530 



INDEX. 



Head-hunting in Timor, 450 

 Sebomoia, coloration of sexes of, 130 

 Hemileia, coffee disease, 71, 76 

 Hemiptera, winged, milked by ants, 



251 ; of Keeling Islands, 31 

 H'enslow, Prof., Mr. Darwin's Keeling 



plants described by, 28, 42 

 Herbarium at Watolo lake left behind, 



407 ; disaster to, made in Timor- 



laut, 331 

 Herodias niqripes, 33 

 Herons in Keeling Islands, 33 ; killed 



by glutinous seeds, 30 

 Hesperiidse, habits of butterflies of 



family, 63 

 Het erodes misonialis, 177 

 Hoodjoong, villiige of, 109 

 House at Fatunaba attacked, 460 ; 



difSculty in getting a, in Timor-laut, 



305; cluster in the Komai valley, 



431 ; in Burn, 395 

 Home's, Sir Everard, plants from Timor, 



498 

 Homopsyche, the genus, 172 

 Honey-eaters, 304; in Buru, 338; in 



Ceram, in Timor, 338 

 Honey, scarcity of, in Java in 1878, 75 

 Honey-glands on Samhiicus, 226. £27 

 ' Honour door,' order of the, 146 

 Hornbill, Great, 153, 154 

 Husband clans in Timor, 457 

 Huts in trees, their use, 431, 434 

 Syaldbates leuciscus, 70 ; variegatus, 



156 

 Bymenoptera of Keeling Islands, 31 ; 



from Timor-laut, 380 

 Mydnophytumformiearium,J9, 80, 81 

 IJydrodsa albriostris, 154 

 Sydrocichla ignicapUlus, 154 

 Hypericum sp. in Java, 1 12 

 Hypolymnas annmala, note on colouring 



of, 134 ; forbeei, 325 ; wallaCeana, 134 

 Sypotsenidia striata,, 177 

 Jlypoxis liygrornetrica, 447 



Insect faima, of Sumatra, additions to, 



274 ; of Keeling Islands, 30 

 Insects carried by cyclone, 30 

 Irene tiircosa, 67 

 Ixias flavipennis,Tieyr species, 215, 275 



Journal, Mrs. Forbes', extract from, 482 

 Jauson, Mr. Oliver, description of a new 

 species of Cetoniidse by, 496 



Kaba, crater of the, 230, 231; hot 



springs at, 225 

 Kaimauk river, 439 

 Kajeli, arrive at, 391 ; description of 



town and fort, 391 ; trade of, 392 

 Kajuput oil, 392 



Kaleobar, hostility of the villagers of, 

 304 



Kallima spiridiva, new species, 274 



Kamp, Mr. Controller, 234, 240 



"Kang-kang" frog, mimicry by, 155, 

 164 



Karang-'N'ata Peak, flora of, 251 ; geo- 

 logy of, 251 



Karaugs or Kalangs, u, curious tribe 

 at Kosala, 99 ; their -worship, 99 ; 

 curious customs of, 100 



Ke, touch at, 300 



Keeling Islands, see Cocos-Keeling 

 Islands 



Keane, Mr., on ethnical relations of 

 the people of Timor-laut, 311 



Kelehohp, rest at Mount, 430 



Kenali, village of, 167; crops in 

 neighbourhood of, 167; soil near, 

 167; houses in, 168 



Kepala Tjurup, camp at, 225, 



Kerivoula javana, 71 



Kero, or tliief gibbet, 472, 473 



Kisam writing, 181 ; versificatiiiu, 181 ; 

 dress, 182 ; religion, 182 ; burial cus- 

 toms, 182 ; oaths, 182 ; houses in, 179; 

 coat of arms in a Kisam village, 180 



King, death rites of a, in Timor, 437 



King, Dr. George, his monogj aphon the 

 figs, 517 



Kirby, Mr. W. F., on Hymenoptera and 

 Diptera from Timor-laut, 380 



Komai, valley of the, 430 ; house- 

 cluster in, 431 



Kosala, in Bantam, 97 ; ruins at, 98 ; 

 the estate-house of, 59 ; iu the Deccan, 

 07 ; in Sarayu, 97 



Kotta-djawa, village of, in Sumatra, 131 



Krakatoa eruption, 77 ; earthquake, 

 wave of, 126; volcano, 488 



Kubus, a furest-living race in Sumatra, 

 233, 234 ; intelligence of 242 ; phar- 

 macopoeia of, 243 ; traditions of, 243 ; 

 pedigree of, 244 ; death rites of, 243 ; 

 their manner of trading, 235 ; no cul- 

 tivation among, 236 ; no arts among, 

 286; olotbitjg of, 236; dogs kept 

 by, 236; features of, 236; physical 

 characteristics of, 241 , 242 ; language 

 of, 241 ; marriage anjong, 241 ; in- 

 termarriage with Malays, 241 ; pro- 

 perty of, 242 



Kuing (or sacred) region in Buru, 397 



Laccadive archipelago, 4 



Laclo, Eajah's of; account of, 480 ; priso- 

 ners at, 480 



Lagerstroemia, 238 



Laibobar Peak, 332 



Laicor, Elijah's of, 479; dwellings at, 

 479 



