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INDEX. 



Antbicus Wollastonii, 532. 

 Autliocyrtus, 178. 

 Anthomyiidse (Arctic reg.), 118. 

 Antilibinia, charac. of, 650. 

 Antinoe Sarsi, var. grcenlandica, 130, 

 134. 



Ants, Fred. Smith on new species from 

 Sandwich Is., 674; Sir J. Lubbock 

 on anatomy of, 738 ; on habits of, 265, 

 607. 



Ants, affection of, 274 ; chemical rays of 

 light,eirects ofon,285; communications 

 between, 271 ; exper. with diff. col. 

 lights & media on, 278; exper. with gly- 

 cerine on, 268 ; exper. with honey on, 

 267 ; exper. testing communication by 

 sound on, 273 ; kindness of, 624 ; lon- 

 gevity of, 290, 610 ; mode of recogni- 

 tion of friends, 610 ; new species from 

 Sandwicli Islands, 675 ; origin of new 

 communities of, 268 ; plant-hairs and 

 fur preventative against ants climbing, 

 607 ; recollections of friends, 265 ; 

 relation of second knot and sting of, 

 622; relations to domestics, 609; smell, 

 276 ; sounds emitted by, 623 ; spectro- 

 scopic exper. on, 286; workers fertile as 

 well as queens, but produce males,607. 



Anura, skull of, 718. 



Aoria, 247 ; Mouloti, 247. 



Aphanias, 535. 



Apidse of Arctic region, 106 ; of Sand- 

 wich Is., 684. 

 Apiomaia, charac. of, 651. 

 Apis mellifica, 685. 



AjDlocheilus (ftnote),535 ; affinis(ftnote), 

 535 ; carnaticus (ftnote), 535 ; chry- 

 sostigma (ftnote), 536 ; vittatus, 536. 



Appendicularia (arctic), 125. 



Aprosmictus chloropterus, 628. 



Apterigia (ftnote), 557; immaculata 

 (ftnote), 558; nigromaculata (ftnote), 

 558 ; saccogularis (ftnote), 558. 



Apua, 539, 579 ; fusca, 555. 



Arachnida of Arctic Region, E. McLach- 

 lan on, 98, 120. 



Arachnocorys, 178. 



Arachnopsis, charac. of, 645. 



Arachnosphseria, 168,179 ; myriacantha, 

 152 ; skeleton of, 150. 



Aradasia baccata, 606 ; cancellata, 606. 



Aradidse, 485. 



Araneida of Arctic reg., 120. 



Archebiosis, present state of question,61. 



Arcinella carinata, 421 ; Isevis, 422. 



Arctic Expedition, Annelids of. Dr. 

 M'Intosh on, 126 ; insects of 78°-83°, 

 B. M'Lachlan on, 98 ; surface fauna 

 of. Dr. E. L. Moss on, 122. 



Arctopsis, charac. of 657. 



Ardea sacra, 688. 



Argynnis chariclea, 109, var. obscurata, 



110 ; polaris, 109. 

 Armit, Capt. W. E., on two sp. of 



Poephila, 97; on Tachyglossus & 



Ornithorhynchus in Queensland, 411. 

 Arses aruensis, 631. 

 Artamus leucorhynchus, 688. 

 Aspidomma, 153, 177. 

 Aspidoparia, 538, 563, 579 ; jaya, 550 ; 



morar, 550 ; sardina (ftnote), 550. 

 Asteracanthion migratum, 432, 443, 



444 ; rubens, 432, 443, 444, var. 



migratum, 432. 

 Asteroidea of Korean Seas, 424, 443. 

 Astrolithida, charac. of, ]77. 

 Astrolithium, 153, l77. 

 Astromma, 176. 



Asti'opecten armatus, 428 ; ^chinulatus, 

 426 ; euryacanthus, 428 ; formosus, 

 424 ; hystrix, 429 ; irregularis, 426, 

 444 ; japonicus, 427, 443 ; Miilleri, 

 426; polyacanthus, 428, 443, 444; 

 scoparius, 428 ; vappa, 428. 



Astur torquatus, 627. 



Aulacantha, 151, 160, 179. 



Aulospha^i-a, 179; elegantissima, 151. 



Aulosphasrida, 173, 179. 



Austrahan Finches of the genus Poe- 

 phila, 95. 



Autolytus, 720 ; longisetosus, 131, 134. 

 Avicula, 606. 



Axinus flexuosus, 421; obesus, 421, var. 



polygona, 421. 

 Axionice flexuosa, 132, 134. 



Bacilli, their appearance in boiled fluids, 



1 ; in urine, 55. 

 Bacterium termo, 7, 57. 

 Badis, 563, 564, 578. 

 Bagarius, 562, 565, 578. 

 Balantiocheilus (ftnote), 538. 

 Balitora (ftnote), 536. 

 Baly, Joseph S., Descrip. of new sp. & 



gen. of Eumolpidse, 246 ; descrip. of 



n. sp. of Phytophagous Coleoptera, 



336. 



Bangana (ftnote), 537. 

 Barbodes, 575. 



Barbus, 538, 561, 566, 574, 579 ; am- 

 bassis, 548 ; amphibius, 547 ; apo- 

 gon, 547 ; arenatus, 547 ; arulius, 



546 (ftnote) and 547 ; Beavani(ftnote), 

 545 ; Blythii, 546 ; bovanicus, 546 ; 

 burmanicus, 547 ; carnaticus, 545 ; 

 caudimarginatus (ftnote), 545 ; cha- 

 gunio, 545 ; chilinoides, 545 ; chola, 



547 ; chrysopoma, 545 ; chrysopterus, 



548 ; compressus, 546 ; conchonius, 

 548; conirostris (ftnote), 548; cosuatis, 



