INDEX. 



787 



Perfumes, 430. 



Perianth, the most brilliant part of the 

 flower, 088; petaloid, of the white lily 

 [Lilium candidiini), engraving of, 389, 



Petrifactions at foot of Pyramids, not lentils, 

 38. 



Peyssonnel on animal nature of coral, G7. 



P/irt^a'»rt/;^?/('»i.a/;>, female, rudimentary wings 

 of, 98; maleandfemale, engravingof, 98; P. 

 - nuda, female, wingless, 98; velvet-winged, 

 destruction of coniferous woods by, 109; 

 larva, cocoons, and butterfly of, engraving 

 of, 217; nocturnal ravages of, 220; monk 

 {Bombi;x monaca)^ engraving of, 221, rav- 

 ages of, 223; pine-eating [PhaUcaa Bum- 

 bi/x pinirora)^ engraving of, 224, 



Pholades, luminous, 20; effect of, in making 

 the mouth luminous, 20; description of, 

 SO; method in which they excavate stone, 

 81; siiown to be by the foot, 82; Fleuriau 

 de Bellevue on, 82, note; dactyloid [Fholas 

 dacti/his), engraving of, 82. 



Pholad-hunters, 80. 



Phosphorescence of the sea, 20. 



Fkryganea communis, construction of sheath 

 of, 2U9. 



Physiology of plants, 396. 



Physophora, luminous, 20; hydrostatic {P. 

 miizoncma), engi'aving of, 21. 



Pigeon, Passenger [CoUunha miriratoria), 

 migrations of, 338; immense destruction 

 of, 341; engraving of, 341. 



Pimelodes of the Cyclops [Pimelodus Cijclo- 

 pura\ engi-aving of, G61). 



Pine Curculio, the, engraving of, 153. 



Pistil, 389; of the madder plant, engi-av- 

 ing of, 392; poppy, engraving of, 392; 

 motions of, at times of fecundation, 478. 



Pit of the ant-lion, engraving of, 170. 



Pitclier-iilant {NepentJtcs distillatoria), eu- 

 graviug of, 429. 



Pith, position of the, 383. 



Plane-tree, huge, at Smyrna, 532. 



Plants, times of, opening, 3(J4; root of, 375; 

 bark of, 378; stem of, 378; leaves of, 384; 

 flowers of, 387 ; sexual nature of, 389; 

 preserve the natural composition of the 

 air, 410; growtli of, 432; movements of, 

 476; nuptials of, 492; temperature of, 

 495 ; strange germination of, 510. 



Plateau of the Witches' L)ance in the Harz, 

 engraving of, 643. 



Platyrliopaliis dcnticornis, engraving of. 122. 



Plesiosanri, 592. 



Pliny, suggestion of floral calendar by, 304. 



Plutarch on sacred dung-ljeetle, 167, note. 



Poivre, JM., on nest of Chinese swallows, 294. 



Pollen, diversity of forms of, 391; of different 

 plants seen with the microscope, engraving 

 of, 392; fluid in, 303; abundance of, 494; 

 showers of, 494, note. 



Polypi, 50; of coral, 05; magnified, engrav- 



ing of, 67; action of, on crust of globe, 

 73; great works constructed by, 73 and 

 note; fed on by the Sparus, Darwin's ac- 

 count of, 74. 



P<flypus, monstrous, met with by the Alec- 

 ton, 42; engraving of, 43. 



Pontederia, root of, 377. 



I'opocatepetl, crater of, 651 ; view of the in- 

 terior of, engraving of, 653. 



Poppy-bee {O&niia papaveris), 207, note. 



Poppy-phint, poisonous vapours of, 489. 



Precious stones, theory of formation of, 575. 



Prevust, M. Florent, on mode in which the 

 cuckoo carries its egg, 270. 



Proboscis of the common fly, engraving of, 

 108. 



Processionary Eombyx, migrations of, 310; 

 engraving of, 317. 



Prophecies of the Vala, 629. 



Proteus, microscopic animalcule, engraving 

 of, 14. 



Proteus of the subterranean rivers of Carniola 

 {Proteus anguiaus), engraving of, 686. 



Pterodactylus, 592. 



I'upce, revival of, after long torpor, 54. 



Pyralis of vine [Pyralis strioalali.H), mischief 

 occasioned by, 110; engraving of, 130. 



Pyramids built of nunmiulites, 38. 



Plirethrum roseam., protective power of, 

 against mosquito stings, 102, note. 



Q. 



Quails, migrations of, 333. 

 Quaternary or post-tertiary period, 604. 



E. 



Radicles, selective power of, 309. 

 Kadish, introduced from Asia, 563, note. 

 Paffiesia Aruoldi, flowers of, 483; engraving 



of, 487. 

 Kain-marigold, closing of corolla of, during 



storms, 366. 

 Ranunculus, Aquatic, leaves of, 385. 

 Pap/f if lophora patera, !N"eptune's cup, GO. 

 Raspberry seed, age of, 565. 

 Katzeburg, M., on destruction caused by 



larv£e of may-lnig, 354. 

 Reaumur on Peyssonnel's discover}^ of nature 



of coral, 68. 

 Red Sea, cause of colour io, 22. 

 Rtduvias pevsonatus, disguise of, 150; young 



of, engraving of, 157. 

 Redwing {Tardus ilinras)., nest of, engrav- 

 ing, 301. 

 Regnard on migration of squirrels, 325, note. 

 Respiration of plants, 412 ; engraving of, 416. 

 Resurrections, 47. 

 Resuscitations, Ehrenbcrg on, Tj\^ ; reasons for 



denying, 55. 



