Index. 



473 



Lamna, teeth of, 229. 



Lapilli ejected from Vesuvius, 327. 



Lapland, a visit to, 373. 



Larva? of coleoptera, habits of, 1. 



Lastrea oreopteris (fern), 277. 



Leaves, food in the cells of, 4. 



Lemmings, migration of, 377. 



Lenses, material for photographic, 228. 



Leotia lubrica, 270. 



Lepidodendron, dragon's skin, 229. 



Lightning, subdivided, 387. 



Light, its relation to the deposit of 

 crystals, 20. 



Limestones, formation of, 409. 



Limosipennella feeding on elm, 2 ; re- 

 sources of, 5. 



Linn^ean Society. — Cinchona bark 

 from India, 65. 



Lionel Beale on nerve cells, 148. 



Lithocolletis compared with coleo- 

 phora, 1. 



Lithographs, reproduction of, 148. 



Little Orme's Head, 8. 



Llandudno, a visit to, 8. 



London clay, vanadic acid in, 433. 



Lothians, elevation of coast line, 305. 



Lotus corniculatus, coleophora feeding 

 on, 6. 



Low powers with deep eye-pieces, use of, 

 169. 



Luidia fragilissima described, 254. 



Lunar eclipse, Babinet on the, 147. 



Lung-sacs of slug, 106. 



Luzula, coleophora in seeds of, 6. 



Lycopodium inundatum, 275. 



Lycopodium powder, used to shew cur- 

 rents of camphor, 19. 



Lyonnet's researches, illustrated, 3. 



Lysimachia nummularis, 279. 



Maabae, pearls found at, 418. 

 Maecabaean dynasty, coinages of the, 



333. 

 Machpelah, price of the field of, 330. 

 Maize plant, utilization of the, 436. 

 Malay Archipelago, flora and fauna 



of, 66. 

 Malleus scotorum, origin of the name, 



334. 

 Malvern Field Club, 396. 

 Marcet on nocturnal radiation, 142. 

 Marine phosphorescence, novel case,308. 

 Marlborough flora, 458. 

 Marriages, effects of consanguineous, 



466. 

 Mars, the planet, a fragment, 1S2. 

 Measles administered to condemned 



criminals, 390. 

 Medical science, bearing of scientific 



researches upon, 303. 

 Medusas, interest of the, 149. 



Medusa, examination of marginal or- 

 gans by Ehrenberg, 154. 

 Meleagrina margaritifera (pearl oyster), 



422. 

 Melon, putrefaction of, 379. 

 Melophagus, the, or sheep tick, 439. 

 Membranipora pilosa, examination of, 



12. 

 Metal, new, 307. 

 Metalloids, manual of the, 457. 

 Metamorphism, 403. 

 Meteorites, 156. 

 Meteors, the August, 226. 

 Meteorological disturbances during the 



storm of Oct. 30, 1S63, 3S6. 

 Meteorological observations at Kew, 36, 



296. 

 Methide of mercury, formation of, 3S7. 

 Micro-lepidoptera, 1. 

 Microphytes in melon, 379. 

 Microscope Teachings, 426 ; objects, 



dry mounting for, 307, 370 ; low 



powers with deep eye-pieces, 169 ; 



sunlight illumination for the, 307. 

 Microzoaries, loose employment of the 



term, 380. 

 Miniature, new kind of, 292. 

 Mining caterpillars, 5. 

 Mirage in the Gulf of California, 310. 

 Mojave Mountains, 311. 

 Molars of a large hippopotamus, 385. 

 Mole, notes on the, 21. 

 Monas crepusculum, small infusoria, 



101, 239. 

 Monument Mountains on the Colorado 



River, 310. 

 Monuments, ancient, 328. 

 Moon, thunderstorms and the, 306. 

 Moonal, the purple, hi Sikkiin, 106. 

 Moonlight and colour, 127. 

 Moral faculties of brutes, 211. 

 Mormon fratercula (puffin), 116. 

 Mosses, phascums or earth, 173 ; the 



dicranums, or fork, 248 ; the flat 



fork, 355 ; the study of, 42. 

 Motive power, new, 223. 

 Mountains of the Moon, 47 ; of Chili, 



181; our English, 460. 

 Mounting dry objects, 370. 

 Muscles of cossus, 3. 

 Muscles of the heart, 147. 

 Mycoderm of wine, 246. 

 Myosotis palustris, 277. 

 Myrtaceas classed with santalaceae, 75. 



Napies, view of Vesuvius from, 326. 

 Narthecium ossifragum, bog aspodel, 



275. 

 Natterjack, notes on the natural history 



of the, 123. 

 Natterjack, the, in Lancashire, 228. 



