INDEX. 



A. 



Absorption, in plants, 306; a vital phenome- 

 non, 400-408 ; by means of leaves, 402 ; 

 engraving of, 403. 



Acacia, growth of roots in direction of water, 

 397. 



Adanson, on migration of swalLuvs, 337; veii- 

 fication of value of rings in trees by, 4o3. 



Aerial masons, 29S. 



Aerial mouths or stigmata of the common 

 fly seen with the microscope, engraving of, 

 127. 



Aerial or pulmonary and aquatic or branchial 

 leaves [Ranunculus aquatilis), engraving 

 of, 385. 



Aerial roots of trees, 398. 



Agriculture, protectors of, 230. 



Air, the, and its corpuscules, 712. 



Aldrovanda, fecundation of, 505. 



Algffi, great plain of, G2. 



Alpha Centauri and j^ole-star, distance of, 

 from earth, 733, note. 



Abjsia OUvieri destroys eggs of Chlorops 

 lineata, 111, note. 



American continent, age of, GOS. 



Ammonites, Antediluvian, great size of, 42. 



Amphora plant {SatTacenia p'-^^'purea), 430; 

 engraving of, 430. 



Anabas [Perca scandena), climbing habits of, 

 358; engraving of, 359; water reservoir of, 

 engraving, 358. 



Anatomy of plants, 300. 



Anemone 2yatens, vagaries of flowers of, 4S5. 



Anguilluhe, 52. 



Animals, believed to be capable of resuscita- 

 tion, 48; migrations of, 313. 



Anobium, feigning of death by, 1.54. 



Anoplotheria, 000; Anoplothcriuni commune, 

 engraving of, 601. 



Ant, Amazon, military expeditions of, 177 ; 

 length of army of, 178; subsequent degra- 

 dation of, 178; dependence of, on slaves, 



. 179. 



Antennce, diversity of forms of, 122 ; engrav- 

 ing of, 122. 



Anthers, 390 ; f our-lobed, of the Persian 

 laurel, engraving of, 391. 



Anthia duodecimpunctata, engraving of, 234. 



Antiaris toxicaria, upas-tree of Java, en- 

 graving of, 487. 



Antiparos, Cave of, 085 ; midnight mass cele- 

 brated in the, 687. 



Ant-lion, its mode of constructing its snare, 

 109 ; adult, engraving of, 169. 



Ants, S2:>ecific against, 102, note; sagacity of, 

 180; questioned by some observers, ISO; 

 note; slaves occupied in domestic work, 181; 

 slave life of, more sedentary in England 

 than abroad, 181; yellow, great courage of, 

 181; battles of, 182; going to milk aphides, 

 engraving of, 183; warrior or white {see 

 Termites), 185. 



Aphides, milked by ants, 182; stables built 

 for, by ants, 182. 



Aphis, Woolly {Aphis lanuiera), injurious to 

 npple-trees. 111; extraordinary fecundity 

 of, 130. 



Apteryx [A. mantclli), engraving of, 243^'"- 



Aquatic plants, respiration in, 412; nuptials 

 of, 501. 



Arabian mountain chain formed of nunmiu- 

 lites, 37. 



Avanea pullarict, chicken -spider, engraving 

 of, 175; A. avicularia, 175, note. 



Arborescent ferns from the forests of New 

 Zealand, engraving of, 531. 



Arbours of bower-birds, 278; engvnvingof, 279. 



Archceopteryx, 593, note. 



Archegosaurus, the first antediluvian reptile, 

 engraving of, 583. 



Architect insects, 93, 185. 



Architects of the sea, G2. 



Arcliitectural work of Keptune's Cup, GO. 



Architecture, intended for enjoyment, 278. 



Architecture, Naval, of birds, 282. 



Ariel swallow [Hiruudo arid), the, engrav- 

 ing of, 335. 



Armadillo, Extinct, appearance of, G02. 

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