778 



INDEX. 



Arum, transpirfition in, 423; edible [Colocasia 



esci(lcnta), engraving of, 425. 

 Ascents, Mountain, dangers of, 637. 

 Aspect of the full moon, engraving of, 747. 

 Atmosphere, composition of, identical with 



that of 2000 years ago, 418. 

 Atoms, hypothesis of, hj Leucippus, 45. 

 Aurora borealis, illuminates the heaven of the 



liolar regions, 700; engraving of, 701. 

 Avalanches, 071. 



B. 



Baltimore oriole, nest of, 310. 



Barnhoo, rapid growth of, 435. 



Eanyan-tree, aerial roots of, 3D8. 



Baobab, luxuriance of, 533; j^robable age of, 

 declared by Adanson, 540 ; gigantic [Adaii- 

 sonia dUjitaia), engraving of, .547. 



Bark, component parts of, 378; inner posi- 

 tion of the, 379. 



Basalt, crystals of, 6GC. 



Basaltic cliffs, Statfa, engra\'ing of, GGo. 



Bee, Common, working feet of, 117; biiish 

 and pincers of, engraving of, 117; seen 

 from below, engraving of, 118. 



Bees, their mode of dealing with intruders, 

 157; slugs, 157; garden-snail, 159; choos- 

 ing a queen, 100. 



Beetle, Luminous {Elater noi:tiliu:v.s), of the 

 Antilles, 132; engraving of, 134; lumino- 

 sity of, doubted, 134 ; cage or lustre for 

 illumination, engraving of, 134; Chinese 

 candle [Hotinus candelarius), 135, note. 



Berlin built on bed of microscopic animal- 

 cules, 23; engraving of the animalcules, 24. 



Bernard the Hermit, soldier-crab {Fai/uru.s 

 Miles), 207, engraving of, 208. 



Bernard Palissy, teaching of, 020. 



Biological Society, observations of, on desic- 

 cation of animalcules, 54, note. 



Birds, migrations of, 326; mechanism of, 

 suited to rapid flight, 329; architecture of, 

 236; pigmies and giants, 241; differences in 

 strength of, 245 ; substances discovered in 

 bones of, 722. 



Bird-tree, 772; engraving of, 772. 



Bisons, migrations of, 322. 



Blood, showers of, 148. 



Bombardier {Brachinus cvcpitnnft)^ mode of 

 fighting, 155; engi'aving of, 155. 



Bombyx [Paronia minor), engraving of, 144 ; 

 of mulberry tree furnishes our silk, 144, 

 note; Bomh)jx dispar, 161; caterpillar, chry- 

 salis, and butterfly, engraving of, 162; Pha- 

 Icena Bomhiix pini, ravages of, 216-220; en- 

 graving of, 217; B. monachay engraving of, 

 221;Mnnk, 223; PhaJcena Bomhijx p)inivora^ 

 engravingof, 224; of oak, 225;Processionary, 

 migrations of, 316; engraving of, 317. 



Bonaparte, Charles, on miner owl, 303. 



Bones of birds, substances discovered in, 722, 



Bonnet on fineness of spider's web, 197. 



Bostrichas denticurvatus, ravages of, 226; 

 engraving of, 226; B. typofjraphus, ravages 

 of, 226; engraving of, 226. 



Bouyer, Captain, on ocean monsters, 42. 



Bower-birds, constructions of, 278. 



Bread-fruit of Otaheite [Artocarjyus incisa), 

 composition and size of, 373; tree, engrav- 

 ing of, 371 ; fruit, engraving of, 374. 



Breaking up of an iceberg, 679, note. 



Broca, M,, on Pouchet's experiments with 

 rotifers and tardigrades, 56, note. 



Brush and pincers of common bee, engraving 

 of, 117. 



Bud-twister, the [Tortrix Tirrionana), en- 

 graving of, 225. 



Buffon's statements about size of polyjn, 770. 



Buprestida; or Eichards, lustre of, 97. 



Buprestis imperialis, engi-aving of, 97. 



Burrowing-owl [Strix cunicalaria), nest of, 

 303; engra-^-iug of, 304. 



Biu-ying-beetle, the, 193; Kecrophorns sepid- 

 toi\ engraving of, 193; English, interment 

 of bii'ds by, 195, note; beetles interring a 

 small rat, engraving of, 196. 



Butterfly, scales of, seen with microscope, 

 engraving of, 113; development of, 144; 

 head and proboscis of dift'erent kinds, en- 

 graving of, 147. 



Butter-tree of Africa, 448, and note. 



Buxton, Mr. Charles, on acclimatization of 

 birds, 337, note. 



c 



Cacti, multiplicity of husbands of, 493. 

 Cactus (/rcrndijiora, flowering of, 472 ; changes 



of, 490. 

 Calcareous strata formed of microscopic 



skeletons, 89. 

 Calosomee, 97. 

 Calosoma incjuisitor, 155 ; C sucophanta, 



engraving of, 234. 

 Calyx, the, 389. 

 Camphor-tree, 457; orcamxihorlnurel(Zrt!/?';/5 



Camphora), engraving of, 459. 

 Canary -pine [Finus canancnsis), enduring 



nature of, 446, and note. 

 Cantharis officinalis, 136, note. 

 Capricornis, Great {Ceramhj/x hcros), destruc- 

 tion effected by larva of, 202. 

 Car of Neptune, 79 

 Carabi, 97. 



Carabidre, engravings of, 234, and note. 

 Carahus puvpureus, engraving of, 108; C. 



f/ri/phccvs, engi-aving of, 234. 

 Caravan assailed by the khamsin, engi-aving 



of, 703. 

 Carbonic acid, absorption of, by plants, 415; 



exhalation of, b}' man, 415; by jdants, 417. 



