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Pupa, wings of insects fresh from the, is 

 the growth of affected by the temper- 

 ature ? 7970 



Pupae, are they killed by floods ? 7969 ; 

 destroyed by a caterpillar, 7970 ; are 

 occasionally killed by floods, 8008 



Pyrausta purpuralis, 7899 



Python, incubation of the, 8007 ; conclu- 

 sion of the history of, 8037 



Pythoness, great, at the Zoological Gar- 

 dens, 7941 



Rabbit, 7991 



Rail, spotted, in Leicestershire, 7847 

 Rangifer arcticus, 7993 



„ caribou, id. 

 Rat, snake, notes on, 7983 

 Ravens, three feeding on a dead hare at 



Higham,7932 

 Redshank, spotted, 8093 

 Redstart, black, at Southampton, 8032 ; 



in the county of Dublin, 8034 

 Reindeer, 7993 



Robin, 7829 ; query about the, 7881 

 ' Romance of Natural History,' 7865 

 Rose, coccus of the, 7894 

 Sagartia miniata, 7858 

 „ Troglodytes, id. 

 „ viduala, id. 

 Salticidae, 7945, 8048 

 Salticus fasciatus, 7945, 

 „ floricola, id. 

 ,, nidicolens, id. 

 „ quinque-partitus, id. 

 „ reticulatus, 7946 

 „ tardigradus, id. 

 Sand -grouse, Pallas's, remarks on, 8236 

 Sandpiper, green, at Leyton, 7939 ; un- 

 usual situation of a nest of, 8169 ; 

 common, a diver, 8195, 8237, 8283; 

 curlew, at Rochester, 8237 

 Sawflies, life-histories of, 7855, 7887, 



8012, 8079, 8175, 8302 

 Sawfly (currant), note on the ravages of, 

 8182 



Scaritarchus Midas, 8220 



Science, on the opportunities of ad- 

 vancing, enjoyed by the mercantile 

 marine, 8094, 8105 



Scodiona belgiaria, 8071 



Scolopax gallinago and Corvus corone of 

 Wilson, observations and remarks on, 

 8284 



Scotosia dubitata, description of the 

 larva of, 7972 



„ rhamnata, description of the 

 larva of, id. 

 „ undulata, 7969 

 „ vetulata, description of the 

 larva of, 7972 

 Scydmasnus Godarti, 7975 



Scydtnainus pumilio, 7975 



Season, mildness of the, 7929 



Sclidoseina plumaria, 8071 



Senoculina, 8n51 



S erica brunnea, 7918 



Serpent, sea, 7850, 7851 



Sesia Scoliuef'orinis, capture of, 8172 



Shearwater, manx, in the neighbourhood 



of Huddersfield, 8005; at Sheerness, 



8287 



Shells, on the use of glycerine for pre- 

 serving, 8051 

 Shrew, curious habit of, 8192 

 Shrike, great gray, at Jevington, Sussex, 



7881 



Sitta roseilia, 8276 



Skua, common, near the Land's End, 

 8237 ; pomarine, iu the Isle of Wight, 



8288 

 Skylark, 7828 



Snails, temperature of, 8201 



Snake, lizard, in the Zoological Gardens, 

 8199 ; capture of another specimen of 

 —birth of young ones, 8239 



Snipe, Sabine's, examination of a speci- 

 men of, 7882, 7938 ; variety of, 7938 ; 

 note on, 8000; jack, id. ; Sabine's, 

 note on, 8035 ; nests of, in Oxford- 

 shire, 8169; great, near Malharn, in 

 Yorkshire, 8196 



Sparrows, nesting of, 8194 



Specific or race forms, on the mutability 

 of, 8249 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Cambridge, 8204 ; 



near Bury, id. ; near Sheerness, 8243 

 Spider's web, viscid lines in, 7884 

 Spiders, list of new and rare, captured in 

 1861, 7945 ; British, descriptions of 

 ten new species of, 7951 ; Scotch, list 

 of, 8041 ; jumping, 8202 ; lecture on, 

 8290 



Spoonbill, 8093 ; in Surrey, 8283 



Staiuton, H. T., &c, ' Natural History 

 of the Tineina,' 7874, 8225 



Stauropus Fagi, capture of at Henley- 

 on-Thames, 8052 



Slenidea, note on, 8144 



Stenolophus derelictus, capture of, on 

 Wimbledon Common, 7854 



Stilbia anomala, 7899 



Stork, black, near Hartlepool, 8196 



Succinea Pfeifferi, is it a species ? 8138 ; 

 unnoticed character in, 8171 



Sugar and sallows, 8023 



Swallow, chimney, nesting of, 7937; 

 early appearance of, 7938 ; appear- 

 ance of the, in 1862, S035 



Swallows, migration of, 7937, 8162 



Swans and geese of Hudson's Bay, 7831 



Sylvia atricapilla, 7828 



