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INDEX. 



Koala, length of the Cascum In, 



20. 

 Kobus ellipsiprymnus, proportion 



of the sexes in, 242. 

 Kolreuter, on the sterility of hy- 

 brid plants, 168. 

 Koodoo, development of the horns 



of the, 229; markings of the, 538. 

 Koppen, P. T., on the migratory 



locust, 280. 

 Kordofan, protuberances artifi- 

 cially produced by natives of, 



569. 

 Koralcs, marriage customs of, 593. 

 Korte, on the proportion of sexes 



in locusts, 250; Russian locusts, 



280. 

 Kovalevsky, A., on the affinity of 



the Ascidia to the Vertebrata, 



155. 

 — , W., on the pugnacity of the 



male capercailzie, 359; on the 



pairing of the capercailzie, 362. 

 Krause, on a convoluted body at 



the extremity of the tail in a 



Macacus and a cat, 22. 

 Kupfler, Prof., on the affinity of 



the Ascidia to the Vertebrata, 



155. 



Labidocera Darwinii, prehensile 

 organs of the male, 263. 



Labrus, splendid colors of the spe- 

 cies of, 338. 



mixtus, sexual differences 



in, 334, 337. 



■ pavo, 339. 



Lacertilia, sexual differences of, 

 350. 



Lafresnaye, M. de, on birds of 

 paradise, 381. 



Lamarck, on the origin of man, 2. 



Lamellibranchiata, 259. 



Lamellicorn beetles, horn-like 

 processes from the head and 

 thorax of, 292, 296; influence of 

 sexual selection on, 298. 



Lamellicornia, strldulation of, 30O. 



Lament, Mr., on the tusks of the 

 walrus, 498; on the use of its 

 tusks by the walrus, 509; on the 

 bladder-nose seal, 524. 



Lampornis porphyrurus, colors of 

 the female, 447. 



Lampyridae, distasteful to mam- 

 mals, 475. 



Lancelet, 154, 160. 



Landois, H., gnats attracted by 

 sound, 278; on the production of 

 sound by the Clcadse, 279; on 

 the stridulating organ of the 

 crickets, 281; on Decticus, 283: 

 on the stridulating organs of 

 the AcridiidEe, 284; stridulating 

 apparatus in Orthoptera, 28G; 

 sounds produced by Atropus, 

 289; on the strldulation of 



Necrophorus, 299; on the 

 stridulant organ of Cerambyx 

 heros, 300; on the stridulant 

 organ of Geotrupes, 300; on the 

 stridulating organs in the Cole- 

 optera, 301; on the ticking of 

 Anobium, 303. 

 Landor, Dr., on remorse for not 



obeying tribal custom, HI. 

 Language an art, 83; articulate, 

 origin of, 84; relation of the 

 progress of, to the development 

 of the brain, 85j effects of in- 

 heritance in production of, 86; 

 complex structure of, among 

 barbarous nations, 88; natural 

 selection in, 88; gesture, 174; 

 primeval, 176; of a lost tribe pre- 

 served by a parrot, 177. 

 Languages, presence of rudi- 

 ments in, 88; classification of, 88; 

 variability of, 88; crossing or 

 blending of, 88; complexity of, 

 no test of perfection or proof of 

 special creation, 89; resemblance 

 of, evidence of community of 

 origin, 144. 

 • and species, identity of evi- 

 dence of their gradual develop- 

 ment, 87. 

 Lanius, 455; characters of young, 

 459. 



rufus, anomalous young of 



477. 

 Lankester, B. R., on comparative 

 longevity, 130, 132; on the de- 

 structive effects of intemper- 

 ance, 134. 

 Lanugo, of the human fcetus, 19, 



594. 

 Lapponian language, highly arti- 

 ficial, 88. 

 Lark, proportion of the sexes in 

 the, 243; female, singing of the, 

 365. 

 Larks, attracted by a mirror, 407. 

 Lartet, B., comparison of cranial 

 capacities of skulls of recent 

 and tertiary mammals, 53; on 

 the size of the brain in mam- 

 mrjs, 78; on Dryopithecus, 151; 

 nn pre-historio flutes, 565. 

 Larus, seasonal change of plu- 

 mage in, 488. 

 Larva, luminous, of a Brazilian 



beetle, 275. 

 Larynx, muscles of the, in song- 

 birds, 366. 

 Lasiocampa quercus, attraction of 

 males by the female, 248; sexual 

 difference of color in, 312. 

 Latham, R. G., on the migrations 



of man, 46. 

 Latooka, perforation of the lower 



lip by the women of. 670. 

 Laurillard, on the abnormal di- 

 vision of the malar bone in man, 

 37. 

 Lawrence, W., on the superiority 

 of savages to Europeans in pow- 



