INDEX. 



Abekcrombt, R., 41. 



Actinozoa, list of publications dealing with, 183. 



Agassiz, a., 167, 175, 176, 369. 



Agate-like deposition of dolomite, 256, et seq., 410, et seq., 

 with figs. 44, 46, &c. 



Alcyonaria included undei* term " coi'als," 195, 319 ; remarks 

 on, 322-323. 



Alcyonarian spieiiles in main boring, 191, et seq., 200, ei seq., 

 344, ei seq. ; in Sollas's 1st boring, 302, 352 ; in his 2nd 

 boring, 306; in lagoon -boring, 312, et seq., 352. See also 

 Lobophi/tnm. 



Algse, calcareous, 6, 27-28, 45, 65, 109, 173, 191, et seq. ; 

 proportionate distribution of, in lagoon, 177-180; range 

 of, in borings, 330; remarks on, 331-332. See also 

 Malimeda, Lithothamnion, &c. ; non-calcareous, 128-129, 

 et seq. 



Alveolina, its first appearance in the raain boring, 193, 238, 

 239, 240, 338. 



Boscii, 317. 



Amatuku, lagoon-chfE of, 24 (fig. 16), 25, 72 (and pi. D) ; 

 living Seliopora ccerulea on, 67, 138-139; geol. map 

 and sects., pi. 12. 



AmpMstegina in lagoon, 177, 178, 179 ; in main boring, 

 abundance of, 193, et seq., 293, et seq. ; rotund fonn of, 

 255; A. in Sollas's 1st boring, 298, et seq. ; in his 2nd 

 boring, 304, et seq. ; in lagoon-boring, 312, et seq. 



Lessonii in main boring, 195, 202, et seq., 239, 246, 



253, 293, 295, 337, et seq. ; in Sollas's 1st boring, 298, 

 343 ; in liis 2nd boring, 306, 307, 310, 348 ; in lagoon- 

 boring, 312, 314, 345. 



Analj'sis (chemical), method of, 362-363; general results of, 

 363-366 (with diagrams) ; preparation of samples for, 

 366-367. 



Angle of repose of Tinoporus-s,aiA and of rubble, 75. 



Annelid-tubes (?), in main boring, 241, 355, et seq.; in 

 Sollas's 2nd boring, 306; remarks on, 329. See also 

 Serpula, Spirorbis. 



Anomalina in main boring, 209, 216, 337 ; in lagoon-boring, 



312, 345. 



polymorpha, 209. 



Aporosa (corallia), undetermined, in main boring, 345, 347. 



Aragonite, secondary deposition of, 190, 195, et seq., 297, 

 et seq., 393-400 (and figs. 24-34); rapid solubility of, 

 383 ; production of , in coral-rock, 390; dolomite formed 

 by alteration of, 391 ; which organisms are composed of, 

 393 ; disappearance of, 400-404, with figs. 35-38 ; re- 

 placement by dolomite in cores, 405-409, with figs. 

 39-40. 



Areas (occupied by various types of rot-k), table of, 82 ; 

 remarks on do., 83. 



Aemsteong, B. F., 389 ; Armsteong, H. E., 388. 



Arthropoda, list of publications dealing with, 184-185; 

 arthropoda in main boring, 191. 



Ascidian spicules in main boring, 195, et seq., 215, 218, 248, 

 331, 335, et seq. See also Leptoclinum.. 



Aspidosiphon destroying Lithothamnion, 140. 



Astraa in main boring, 196, 200, 205, 227, 228, 244, 259, 

 et seq., 269, et seq., 278, et seq., 288, et seq., 344, et seq. ; 

 in Sollas's 1st boring, 300, 301, 352 ; remarks on, 324. 



ef. denticulata, 249, 320. 



lobata, 229, 272, et seq., 320. 



Astrsean corals, bathymetrio distribution of, 159; in main 

 boring, 196, et seq., 347, et seq. ; in Sollas's 1st boring, 

 353 ; in his 2nd boring, 307, et seq. ; in lagoon-boring, 



313, et seq., 353 ; remarks on, 325. 



AstrcBopora in main boring, 204, 233, 242, 248, 253, et seq., 

 269, 274, et seq., 279, et seq., 345, et seq. ; in lagoon- 

 boring, 313, et seq., 353 ; remarks on, 327-328, 



AstrtBopora oceUafa, rare of growth of, 143. 



Atlanta in main boring, 203. 



Atoll, descriptions of, 7-28 (imd figs. 3-16), 62-66; model 

 of, 62 (and pi. B), 64; peripheral extension of, 78, et 

 seq., 88 ; immediate future of, 87-88 ; charts, &c., of, 

 pis. 1-19 ; section of, pi. 1 ; biology of reef-forming 

 organisms of, 125-150, and fig. 19. 



Avalau Islet, description of, 95-96, 114 ; geol. map and 

 sects, of, pi. 5. 



Atles, — , 2, et seq. 



Bairdia in main boring, 202, 216, 354 ; in hi goon-boring, 



312, 360. 

 Balance-sheet of the Sollas Expedition, xi. 

 Balanophyllia associated with Lithothamnion, 134. 

 Basaltic scorice simulated by lichen-covered breccia, 76. 

 Bathymetric distribution of reef -forming organisms, 134, et 



■seq., 155-159. 

 BdeUoidina in main boring, 240, 338 ; in lagoon-boring, 



312, 344. 

 Bedding. See Stratification. 

 Beenabd, H. M., 167, 179, 314. 

 Beeet, J., 1, 43. 

 Bibliography of publications dealing with materinl from 



Funafuti, 182-185. 

 Biology of Funafuti coral-reef formation, 125-150, and 



Blanche Bay (\ew Britain), pumice derived from eruption 

 at, 63, 76-77 (and pi. 9). 



" Blowhole," 68 (and pi. 9) ; blowholes fringed by Litho- 

 thamnion, &c., 80, 81. 



Boiler, large, accident to, 53. 



Bolivina in main boring, 216, 228, 262, 336 ; in Sollas's 

 2nd boring, 306, 342. 



BoNNEY, T. Or., preface, vii-xiv. 



Boring, 1st, description and section of, 2-3 ; cores from 

 same, 296-302 ; boring at Luamanif portage, 4-6, and 

 section (fig. 2); cores from same, 303-310; 3rd boi-ing 

 (abandoned), 45; main boring (in 1897), 44, 47-50, 53; 

 do. (in 1898), 56-57, 187-194; possible future deepening 

 of, 57 ; general report on materials derived from, 

 169-176 ; detailed report on do., 195-296 ; general 

 characters of cores from same, 332-334 ; borings in 

 lagoon, report on, 160-164; notes on materiils from 

 same, 310-315. 



-apparatus, limitations, &c., of, 40-42 ; accidents to, 



47-48, 49-50, 53; impi-oved (third expedition), 55; 

 description of that used for lagoon-boring.^-, 161-162. 



Brachiopoda. See Thecidea. 



Breccia, the, 13, 14, 15-16, 17-18, 25, 70-72, 84, et seq., 90, 



et seq. 

 British Association Committee, vii-viii. 

 Bbittlebank, C. C, 41. 

 BuENS, G., 42, 48, 55, 56, 59. 

 Burrowing organisms, 140-141. See also Cliona, Litho- 



domus. 



Ccecum in main boring, 203. 



Calcarina, abundance of, 76, 177 ; in main boring, 213, et 

 seq., 247, et seq., 266, et seq., 280, 285, et seq., 337, 

 et seq. ; in SoLLAs's 1st boring, 302, 343 ; in his 2nd 

 boring, 305, 306, 309, 343 ; in lagoon- boring, 312, et seq., 

 345. 



Defrancii, 274. 



hispida, 213, 214, 215, 220, 239, 312. 



Calcisponges in main boring, 198, 202, 203, 296, 354, 358 ; 

 in SoLLAi's 1st boiing, 299, 360; in his 2nd boring, 306, 

 310, 360 ; remarks on, 329 ; in lagoon- boring, 360. 



