INDEX. 



Acabi in chemical solutions, 378. 



Acclimatization of antelopes, kangaroos, 

 etc., 263. 



Achnanthes longipes and brevipes on 

 ships' bottoms, 192. 



Achnanthidium lineare, a fresh-water 

 diatom, 196. 



Achromatic microscope, new, 83. 



Aguirre, voyage of, 209. 



Alloys and compounds of aluminium, 188. 



Alloys and compounds of copper, 69. 



Aluminium, 176 ; compounds, 185. 



Amphiprora lepidoptera on Corallina, 

 196. 



Amphitetras, localities of, 192. 



Analysis by spectrum, 362. 



Ancieuts acquainted with few metals, 176. 



Ancient and modern finger-rings, 57. 



Andaman Islands, history of, 79. 



Angler fish, 353. 



Animals likely soon to become extinct, 

 250. 



Antelopes, new species, 259. 



Anthidium manicatum, a British bee, 167. 



Anthophora elegans, a South American 

 bee, 173. 



Antiquities and Philology. — Roman 

 cemetery of Uriconium, 33 ; ancient 

 and modern finger -rings, 57 ; deriva- 

 tive character of Chinese literature, 84 ; 

 cuneatic writing, 98 ; Mediaeval Eng- 

 land, 137 ; flint arrow-heads, 152 ; 

 shell mounds, 239, 483 ; Roman ring- 

 keys, 242 ; Roman mining, 295 ; money 

 and moneyers, 405; gigantic antlers, 

 397. 



Apathus barbutellus, a parasite on Bom- 

 bus, 167. 



Arachnoidiscus, where to find, 191. 



Artemia salina, 453. 



Artesian well at South Kensington, 159. 



Artificial crystals, 83. 



Artificial light in spectrum analysis, 365. 



Artificial production of varieties of in- 

 sects, 76. 



Aryandes, coins of, 406. 



Asilus faseiatus, a fly-bee, 171. 



Assyrian history, studies of, 99. 



Asterionella formosa, habitat of, 196. 



Astronomical discovery in 1861, 2. 



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Astronomical photographs, 324. 



Astronomy. — Recent discoveries in, 2 ; 

 earth in comet's tail, 63; transit of 

 Mercury, Nov. 12, 1861, 71; double 

 stars, 142, 266, 431; comet of 1861, 

 162 ; Intra- Mercurial planets, 162 ; 

 heights of meteors, 217 ; planets dis- 

 cernable in April, 1862, 230, May, 265, 

 June, 373, July, 431; Hind's variable 

 nebula, 244; comet of 1860, 244; 

 companion of Sirius, 324, 401, 482 ; 

 Eoucault telescope, 380 ; Saturn's ring, 

 431 ; transit of Titan, 481 ; spiral 

 nebula, 481 ; new planet, 484. 



Aulacodiscus Oregonus, localities of, 191. 



Aurora borealis, characteristics of, 369. 



Australian geography, 7. 



Australian gold, total amount in Eng- 

 land, 321. 



Australian naturalists, 469. 



Aye-aye, habits of, 80, 130. 



Bacon and Linnseus, parallel suggested, 



247. 

 Bakewell's copying telegraph, 163. 

 Balbiani on Infusoria, 463. 

 Balloon ascents for scientific purposes, 



428. 

 Baltic, why oysters are not found there, 



83. 

 Bee, queen, how produced from mother 



egg, 76. 

 Bees and their counterfeits, 165. 

 Bessemer's process of steel manufacture, 



427. 

 Betrothment ring of Luther, 61. 

 Biddulphia regina in stomachs of Asci- 



dians, 192 ; pulchella, 192. 

 Blondeau's reformation of the Mint, 415. 

 Bolides, 482. 

 Bombus hortorum, garden humble-bee, 



167. 

 Bones, antiquity of, 161. 

 Bone and flint arrows found at Wookey 



Hole, Somerset, 152. 

 Books on zoology, 262. 

 Bos taurus and varieties, 260. 

 Botany, high demands of as a science, 



460. 

 Botany. — Welwitschia mirabilis, 81 ; 



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