INDEX TO VOL. IX. 



Acalephffi, Luoernaria, the coenotype of, 

 47. 



Acambona, 27. 



altirostris, 28. 



jyrima, 27. 



Acclimatization of Animals, 5. 



Actinocrinus Nashvillce, var. subtractus, 

 16. 



guadrispinus , 15. 



IVachsinuthi, 15. 



Aclinoplirys, 282. 



Agassiz, a. On Autolytus comutus, 6; 

 on the mode of development of the 

 marginal tentacles of the free Medusse 

 of some Hydroids, 8S; on Arachnactis 

 brachiolata, 159; ouNanomia cara, 180; 

 on geographical distribution of Toxop- 

 neustesdrobachiensis, 191 ; onHalopsis 

 ocellata, 220; on distribution of Insects, 

 231; on transformations of 3-oung in 

 Echinoderms, 326; on the function of 

 pedicillarise, .329. 



Agassiz, Peof. L. On homologies of 

 Brachiopoda, 68 ; on the Megatheroids, 

 101; on the sub-divisions of tertiary 

 strata, 174 ; on development of Kana 

 temporaria, 174 ; on geographical dis- 

 tribution, 178; on the enigmatic fossil 

 of Solenhofen, 191 ; on the natural atti- 

 tude of the Megatherium, 193 ; on the 

 young of fishes, 326. 



Alger, Francis, remarks on death of, 341. 



Allantus, 116. 



Amboccelia minuta, 26. 



Amoeba, observations on, 281. 



Amphioxus, 333, .346. 



Androecium of Fumariaceas, 246. 



Anisopteryx vernata, 350; Tarasite of, 

 185. 



Annual Meeting, 66, 227. 



Anthonomus prunicida, 309. 



Anticosti, Birds of, 137; Mammals of, 

 135; Natural History of, 132; Plants 

 of, 146. 



Antimony, 234. ' 



Arachnactis brachiolata, 159. 



Argynhis Montimis, 231. 



Athalia, 116, 117. 



Atwood, N. E. On the variable hab- 

 its of some fishes, 189 ; on the Cod 

 Fishery, 318. 



Autolytus cornuttis, 6. 



Aviculopecten gradocostus, 31. 



Bagrus, mode of caring for young, 226. 

 Batrachians of Norway, Me., 195. 

 Belemnocrinus, 14. 



Belemnocrinus Typus, 14. 



Bellerophon panneus, 21 . 



script if ems, 21. 



Belone, young of, 325. 



BiOKJKiRE, A. S., on Amphioxus, .333. 



BiNNEY, W. G., on the geographical 

 distribution of Land Shells in North 

 America, 177 ; on erosion of shells, 

 327 ; on Melania and.Melantho, 327. 



Birds of Anticosti, 137. 



Blake, ,J. H., on frozen well at Bran- 

 don, Vt., 72. 



BOARDMAN, G. A. Catalogue of the 

 Birds found in the vicinity of Calais, 

 Maine, and about the islands at the 

 mouth of the Bay of Fundy, 122. 



Boston JIarine Society, donation from, 

 7, 62. 



BouvE, T. T., on metamorpbic action in 

 conglomerate rocks, 57 ; on habits of 

 Sphyropicus varius,248; Remarks on 

 the Death of Mr. Alger, -341. 



Brachiopoda, hajmal and neural regions 

 in, 57 ; homologies of, 68. 



Brandon, frozen well in, 72 ; tempera- 

 ture of, 81. 



Brown, Dr. F. H., on an occurrence of 

 Sphargis coriacea, 326. 



Bryant, Dr. H. Description of two 

 birds from the Bahama Islands, 279. 

 Description of a new variety of Parus 

 from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 368. Re- 

 marks on the genus Galeoscoptes Cab., 

 with the characters of two new genera, 

 and a description of Turdus jjlumbeus 

 Liu., 369. 



Buckland, David. Temperature of 

 frozen well in Brandon, Vt., 81. 



Building Committee, Report of, 37, 331. 



Building Fund, names of donors to, 112 ; 

 resolutions concerning donors to, 111. 



Bursacrinns covfirmatus, 11. 



By-laws, alteration of, 37. 



Calais, Catalogue of the Birds of, 122, 

 233. 



Callinectes, monograph of the genus, 

 188. 



Calluna vulgaris, 38, 207. 



Canada, copper mines of, 202. 



Capron, Rev. W. B., on ancient pot- 

 tery and megalithic cysts in India, 360. 



Carboniferous fossils from Mississippi 

 Valley, 8. 



Cardiomorpha parvirostris, 31. 



Chimpanzee, Wilder on, 113. 



CMoroneura abnormis, .316. 



