INDEX. 



531 



Lamiidss, description of a species ofj 



276 

 Lampongs, the, in S. Sumatra, female 



ornaments in, 126, 147 ; feasts in, 



147; marriage customs in, 150; its 



language, 141 ; alpliabet and clia- 



a-acters, 142 

 Lampongers, descent of, 141 ; titles 



among, 143 ; dances dmong, 146, 149 

 Lamkitcs, mode of fighting of, 451 

 LanieUusleucogrammicus in Java, 115 

 Landslips as tbe eift ct of rain, 115 

 Lantana, flowers of, insects attracted 



by, 134 

 Larat, gibbeted heodj and members 



on tl>e islet of, 302 

 Larantuka, call at. 284 

 Lash, Mr. H., his kindness and aid, 68 

 Xota, the curious disease called, GD, 70 

 Land, block of floating, 486 

 Lmcartg Koree, oi der of, 146 

 Laws in Timor, 456 

 Layard, E. L., on weaver-birds, 57 

 Ledger's, Mr., account of introduction 



of cinchona seeds, 109 

 Leisk, Mr., at the Keeling Islands, 15 

 Leobarhus, species of, 177 

 Lepar, Sumatran game, 219 

 Lepidoptera from Tiraor-laut, 375 ; of 



Keeling Islands, 31 

 Leptocircus virescens mimics a dragon- 

 fly, 139. 

 Leptoptilus, in Sumatra, 177 

 Lepturns repent, aid (.f, in leclaiming 



land from the sea, 26 

 ' Les Nectaires ' (M. Bonnier), 226 

 Life on the Sumatran rivers, delights 



of, 257 

 Liguani river, 480 

 Liminitis hocldi. 215 

 Limun, the gold of, 249 

 Lidga and Yoni, worship of, at Kcsala, 



101 

 Linsang gracilis, caught swimming, 255 

 Lintang river, raft journey on, 215; 



scenery alon^, 216 

 Liparidse, mimicrv in, 173 

 Lohita granrlis, 277 

 Lomaptera timorensis, 417 

 " Long-nge '' whortleberry, 210 

 Ludicrous procession in Suma'ra, 175 

 Lull, or taboo, 431 ; Uma-LuU, tlie 



sacred institution of the Timorese, 



424 

 Lulled ground, as rich botanical pre- 



■serves, 454 

 Luminosity of the forest, wonderful, 



164 

 Luntar, village of, 183 ; feast in, 183 

 Lusciniola fuliginiventris. 212 

 Macacus cynomohgus in Timor, 471 



Machik, Br. and Madame, their kind- 

 ness, in Sumatra, 126 ; in Amboina, 

 299, 339, 408 



Macluer Inlet, New Guinea, behaviour 

 of natives of, 300 



Mafra, 1 



MacmpMhalmus, 25 ; habits of, 26 



Mahori races, dispersion of, from Buru, 

 392 



Malay dignity, 246 



Malays,iiitermarriageof,withKubus,24 



Malay bear, 255 



Malawar, Mount, in Java, 108 



Maldive Arcliipelago, 4 



Mammalia of Sumalia, Mr. Wallace 

 on, ltj5 



Mammalia in Keeling Islands, 31 



Mangifera foetida, 239 



Marga, Sumatran communal division, 

 142; its laws, 142 ; its divisions, 143 



Miukham's, Mr. Clements K., cinchona 

 mission, 110 



Mmket, native, in Bantam, 59 ; in 

 Timor, 461 



Marriage customs, in Batu-Pantjeh, 

 218; curious, in Tiinoi', 457; in 

 Lampongs, l.'iO ; and lites in Timor- 

 laut, 315; in Buru, 404; the cere- 

 mony among Passumahers, 196 



Marriage, author's, 283 



Maru, my men pay a collecting visit to, 

 329 



Matriarchal descent, evidences of, in 

 Lampongs, 151 ; in Passuniah Lauds, 

 196 ; in Timor, 4.'57 



Matakau, sacred edifice in Buru, and 

 contents of, 395 



Matches, paraliin, wide use of, 152 



Maukuda river, 440 



Mauvais quart dliewe, in Timor-laut, 

 3^0 



M'gacriodes forhesii, 276 



Megalophrys vasuta mimics dead leaves, 

 155; in coitu, 155 



Megalurui amboinensis, 295 



Melanilis suradevn, 172 



Melastoma, its fertilisation, 229; on 

 the Kaba, 228 



Melettia, 237 



Menado, call at, 486 



Merops philippinus, 4 ; eumalranus, 247 



Metroxylon Jilare, 393 



Meyer, Dr. A. B., on birds from Timor- 

 laut, 355 



Microhierax fringillarius, 56 



Miers, J., Mr., on Crustacea from Timor- 

 laut, 382 



Miglyptet iristis, 56 ; gramminithora3>, 

 56 



Migration of snipe, 34; teal, 34; weaver^ 

 bird, 34 



