i:tTDEX 



437 



Insects and birds, co-adaptation of, 



143 

 Irish deer, skeleton of, 287 

 Isomerism explained, 385 



Jack-rabbit, E. S. Thompson on, 



172 

 Jamaica, flora of, 67 

 Japan, mountain floras of, 40 

 Java, rich flora of, 80 

 JoRDAX, Dr. K., on phosphorescent 



colours in lepidoptera, 347 

 JuDD, Professor, on strange forms 



of ammonites, 87 



Kambangan island, rich flora of, 80 

 Karoo formation, reptiles of, 213 

 Kearton on increase of rabbits, 122 

 Kerner, Dr. A., on power of in- 

 crease of plants, 121 ; on the in- 

 sect enemies of flowers, 331 ; on 

 "vital force/' 356; on arrange- 

 ment of atoms in the carbon- 

 compounds, 384 

 KooRDERS, Dr., on the flora of 

 Celebes, 55, 85; on rich floras of 

 small areas in Java, 79 



Lagoa Santa, flora of, 67, 75 



Land-shells, peculiar British, 135 



IjAtitude as influencing floras, 31 



Lemming, periodical migrations of, 

 128-30 



Lepidoptera, number of British, 89 ; 

 number known, 91 ; peculiar 

 British, 135; wealth of colour in, 

 345-47 



Life, definition of, 3 ; Haeckel on, 

 4, 7 ; the cause of organisation, 

 8; reactions of animal and plant, 

 304 ; the sole cause of life, 306 ; a 

 suggestion as to origin of, 422 



Life-deveix)pment of mesozoic era, 

 231; conclusion on, 299 



Life-forms, causes of diversity of, 

 415 



Life-world, progressive development 

 of, 203 



Limestone, progressive increase of, 

 234 



lAthospermiim gastoni, narrow range 

 of, 19 



Llamas, extinct S. American, 240 



Lloyd-Moroan, statement of theory 

 of germinal selection, 292; on 

 rapid cell-growth, 375 



Ltdekker, jSIr., on Patagonian mar- 

 supials, 241; on affinities of 



American and Australian marsu- 

 pials, 265 

 Lyell, Sir C, on causes of extinc- 

 tion, 264 

 London, how to stop growth of, 308 

 LowNE, Mr. B. T., on development 

 of blow-fly, 323 



Machcerodus neogcpua, skull of, 286 



Macrmichenia patachonica, 251 



Macroscaphiies ivanii, 290 



Madagascar, flora of, 59 



M cerifherium lyonsi, skull of, 244 



Malay Islands, flora of, 50; in- 

 sects of, 92 



Malay Peninsula, table of chief 

 orders of plants, 47 ; character- 

 istic plants of, 48 



Mammalia, teachings of pleistocene, 

 265 



Mammals, extinct Australian, 256 



Man, the cause of extinction of 

 pleistocene mammals, 268-70; the 

 glory and distinction of, 402-06; 

 the most sensitive of organisms, 

 409 



Mantell, Dr., discovered extinct 

 reptiles in Kent, 217 



Marsh, Professor O. C, on Bronto- 

 saurus, 220; on Dinocerata, 237; 

 on small brains of early mam- 

 mals, 239; causes of extinction of 

 mammals, 263 



Marsupials in Patagonian miocene, 

 240; of the Australian type still 

 living in the Andes, 264 



Martius's flora of Brazil, 63 



Mastigophora, 362 



Mastodon in S. America, 254 



Mastodon americanus, skeleton of, 

 247 



Mastodons, less developed ele- 

 phants, 246 



Max Verworu on chemistry of pro- 

 toplasm, 316; on vital force, 317 



Mediocrity, recession towards, 117 



^Mediterranean flora, species in, 34 



Megatherium, extinct ground sloth, 

 252 



Megatlierium giganteum, restoration 

 of, 254 



Mendelism and mutation inefficient 

 as substitutes for Darwinian evo- 

 lution, 133 



]\rKRRiLL, Mr. E. D., on flora of the 

 Pliilii)pines, 54 



Mesozoic era, 213; mammalia of, 

 228: insects of, 228; life-develop- 

 ment of, 231 



