Index. 



485 



Jacinth, 223. 

 King crab, 327. 



Lake Albert, Nyanza, 397. 



Laminaria phyllitidis, 259. 



Lark's food, 480. 



Law of storms, 338. 



Lawson on the optical adjustment of 

 the eye, 79. 



Leaden seals in Isle of Wight, 388. 



Leather, artificial, 232. 



Leaves of Welwitschia, 426. 



Leeches, red blooded, 84. 



Leeches, snail, 81. 



Lee Stone on Lee Penny, 386. 



Leonis, 141. 



Librae, 139. 



Light, action of, on sulphuret of lead, 385. 



Light as a source of motion, 38. 



Light, new and powerful, 311. 



Lightning, danger from contact with a 

 person struck, 154. 



Limulus, 327. 



Linen from cotton, to distinguish, 240. 



Literary notices, 58, 146, 389. 



Liverpool Philosophical Society, 395. 



Living bodies and lightning, 159. 



London frcm a balloon, 320. 



Long-eared bat, 320. 



Luminosity, comparative of Venus and 

 the moon, 78. 



Luminous meteors, charts for observa- 

 tions of, 391. 



Lunar details, 28. 



Lunar Mare Serenitatis, 292. 



Lunar photography, 399. 



Mackerel backed sky, 110. 



Madagascar, discoveries in, 476. 



Magnetic currents, action on submarine 

 telegraph, 118. 



Magnetic storm in August, 319. 



Magnetic observatory, 16. 



Magnetic science, researches of Profes- 

 sor Gauss, 15. 



Magnetic storms, 15. 



Magnesium battery, 320. 



Magnesium, production of, 313. 



Malcolm's genealogical tree of the 

 Royal Family of Great Britain, 62. 



Mammalia, 322. 



Mammalian remains found near Rich- 

 mond, Yorkshire, 157. 



Mare Serenitatis, 292. 



Mare Tranquillitaiis, 28. 



Marine animals' attacks on submarine 

 cables, 119. 



Marine tank, brief history of, 259. 



Mars, colour of, 159. 



Menelaus, a fine lunar crater, 30. 



Meteors, shower of, 258. 



Meteoric showers, alleged law of, 400. 



Meteorological observations made at 

 Kew, 278. 



Meteorology, 104. 



Mel hylic ether, economic production of, 

 309. 



Mexican zodiac, 1. 



Micrometer, position substitute for, 447. 



Microscopy. — Aids to microscopic 

 inquiry, 48, 111, 376 ; Collins's dis- 

 secting microscope, 80 ; improved 

 Warrington's microscope, 80 ; the 

 vegetable parasites of the human 

 skin, 397 ; spectroscope and micro- 

 scope, 301 ; opaque illuminators for 

 high powers, 467. 



Microscopic inquiry, aids to, 48, 111, 

 376. 



Microscopic photography, 137. 



Microscopical Society, 397. 



Micro-spectroscopy, 303. 



Miniature exhibition at South Kensing- 

 ton, 91, lo9. 



Miniature painting, 92. 



Mistletoe, growth of the, 239. 



Mobility of the sun's photosphere, 159. 



Modelling clay, permanently plastic, 

 470. 



Mollusca, classification of, 479. 



Monsoons, 252. 



Moon, Chacornac on the, 370. 



Moon, eclipse of, 319. 



Motion, curiosities of, 266. 



Motion of the earth, 268. 



Motion of light waves and sound, 270. 



Mount Haemus, 30. 



Movements of water about to freeze, 10. 



Mud and water of Lake Tchokrak, 415. 



Mud volcanoes and salt lakes in the 

 Crimea, 409. 



Mushrooms, rose-spored, 183. 



Natural History (including Zoo- 

 logy). — Snail leeches, 81; cattle 

 plague, 127 ; pigmy fossil elephants 

 of Malta, 157 ; humming-bird hawk 

 moih, 158; change of plumage in 

 common crossbills, 188 ; vinegar eels, 

 206 ; extraordinary flight of birds, 

 399 ; fishes observed at IN ice, 241; 

 animal grafts, 320, 478 ; long-eared 

 bat, 320; water shrew, 320; cicada, 

 new species, 428 ; gular pouch of 

 Great Bustard, 478 ; freezing ani- 

 mals, 478 ; temperature of birds, 

 480 ; food of larks, 480. 



Natural features of the Pyrenees, 

 439. 



Neottiese section of orchidaceaj, 406. 



Nephelis, species of leech, 85. 



