Index. 



471 



trifolia, dilatata, taniarisci, furcata, 

 334, 337. 

 Jupiter, planet, physical characters of, 

 393. 



Ealatoa in Malayan peninsula, 463 

 Keellen Point, bottom ice, 407. 

 Kew Observatory, observations at, 52. 

 Kitchen middens of Nova Scotia, 306. 

 Kuhlmann on crystallization, 43. 



Lagomts minimus, 418. 



Lake basins of New Zealand, 461. 



Lake basins, probably formed by ice, 360. 



Lampyris italica, 306. 



Larva of water-beetle, 422. 



Latent heat, the phrase criticised, 164. 



Laurentian rocks of Canada, 459. 



Lava floors of Ireland, 177. 



Law of weather changes, 104. 



Leicester, Eoman city at, 458. 



Lepus princeps, 421. 



Leptalis Theonoe, and Orise, 312. 



Lias deposits in England, 21. 



Lieberkuhn on sponges, 66. 



Life, the result of mechanical and che- 

 mical forces, 431. 



Light, management of, in photography, 

 212. 



Light produced by vibration, 88. 



Light, refrangibility of, 242. 



Liverworts, characters and species, 330. 



Livingstone's African explorations, 302. 



London honey, 95. 



Lost in the bush, 263. 



Lough Neagh, 177. 



Lowland bog thread moss, 160. 



Lower animals, metamorphoses of, 137. 



Luminous meteors, 220. 



Lunar scenery, 204. 



Lyra, nebulse in, 343, 347. 



Maceebel ephemera, 152. 



Magnesia and iron in meteorite of Or- 

 gueil, 464. 



Magnetic indications at Kew and Lis- 

 bon, 145. 



Magnesium light, 384. 



Magnus on constitution of sun, 66. 



Magpie, a favourite in the middle ages, 

 323. 



Mallotus villosus, habits of, 386. 



Mannite, crystals of, 268. 



" Manna," a term for ephemera swarms, 

 151. 



Mare Humboldtianum, 258. 



Marrat's blunt-leaved thread moss, 161. 



Mars, ellipticity of, 220. 



Mars, observations on, 351. 



Mars, planet, physical characters of, 

 392. 



Matted thread mos3, 157. 



May flies, 147. 



Mechanical agency of water and ice, 

 354. 



Menageries in olden time, 320. 



Meteorite of Orgueil, 464. 



Meteorological observations at Kew, 

 52, 246. 



Metrical globes, 65, 



Metric system and the standard of gold 

 and silver, 87. 



Micrometric illumination, 59. 



Micro-polariseope, crystals for, 437. 



Microscopy. — Resting-spores of fungi, 

 31 ; aids to microscopic inquiry — ■ 

 physics, 44 ; capillary action, 75 ; 

 heat and organization, 163 ; organic 

 chemistry, 428 ; growth of spirogyra, 

 66 ; death of sponges, 66 ; fission 

 of animalcules, 66 ; anatomy of 

 swan mussel, 67 ; Ross's new one- 

 twelfth, 128 ; M. Coste on infusoria, 

 146; anatomy of the May fly, 153; 

 entozoa, 190 ; respiration of insects, 

 225 ; vegetable mortars, 252 ; Dr. 

 Beale's preparations, 327 ; parasites 

 of the cockroach, 337 ; camera ob- 

 scura for microscope, 388 ; anatomy 

 of water-beetle, 422 ; crystals for 

 micro -polar iscope, 437. 



Middle ages, domestic animals of, 318. 



Mimetic analogy, 308. 



Mint, coinage processes at, 82. 



Missing chapters of geological history, 

 12. 



Moa, discovery of bones of, 143. 



Models, geological, construction of, 199. 



Moiree metallique, 267. 



Monadina parasitic on the cockroach, 

 338. 



Monocystis lumbrici, a parasite of the 

 cockroach, 339. 



Money, production and waste of, 269. 



Money, warrant of quality of, 82. 



Moon and planets, chemistry of, 392. 



Moon, north-west limb of, 204, 257. 



Mortars, vegetable, 252. 



Mountainous masses modified by water 

 and ice, 354. 



Mountain regions, effects of, on health, 

 385. 



Mounting crystals for micro-polari- 

 scope, 443. 



Muckle Heog, archaeology of, 457. 



Miihlenbeck's thread moss, 160. 



Mycelium of fungi, peculiar forms of, 31. 



Mythological groups on ancient pot- 

 tery, 234. 



Napthaline, crystals of, 441 

 Narcotine, crystals of, 441. 



