INDEX. 



395 



Lafu, 308 



Lagoons of atolls 181, 182. 



Lasso-cells, 30. 



Leptogorgia, 86. 



Level, changes of, in the Pacific, 318. 



Life and death in concurrent progress, 



94 

 Lime in sea-water, 100. 

 Limestones, formation of, 348. 



" beds of, with living margins, 



350. 

 " thick strata of, 350. 



" subsidence essential to the 



making of thick strata of, 

 350. 

 " deep sea, from coral reef de- 



bris, rarely made, 351. 

 " rate of increase of, 359. 



" unfossiliferous, 352. 



" difference of continental and 



modern oceanic, 352. 

 " consolidation of, 354. 



Lisiansky, soundings by, 173. 



" on islands northwest of Kauai, 



306. 

 Lixo coral reef, 140. 

 Logs on coral islands, 287. 

 Los Guedes, 307. 

 Los Matelotas, 307. 

 Loochoo, 311. 

 Louisiade Group, 309. 

 Loyalty Group, 308 



McAskill Islands, 306. 

 Mackenzie Island, 307, 345. 

 Madagascar reefs, 314. 

 McKean's Island, 291, 296, 340. 

 Madrepora aspera, 50, 71. 



" formosa, 73. 



" ' cribripora, 72, 120. 



" of wreck, amount of contribu- 



tion from, to reef, 250. 

 Madreporacea, distribution of, 109. 

 Madreporaria, 64. 



Maeandrina cerebriformis, see Diploma. 

 Maeandrina clivosa, rate of growth of, 125, 



251. 

 Maeandrina labyrinthica, 65. 

 Magnesia in corals, 99. 

 Mahlos Mahdoo Atoll, 189. 

 Maitea, 304. 



Maiana, 164, 344. 

 Makin, 167. 



Maiden's Island, 291, 339. 

 Maldives, 162, 172, 186, 314. 



" map of, 187. 



Mangaia, elevation of, 336. 

 Marakei, 167, 344. 

 Mangaia, 805. 

 Manhii, 203. 

 Manopora, 72. 

 Manuai, 337. 

 Margaret, 197. 

 Marquesas, 304, 325. 

 Marshall Islands, 170, 183, 344. 

 Matea, dolomitic nature of coral rock of, 



357. 

 Maui, elevation of, 342. 

 Mauke, 305, 336. 

 Melitaea, 89. 



Menchicoff Island, 170, 268. 

 Mendana, 307. 

 Metia, 172, 193, 334. 

 Metridium marginatum, lasso-cell, 33. 

 Millepora alcicornis, 103, 104. 

 Mitiaro, 305, 345. 

 Minerals of coral islands, 290. 

 Mobius, K., on lasso-cells, 30. 

 Molluccas, 310. 

 Molokai, elevation of, 341. 

 Montipora, 72. 

 Moresby, Capt., on the Maldives and Cha- 



gos Bank, 172, 186, 192. 

 Mountain chains buried in the ocean, 



364. 

 Mud of channejs and lagoons, 142, 150, 



181, 182, 183, 231. 

 Muricaea, 87. 

 Mussa, 64. 



Nairsa, 169, 203, 333. 



Namuka, 337. 



Navigator Group, 305, 326, 338. 



Necker Island, 306. 



Nelson, Lieut., on Bermudas, 219. 



Nettling cells, 30. 



New Britain, 309. 



New Caledonia reefs, 135, 148, 308. 



New Guinea, 309. 



New Hebrides, 307. 



New Ireland, 309. 



Newmarket, 341. 



