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Index. 



British ferns, on the form of the vas- 

 cular fasciculi in, 468. 



Brown sugar nsed for adulterating 

 honey, 95. 



Buccinurn unclatum, 342. 



Building stones, application of Dialysis 

 to the preservation of 224. 



Buddings, models of, 227. 



Cadmium, amalgam of, 310. 



Callionymus lyra, 79. 



Calomicrus circumfusus, captured by 

 the Entomological Society, 61. 



Calorific power of hydrogen, 63. 



Camel in Australia, 163. 



Cane sugar, where it occurs, 91. 



Canum venaticorum, 56. 



Carbon, calorific power of, 63. 



Cardium echinatvmi, 342. 



Carnivorous caterpillars, 126. 



Carpenter on the microscope, 348. 



Cascarilleros, or bark collectors, 454. 



Cassiopea, 57. 



Casting, immense, 310. 



Caterpillars, poisonous, 124. 



Catodon polycyphus, 161. 



Cellularia parasitic, 79. 



Central Scotland, Greikie on the last 

 elevation of, 228. 



Cephaloptera, devil fish, 167. 



Ceratopogon, claws of, 396. 



Cervida?, horns of, 162. 



Cestode of sun-fish, 83. 



Cestode, organization of the, 86. 



Cetacea, dugong oil from, 161. 



Charcoal as fuel, 401. 



Chemical Society, 387, 466, 467._ 



Chemistry. — Artificial production of 

 organic compounds, 61 ; chemical 

 manufactures as illustrated in the 

 Exhibition of 1862, 108; recent 

 formation of rocks, 466 ; artificially- 

 formed alcohols, 467. 



Chinconas, 452 ; forests of, 453. 



Chincona bark, organic constituents of, 

 456 ; trees, their introduction into 

 the East and West Indies, 460. 



Chincona Condaminea, var. Chahuar- 

 guera,455; pubescens, 456. 



Chinchonine, 456. 



Chiton cinereus, 81. 



Chromatic aberration of eye-pieces, 62. 

 Circumpolar planets, 390. 



Cncthocampa prooessionea, or proces- 

 sion caterpillar, 125. 



Coal-tar, production of colouring matter 

 from, 114. 



Coal as fuel, 400. 



Cochineal, 111. 



Coke as fuel, 401. 



Colour as a test of the races of men, 385. 



Comets, an account of all whose orbits 

 have not been calculated, 380 ; of 

 1861, 68 ; I., 1862, 147 ; II., 1862, 

 198 ; observations on, 205 ; II., 1862, 

 at Paris, note from M. Chacornac, 

 220 ; II., 1862, Secchi on the, 471. 



Conduction of heat, 404. 



Consanguinity, marriages of, 147; con- 

 troversy, 228. 



Copper paint, 389. 



Corystes cassivellaunus, 80. 



Cossus ligniperda, 33 ; egg of, 99. 



Cossonus linearis, 29. 



Cotton, growth of, in France, 469. 



Cranium of giraffe, 15. 



Crocodile, change of form in the head 

 of, 385. 



Cuckoo in suburban districts, 19. 



Cuttle-fish, shell of, 68. 



Cydippe, appendages of, 74. 



Cysticercus fasciolaris in the livers of 

 mice, 89. 



Dactyloptertjs (flying-fish), 445. 



Be Candolle on species, 471. 



Be la Rive on the Aurora borealis, 38. 



Delphinida3, 161. 



Dentalium entalis, elephant's tooth, 81. 



Desert of Algiers, artesian wells, 228. 



Devil-fish of Jamaica, 167. 



Dialysis, application of, to the preser- 

 vation of building stones, 224. 



Diamonds, new use of, 472. 



Diatoms, markings on, 68. 



Diatomacea?, on adepositcontaining, 386. 



Dinner of the Entomological Society, 61. 



Diptera, claws of 396. 



Dolichopus fly, 397. 



Double stars, 52, 131, 299. See " Stars 

 B'ouble." 



Draco volans, lizard, 445. 



Dredging excursion, 73. 



Dromius irroratus, reared in this coun- 

 try, 61. 



Drysodile, new mineral, 164. 



Dugong oil in the Exhibition, 161. 



Dyer's art, perfection of the, 115. j 



Earth, on the rigidity of the, 148 ; 

 measure of the, 465. 



Earth in opposition, 376. 



Echeneis, superstitions respecting the, 

 412. 



Echinus Elemingii, 78. 



Echinus spine, a good test for fiat 

 field, 429. 



Economic production of artificial heat, 

 398. 



Egg, what is an ? 96 ; transformations 

 of the, 97. 



Egypt, the winter quarters of our sum- 

 mer birds, 26. 



