780 



INDEX. 



Corolla, the, or internal envelope of the 

 flower, 389. 



Coronary jjlants, 367. 



Cossus ligniperda, or goat-moth, destruction 

 effected by, 202 ; engraving of, 203. 



Cow-tree of Caraccas [Galactodendron iitiH), 

 448; extraction of milk from, 451, note; 

 engraving of, 455. 



Crab, Soldier or Hermit [Par/urus Miles), 

 208; nebula, engraving of, 738. 



Crane's nest on an Egyptian monument, en- 

 graving of, 329. 



Crater of Mount Etna, 637; view from, 038; 

 engraving of, G56. 



Craters on the moon's surface at sunset, en- 

 graving of, 748. 



Cuoifera of the Thebai's [Ci'.cifera thehaica), 

 523. 



Cuckoo, mode of depositing its eggs, 275 ; 

 only lays two eggs, 275; massacring of 

 young birds by, 278 ; engraving of, 277. 



Curculiones, 97. 



Cuvier on hybernation of swallows, 334. 



Cypress, probable age of, 546. 



D. 



Dacus of olive-tree, devastation occasioned 

 by, 110. 



Dates, assuring harvest of, 406. 



Dawn at the Isle of Phil», description of, 

 70S. 



Dead Sea in the Mammoth Cave, 691; en- 

 graving of, 689. 



Death's head and cross-bones, discover}' of, in 

 interior of a tree, 434. 



Debans, Caniille, on the death of a rose. 470. 



De Candolle's observations on the circula- 

 tion of the sap, 405. 



Deceptions effected by insects, 154. 



De Jussicu on Peyssonnel's discovery of 

 nature of coral, 68. 



Deluge, the various theories respecting, 620. 



Descartes on automatic nature of insects, 

 150. 



Deserts, G95; sand and stone, 696; oasis in, 

 696; aspect of, 701; phenomena of simoom 

 in, 702; mirage in, 705; engraving of mirage 

 in, 706. 



Desfontaines on decline of sensitiveness in a 

 mimosa, 474. 



Desniodia, oscillating mobility of, 477; 

 Dcsniodia oscillans, engraving of, 478. 



Devourers of towns, 185. 



Dictamnus of Crete {Onr/anum dictamnus), 

 supposed vulnerary powers of, 775. 



Didclphis dorsniera, engraving of, 594. 



Dinornis, Gigantic, of Xew Zealand, 242; en- 

 graving of, 243'''-''- 



Discercca niralis, the cause of red snow, 25. 



Diving-beU invented by a spider, 211. 



Dogs' -bane {Apocynum androswmifolium), 

 capture of insects by, 480, note. 



Douati's comet, size of, 758; engraving of, 754. 



Dove, nest of, 270. 



Dover Crag blown up, 91. 



Dragon of the Caverns of Jlount Pilatus, en- 

 graving of, 767. 



Dragon - ily {LihcUula dcpressa), metamor- 

 phoses of, 138; life and metamoq^hoses of, 

 engraving of, 139. 



Dragon's-blood tree [Draccena Draco), 550; 

 engraving of, in Teneriffe, 550. 



Ducks, Sea, tree producing, engraving of, 773. 



Duhamel, experiments of, on roots of plants, 

 376. 



Dung - beetle, Sacred {A teuch us sacer), of 

 Egyptians, mode of protecting offspring, 

 164 ; beetles or sacred scarabasi making 

 their balls, engraving of, 165; its great 

 perseverance, 166 ; revered in ancient 

 Egypt, 166; represented in ancient car- 

 touches, 160; represents military caste, 167, 

 note. 



Dutrochet on the existence of a nervous 

 system in plants, 474. 



Dytiscus, feet of, 117; engraving of 118; 

 wiliness of, 153; D. marginatus, nj'mph, 

 larva, and perfect insect, engraving of, 154. 



E. 



Eagle, carries off children, 249, and Twte; en- 

 graving of, 247; nest of, 249, 272. 



Earth, fables of formation of, 4; its form, 

 movements, and area of surface, 744; and 

 moon, comparative dimensions of, 745; 

 engraving of, 745. 



Earth-eaters, 32. 



Earthquakes, theories of, 6G2; at Lisbon, 663; 

 at Messina, 663; phenomena observed, 663, 

 664. 



Earwig [Forfieida aiwicularia), metamor- 

 phoses of, 146. 



Echinus, carapaces of, mistaken for nests of 

 kingfisher, 286, 289; engraving of, 286; 

 solitary life of, 286, note. 



Eels, swarms of, 319; migrations of, 319; fry, 

 M. Coste on weight of, 319, note. 



Egyptian carrying geese to the market, en- 

 graving of, 316. 



Ehrenberg on cause of colour in Eed Sea, 23; 

 infusoria in dust showers, 26; infusoria iu 

 tripoli, 29; exi?osure of animalcules to 

 heat, 49; revival of animalcules, 55; fora- 

 minifera in chalk, 89; fossil animalcules in 

 calcareous strata, 89. 



Electricity, influence of, in germination, 516. 



Elephant tusks, immense quantity of, iu New 

 Siberia, 605. 



Ephemera coriwuims, engraving of, 126, 



Epiornis, egg of, 245. 



