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INDEX. 



Limnopus vagus, 6S4* 



Limnoria, 15S 



Limnosyops, 918 



Limonite, 7]§ ; from decaying fer- 

 riferous limestone, 126* 



Limulids, Paleozoic, 676, 701*, 719 



Limuloids, 419, 420§, 428, 455 ; deri- 

 vation, 720-721 



Limulus, 59, 420, 496, 556, 565, 616, 

 676, 720, 721, 724 ; polyphemus, 

 420 



Lingula, 59, 72, 73 (composition of 

 shell), 425*§, 468, 481, 487, 493, 

 496, 516, 521, 550, 606, 612, 621, 

 719 ; acuminata, 500 ; cuneata, 

 538, 544*. 549 ; Huronensis, 503 ; 

 lamellata, 551 ; lata, 567 ; Lewisii, 

 567 ; Lyelli, 503 ; minima, 567 ; 

 nitida, 840 ; ovalis, 73 ; quadrata, 

 507*, 514, 516 ; spatulata, 612*. 

 620 



— family, 779, 840 (Mesozoic and 

 Paleozoic contrast) 



— flags, 481, 489, 573 

 Lingulella. 425§, 481, 482; ccelata. 



471* ; Davisi, 481*, 520 ; Dawsoni, 



475* ; ella, 471* ; ferruginea, 481 ; 



lowensis, 515; prima, 478*; pri- 



miBva, 481 

 Lingulepis antiqua, 478* 

 Lingulocaris, 482 



Llnnarssonia pretiosa, 500 ; trans- 

 versa, 475* 

 Linton, Ohio, fossils, 661, 679, 681, 



682. 692 

 Liochlamys bulbosa, 917 

 Liodon, 864 

 Lion, 54 

 Lipari, 276 



Liquidamhar, 921, 922 

 Liriodendron, 837, 921 ; Meekii, 837, 



838* ; simplex, 837, 838* 

 Lisbon, earthquake, in 1755, 873 

 Lisbon beds, 889 

 Listriodon, 927 

 Lithia, 61§, 321 

 Lithia Well, Ballston, 121 

 Lithic era, 440 

 Lithistids, 777, 860* 

 Lithium, 61.385; salts, 119 

 Lithobius, 724 



Lithodesare, 59 ; Agassizii, 59 

 Lithodomous shells, 348 

 Lithodomus, 157 ; prselongus, 867 

 Lithographic limestone, 637, 646, 



776, 788 

 Lithoidyte, 84§, 337 

 Lithomantis carbonaria, 702 

 Lithomylacris, 691 

 Lithopiiis, 901 

 Lithophysse (lithophyses), 289, 387§, 



338 ; of Obsidian Cliff, 387*, 888 

 Lithosphere, 61§ 

 Lithostrotion, 640, 659. 674, 700, 711, 



718; Canadense, 639*, 640, 646; 



mammillare, 659 ; proliferum, 646 

 Lithostrotion beds, 638 

 Litoceras, 501 

 Litsffia Weediana, 839 

 Little Ararat, 265, 296 (height) 



— Elko Range, 366 



— Metis, Can., 497, 500 



Little Missouri Itiver, 266 



— Kiver group, N. S., 593 

 Littoral and abyssal deposits com- 

 pared, 151 



— currents, 212 ; zone, 56 

 Littorina, 130 ; palliata, 984 

 Lituites, 499, 511, 52(1, 521. 567. 



50S ; Americanus, 573 ; Ammo- 

 nius, 511; Farnsworthi, 500; 

 giganteus, 567, 573 ; imperator, 

 499, 500 ; Marshi, 551 ; undatus, 

 514 



Lituola nautiloidea, 432*, 860* 



Liverworts, 436 



Livingston beds, 828, 839, 875 



Lizards, 54, 415, 768, 787, 849 



Llama, 54, 910, 924, 1002 



LlandeOo group, 463, 515, 519, 568 



Llandovery group, 618, 520, 534, 

 567, 569 



Llano Estacado, 912 



Llano group, 447. 469 



Loa, Mt., 26, 27, 179, 268*, 269*, 270, 

 275, 276, 279, 286*, 288, 804 



Loam, 76 



Lob-worm, 156, 420*, 423 



Lobster, 73, 420, 421, 488, 717, 771, 

 788 



Locusts, 419, 677, 679 



Lodes, 327, 331 § 



Lcess, 81§, 152. 195, 196* 



Lass, of the Mississippi, fossils in, 

 964, 966, 973 



Loftusia Columbiana, 674, 690 



Loganellus, 503 



Loganite, 454 



Loganograptus Logani, 498* 



Logs, 156, 189, 191 ; carbonized at 

 one end and silicified at the other, 

 143 ; in the Coal-measures, 654 ; 

 see also "Wood 



Loire River, peat marsh of, 154 



Loligo vulgaris, 424* 



Lombardy, 769, 774 



London, 17 



London basin, 920, 923, 925; clay, 

 920§, 923, 925 



London-Paris basin, 857, 919, 920, 

 936 



Lone Mountain, 495; limestone, 

 516, 733 



Long Island, 18*, 41, 162, 167, 205, 

 206, 211*, 223, 224, 225, 350 ; ori- 

 gin of north bays of, 949 ; clay- 

 beds, 822, 823, 837, 839 ; drift, 942 



, Archfean of, 444 ; Cretaceous, 



822, 823, a39, 872 : beds upturned 

 during the Tertiarv, 934, 1022*; 

 Glacial, 949, 960, 962, 964, 970 



Sound, 18*, 211*, 226*, 227, 



444, 461 ; a river channel in the 

 Glacial period, 949 ; tides of, 211, 

 214, 215, 216, 226 



Longmynd rocks, 480, 584 



Lonsdalia, 718 



Loochoo Mts., 40 



Loon, 852 



Lophiodon, 923, 924, 925 ; minimus, 

 926 



Lopholatilus, 56 



LophophyUum, 674; proliferum, 

 674 



Lorraine, 738, 792 

 Lorraine shales, 489, 494 

 Los l^arlos Mts., 340 

 Louisiade Islands, 86, 38 

 Louisiana, mean height of, 23 

 Louisiana limestone, Missouri, 637 

 Loup Fork beds, 829, 884, 885, 886;' 



fossils of, 894, 895, 911, 919 

 Low-lands, 23§ 



Lower California. See California 

 Lower Helderberg period, 558 

 , Devonian relations of fauna, 



569-570 

 Lower Silurian era, 489 

 Lowlands, 23 

 Loxomma AUmanni, 703 

 Loxonema, 520, 562, 590, 599, 613, 



621, 625, 642, 700 ; priscum, 601 ; 



semicostatum, 690 ; sinuosum, 567 

 Loxotrema, 916 

 Loyalty Islands, 36 

 Lucia Island, 831 

 Lucina, 602, 780, 867, 916; ano- 



donta, 917; Claibornensis, 916; 



contracta, 917 ; cribraria, 917 ; 



occidentalis, 855; Portlandica, 



791 ; serrata, 926 

 Ludian beds, 926 

 Ludlow beds, 463, 568, 573 

 Lumachelle limestone, 792 

 Lunatia, 916; Groenlandica, 983, 984 ; 



heros, 983, 984 ; obliqua, 854 

 Lung fishes, 417§, 587, 618 

 Lunulicardium. 602, 621 ; acutiros- 



trum, 620 ; fragile, 612*, 620 ; or- 



natum, 620 

 Lutetian group, 925 

 Lutraria papyria, 916 

 Luzon, 40, 920 



Luzula, 240 ; hyperborea, 945 

 Lychnoeanium lucerna, 488* 

 Lycopodites, 610, 068 

 Lycopodium chamsecyparissus, 75; 



clavatum, 74 ; complanatum, 75 ; 



dendroideum, 75, 668, 669 ; selago, 



946 

 Lycopods, 53, 74, 75, 434, 436§, 663, 



667, 668, 672, 711, 712, 713; ash 



of, 74, 75; spores, composition of, 



713 ; CHnton, 549 ; Corniferous, 



583*; Hamilton, 595*; Subcar 



boniferous, 639, 645; Carbonif- 

 erous, 666, 667, 668* 

 Lyell (Mt.), glaciers of, 240, 945 

 Lj'kens Valley coal, 656 

 Lynton group, 625 

 Lyre bird, 54 

 Lyria costata, 898*, 916 

 Lyrodesma, 516 ; cuneatum, 567 

 Lytoceras, 760, 793, 794 ; Batesli, 



"837 ; Jurense, 790 



Macacus, 55 

 McGregor coal-bed, 658 

 Machaeracanthus sulcatus, 589* 

 Machajrodus, 911, 919, 927, 1000* 



Floridanus, 1001 ; latidens, 1006 

 Mackenzie Paver, 40, 171, 359, 580, 



590, 592, 593, 594, 602, aSO 

 — Laramie area, 827 

 Mackerel, 812, 862 

 Mackinac, 552, 580, 628 



