INDEX. 321 



Knole Park, beecli-woods, worms absent, 12 

 Eouinck, De, on tlie disintegration of rocks, 235 



Laburnum leaves, 67 



Land, denudation of, 230 



Lankcster, Eay, on the structure of worms, 18 



~-^^^-^— on worms from Kerguelen Land, 121 



La Plata, dust storms of, 236 



Layard, Mr., on the habits of the cobra, 94 



Leaves, worms distinguish the taste of different kinds, 32 



consumed by worms, 35 



their decay not hastened by the alkaline secretion 



with which they are bathed, 38 



decayed, generate acids, 50 



used in plugging up burrows, 65 



used to line burrows, 112 



Ledges of earth on hill-sides, 278 

 Leon, F., on the digestive fluid of worms, 38 

 Light, perception of, by worms, 20 

 Lime, carbonate, concretions of, 45 



Maer Hall, amount of earth brought to surface, 130 

 Mallett, Mr , on the sinking of the ground under great 



buildings, 158 

 Meat, raw, eaten by worms, 36 

 Mental qualities of worms, 34 

 Mint, leaves of, only nibbled, 33 

 Mississippi, drainage area of, 233 

 Mobius on the habits of a pike, 94 

 Moniligaster, 246 



Morren on worms surviving long immersion, 13 

 on worms lying motionless near mouths of their 



burrows, 15 



