532 



INDEX. 



Mimicry among Lepidoptera, 139, 173 ; 



in biids, aJdilioiial example of, 338 ; 



in a spider, 63 

 Missionaries, Catholic, 480 

 Mitrosaome sp., 452 

 Mixture of races in Timor-laut, 311 

 Moens', Dr., experiments on cinchona, 



103 

 Mouths, names of the, in Timor, 489 

 Muara-Dua, trade of the town of, 178 ; 



geological strata near, 179 

 Muara-Inim, town o'', its importance, 



191 

 Muara-Mengkulem, sojourn rt, 2."0 

 Muara-Kupit, town of, 230 ; its impor- 

 tance, V39, 240 

 Miiller, Fritz, on fertilisation of Melas- 



toma, 229 

 Mailer's, H., observations on Sambu- 



cus, 226 

 Munia pallida, 422 

 Muntok, call at, 2K0 

 Murray's) Mr. J., theory of coral reefs, 



36, 37, 40 

 Murcenoids, 23 

 Mussoenda f random, 422 

 Musical performance in Burn, 3o0 

 Mydaus, badger-headed, distribution 



of, in Java, 115 

 Mjidausmeliceps, 114 ; distribution of, 



11.^ 

 Mijiagra galeata, 204 

 Mi/ophoneus melanura, 172 ; dicrorhyn- 



chus, 172 

 Myristicivora hicolor, 205 ; melanura, 



393 ' 

 Myrmecodia tuherom, 70 ; sp., 295 

 Myzomela annabellie, 338 ; vulnerata, 



422 ; walmloensif, 40j 



Napal-litj in, villnge of, 25") 



Natives of Amboina, character of, 202 . 



Native names for plants, 54, 55 



Nectaries, floral, 220 ; long, of Sabena- 

 ria, 296 



Negiito race, Kubus not of the, 244 



Negritoes in Timor, 407 



Nene Foyang, or stem-forefather, re- 

 verence of, in Passumah, 198 ; in 

 Taidjong-Xiiig 224; oath over his 

 grave-stone, 2'^4 



New Guinea, land in Macluer Inlet 

 in, 30>) 



Neopsiltaeus euteles, 421 



Neosalica forhesi. 277 



Nepenthes phyllamphora, 78 



Nicholson, Mr. F., Papeia in Ibis on 

 Sumatran birds, 56. 268 



Nobility, the, of the Lampongers, 145, 

 148 



Nocturnal habits of Apis dorsata, 478 



Nutmegs, the gathering of, 287 ; » 



delightful article of trade, "286 

 Nutmeg, gardens of, iii Banda, 286 

 Nyriiornie amicta, 120 

 Nyclicorax caledonicus, 33 

 Nymplialidse, now, from Sumatra, 274 



Oaks on Eupit river, 237 ; on Eawas 



river, 2.')2 

 Oaths, of Kisam people, 182 ; among 



the Passutnahers, 193 ; in Buru, how 



iakeri, 335 ; taken over a stone, 198 ; 



in a circle o:i the ground, 190 ; by 



drinking water, 395 

 Observation, powers of, among Sun- 

 dan e.se, 54 

 Oeypoda, habits of, 26 

 Odour emitted by Eusemia belangeri, 



173 

 Condang-oondang (or ' laws of the 



Marga), 142 

 Ogan valley, calcareous hills in, 185 ; 



carvings, 186 

 Ogan river, 183, 184 

 Ophrys apifera, fertilisation of, 85, 95 

 Ophthalmis Kncea, mimicry of, 173; 



decipiens. mimicry of, 178 

 Orchid fertilisation, 82-97 

 Orders among Iho i.ampongcrs, 145 

 Oreodoxa oleracea, 10 

 Oregeius gouldi, 172 

 Oriolus decipiens, 337 ; biiruensis, 393 ; 



maculahis, 5G 

 Ornaments of Passumahcrs, 195 ; of the 



Lampongers, 147; in Timor-lauf, 



313; of the Timorese, 462 

 OrniVwptera brooleeana, 111 ; priamus, 



201 ; remus, 291 ; amphrysuf, 139 

 Ornilhoptera at PaSn, 291 ; i'eed on 



Cerbera flowers, 291 

 Ornithoscato'ides decipiens, new genus 



and species of spider, 03, 1 19, 120, 210 

 Orlhoptera of Keeling Islands 31 

 Osteological characters of Kubus of 



Sumatra, 243, 244, 201 

 Osirssti, fossil, in Java, 63 



Padang-Ulak-Tandjong, viUage of, 225 



Padjar-bulan, carvings and coat of arms 

 in village of, 180 



Paganism in the upland plateaus (f 



' Sumatra, 191 ; in Passumah, 198 



Palasornis longicauda, 247 



Palembing, arrival at, 257 ; construc- 

 tion of the town, 257; 160; pnpnlation, 

 259 ; trade, 259 ; rivers o"; 178 



Fandanus ceramicus, 403 ; heliocopus, 

 255 



Pandans on the Kaba, 232 



Pangolin, habits of, 115 



Pangium-treas, load of fruit on the, 238 



