ethio])ian families of, 299 



of the Oriental region, 318 



table of Oriental families of, 309 



of the Australian region, 404 



table of Australian families of, 472 

 Leptarchus, N. American Tertiary, 135 

 Lcpfauchenia, N. American Tertiary, 13S 

 J.eplochoirus, N. American Tertiary, 137 

 I.ejitodon, Miocene of Greece, 116 

 I.rptomrryx, N. American Tertiary, 133 

 l.eptnplijiis, Kumpoau Miocene, 102 



