480 



Index. 



ILLUSTKATIONS IN COLOUES. 



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Caradisea papuana . . . frontispiece 



Banks's Oarfish 1 



Comet 2, 1862 212 



Physalia pelagica 233 



Sea lamprey . . 



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Plumatella emerging from stato- 



blaats 272 



Feathered fossil from Solenliofen . 313 



Tricliocephalus affinis 325 



417 



TINTED PLATES. 



Skull of young giraffe, showing the 



third or mesial horn .... 12 

 Tetrarhynchus reptans .... 84 



Tomopteris onisciformis 

 Eeet of insects . . . 



. 149 

 . 393 



ENGEAYINGS ON WOOD. 



Eibband fishes 2 



Moss parasites 9, 10, 11 



Horn of giraffe 15 



Scolytus destructor . . . . 30, 31 



Star-finder 37 



Vegetable morphology .... 42 



Shadow of Titan 54 



Poisonous caterpillars. . . 125, 127 

 Hydraulic illusions . . . 141, 142 

 Devil fish of Jamaica . 168, 170, 176 



Inscribed Koman tile 177 



Spiranthes Autumnalis .... 196 



Comet 2, 1862, 199, 211, 212, 215, 



216, 218, 219 

 Fungus foot of India 252, 253, 255, 256 



Whip-worm 329 



Bottle with encrustations of serpulce 340 



Electricity of the air 409 



Mouth of Petromyzon marinus . 415 

 Meteor of Nov. 27, 1862 .... 424 

 Pterodactyles from the lithographic 



limestone 446 



Chincona condaminea .... 455 



