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INDEX. 



Gnat, 100; Gosse on, 101, note; organs of 

 mouth of, same as mosqnito, 101, note. 



Goat-moth, destrnctiou effected by, 202; 

 engraviDg of, 203. 



Goedart, devotion of, to study of insects, 99. 



Goenong Api, Banda Islands in the Moluccas, 

 engraving of, G49; erui^tions of, 649, 7iotc. 



Goliath, giant beetle, 93; of Drury [Goliathus 

 gifiantcaa), engraving of, 94. 



Gould on bowers built by Spotted Chlamy- 

 dera, 281. 



Gramme, equivalent of, in English measure, 

 24, note. 



Granite-beds, first upheaval of, 574. 



Grave-diggers, 192. 



Grebe, 'Liti\Q{Cohjmhusminor)^ floating nests 

 of the, engraving of, 291. 



Grossbeak, sociable lives, in numerous so- 

 cieties, 262 ; engraving of nest of, 265. 



Growth of plants, 432; computation of, by 

 annual rings, 432; made visible by Cavan- 

 illes, 435. 



GriiUotalpa vulgaris {vciolQ-CYickQt), 195; en- 

 gravings of, 116, 196. 



Guerin-Mene\T.lle on destruction caused by 

 insects, 350. 



Guettard's experiments on transpiration of 

 ]3lants, 421. 



Gull, Yellow-footed [Larus fusci(s), engrav- 

 ing of, 333. 



Gutta-percha, production of, fi'om one of the 

 Sapotaceae, 448; ti-Qe{Isonandra gutta), en- 

 graving of, 449. 



Gypaetus -vidture attacks man, 249, note. 



Giirimwi natator (Little AYhirhvig), engraving 

 of, 121. 



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Haggren on disengagement of light from 

 plants, 447, note. 



Halcyon nest, 285. 



Hales' experiment on cu-culation of the sap, 

 405-407; transpiration of plants, 423. 



Hartzoeckerdiscovei'S microscope, 8; attempts 

 to penetrate into Leuwenhoeck's secrets, 9. 



Harz, Plateau of the Dance of AVitches in 

 the, 643^''-^- 



Hearing, organs of, possessed by insects, 123. 



Heat, power of resisting, by man, 50, note. 



Hedgehog, a carnivorous animal, 233; substi- 

 tuted for the cat in Astrachan, 234. 



Hedge-mustard, su<lden growth of, after the 

 fire of London, 517. 



Herring, Common, 347; migrations of, 348; 

 denied by Bloch and Noel, 349, note; great 

 consumption of, 349, note. 



Herschel,Sir John, prox:)osalresiiecting bound- 

 aries of constellations, 728. 



Herschel, Sir W., large telescope of, 728, note; 

 resolves the Milky Way, 730. 



Hind feet used as ciliary oars in the male 

 and female Dytiscus, 118. 



Hindoo Vedas, or sacred books, assertions 

 of, 009. 



Hippopotamus, colonies founded liy, 320. 



Holm-oak, large size of, 545. 



Holt on sagacity of ants, 180, note. 



Homrain, species of, imprisonment of female 

 by, 262. 



Honey, poisonous kinds of, 439. 



Hooked feet and naU of the willow- cater- 

 pillar, engraving of, 147. 



Horns of stag, inclosure of, by trunk of tree, 

 434. 



Household of the emerald humming-bird 

 [Chlorostilhon jyrasinus), engraving of, 339. 



Huber on dependent state of Amazon ant, 

 179 ; protection of ant-nests against rain, 

 181; imprisonment of aphides by ants, 182. 



Huber the younger on ant-battles, 183. 



Humboldt, on ocean animalcules, 21; use of 

 Murichi, 367, note; ignorance of cinchona 

 among savages, 454, note; torpidity of 

 plants in hot climates, 466. 



Humming-bird, Saw-beaked, nest of, engrav- 

 ing, 243; Mango, nest of, engraving, 246; 

 emerald, household of, engraving, 339 ; 

 family of Typhceaa Dtiponti, engraving, 

 343. 



Hydraulic engineer insects, 211. 



Hi/drogeton fenestratum, leaves of, 385. 



Hydrostatic Physophora, highly magnified, 

 engraving of, 21. 



HylesinuSj Pine, ravages of, 229. 



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Iceberg, breaking up of, 679, note. 



Icebergs, transportation of plants by means 

 of, 558; engraving of, 677. 



Ice-plant [Mcsemhryanthernnm criistaUinuin\ 

 absorbing powers of, 402 ; engraving of, 

 402. 



Ichneumons, their mode of providing food 

 for young, 163; cocoons of, 164. 



Ichthgosaurus communis, 590; eye of, 590; 

 skeleton and head of, engraving of, 591. 



Idlers and assassins, 268. 



Impressions of rain-drops and animals' foot- 

 steps on antediluvian rocks, 619 ; engrav- 

 ing of, 620. 



Infusoria, Ehrenberg on, 14, 16; digestive 

 system in, 17; Owen on, 17; found at the 

 bottom of the sea, seen with the micro- 

 scope, engraving of, 18; x^ower of resisting 

 cold, 18; pressure, 19; found by Sir James 

 Eoss in Polar Seas, 19; in Gulf of Erebus, 

 10; lai'ge deposits of, \inder Perliu, 23; in 

 Luneburg, 23 ; quick reproduction of, 24, 

 note; in the atmosphere, 25; in blood, 26; 

 antediluvian, 28; at Richmond, N.A., 29; in 



