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Index. 



Natural History Societies, 395. 

 Natural History Terms, Dictionary of, 



458. 

 Nebulce, 56 ; great nebula; in Orion, 258 ; 



changes in, 259 ; in Andromeda, 346 ; 



in Triangle, 351 ; in Pleiades, 448 ; 



the Crab nebula?, 451. 

 Nepticulse compared with coleophora, 1. 

 Nero, insurrection of the Jews in the 



reign of, 341. 

 Nerve cells, Lionel Beale on, 148. 

 New metal, 307. 



New planet, 79tb, 307 ; supposed, 468. 

 New SouthWales, ichthyolites from, 348 

 New-year's offerings in China, 74. 

 Niam-niams, tribes of, 51. 

 Nights in Lapland, 376. 

 Nile, sources of the, 46. 

 Nile Talley, geology of the, 384. 

 Nitro-benzole, poisoning by, 226. 

 Nitrogen, diffusion of, 415. 

 Noctua segetum, destructive habits of 



larvae, 305. 

 Nocturnal radiation, 142. 

 North Pole, phenomena near the, 373. 

 Nostoc pruniforme, botanic name of 



Opbrydium versatile, 25. 

 Nova Scotia, ichthyology of, 460. 

 Nova Zembla, bottles found at, 463. 

 Nutrition of coleophora, 3. 

 Nycthemerus melanotus (black phea- 

 sant), 196. 



Oakshott Heath, botanizing at, 266. 

 Objects, mounting dry, 370. 

 Oils, photogen, 94. 



Olive oil, its effect upon camphor, 19. 

 Omer, sacred cup filled with manna, 332. 

 Opbiocoma (brittle-stars), 252. 

 Ophia (sand-stars), 252. 

 Ophrydura, family of, 25. 

 Ophrydium versatile, 25. 

 Organic cells, Karsten on, 146. 

 Organic radicles, formation of com- 

 pounds of, 387. 

 Ornithonryia, or bird-fly, 439. 

 Oswestry Field Club, 396. 

 Oxidation in vinegar manufacture, 3S0. 

 Oxyuris in children, 390. 

 Oxyuris vennicularis, 402. 

 Ozone, composition of, 308. 



Paoan temple erected at Jerusalem, 344. 

 Palmipcs membranaceous (bird's-foot 



sea-star), 253. 

 Paper manufactured from maize, 430. 

 Papilio, hermaphrodite form of, 145. 

 rapilio urticse in Lapland, 376. 

 Parasites on the mole, 24. 

 Parenchyma of leaves, the food of 



coleophora, 1. 



Partridge, the tree, 196. 



Pasteur on wine making, 467. 



Pasteur's researches on putrefaction, 100 



Patella pellucida found at Scarborough, 

 85. 



Patent achromatic binocular magni- 

 fier, 68. 



Paxillus involutus (fungus), 279. 



Pearl banks, the Tinnevelly, 418. 



Pedicellaria echinata, described, 13. 



Penicillium glaucum, vinegar plant, the 

 mycellium of, 240. 



Perophora, ciliarv action of gills, 16. 



Petroline, 88. 



Phascums, or earth mosses, 173. 



Phasianus colchicus (common phea- 

 sant), 72. 



Philip II., silver money of, 331. 



Phola3 crispata, theories respecting, 87. 



Phosphorescence, novel case of marine, 

 308. 



Phosphorus an allotropic substance, 28. 



Photogen oils, 88. 



Photographic lenses, material for, 228. 



Photography, dry processes in, 302. 



Physiology, manual of popular, 302. 



Pig-iron, vanadium in English, 3S6. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, or butterwort, 400. 



Pissis, M., on the Andes, 177. 



Planet, new, 307 ; supposed new, 468. 



Plants, artificial fecundation of, 306. 



Plastic sulphur, a misnomer, 30. 



Plateau's arithmetical problem, a new 

 method, 439. 



Pleurocavpi, an order of mosses, 43, 355. 



Pliny's notion of the formation of 

 pearls, 423. 



Poisoning by nitro-benzole, 226. 



Polariscope, Highley's lantern, 467. 



Polariscope object, beautiful, 30S. 



Polygala vulgaris (common milkwort), 

 274. 



Polynesians, ferocity of the, 83. 



Polyzoa found at Llandudno, 10. 



Pompeii, bread from, 226. 



Popular Physiology, manual of, 302. 



Porphyries, formation of, 410. 



Portraits, new miniature, 292. 



Pouk Hill, basalt of, 98. 



Pseudomorphism, 407. 



Ptarmigan, moulting of the, 377. 



Pterocles, term proposed for sand- 

 grouse, 198. * 



Ptcrygoti, collection of, 230. 



Ptolemy Lagus, Judaia possessed by, 

 333. 



Ptychodus, teeth of, 229. 



I'ullins at Ailsa Craig, 116. 



Putrefaction caused by oxygen, 379 ; 

 Pasteur's researches on, 100. 



Putrid fermentations, epochs in, 379. 



