IND 



Puri, 6 1, 62 



Pylocheles^ distribution of, 272 

 Pylocheles miersii^ curious tene- 

 ment of, 272 ; eyes of, 260 



Radiolarian ooze, 33 

 Rangoon, 94 



Rapacity of deep-sea fishes, 234, 

 244-248 



Rats destroying coconuts, 92, 194, 

 203 



Recruitment of freshwater fauna, 



140 

 Red clay, 35 



Richardina^ habitation of, 273 

 Rhina squatina in relation to 



PteroplatcBa micrura^ 2 1 2 

 Rhodopsarmttia off Ceylon, 92 

 Rhomboidichthys aziireus^ colouring 



of male of, 70 

 Robber-crab, 83-85, 88 

 Rostellaria delicatula^ 278 



Saccocalyx pedimculata^ 295 

 Saccogaster maculata^ a viviparous 



fish, 157, 248, 249 

 Sacramento shoal, 73 

 Samaris cn's^a^us,protectWe colour- 

 ing of, 93 

 Scalpellum sqiuimiiliferuin on 



glass-rope sponge, 296 

 Scalpellicm on shell of Turbo ^ 278 

 Scaphopoda of the deep sea, 279 

 Schizopoda of Indian seas, 258, 271 

 Schulze, Professor F. E., on deep- 

 sea sponges, 295, 310 

 ScicBJia^ noise made by, 68 

 Scopelarchus gue7itheri^ 250 

 Scyllimn quagga, colours of, 242 

 Scyramathia^ range of, 258 

 Sea-birds, breeding haunts of, 181, 

 182 ; destruction of young by 

 crabs, 182, 183 

 Sea-fish in fresh water, 140, 142, 180 

 Sea-lilies and their commensals, 

 99, 113 



Sea-pens, colours of, 292 ; inhabi- 

 tants of, 113 



EX 327 



Sea-snakes, 209 

 Sea-tassels, 291 



Sea-urchins of the deep sea, 288 

 Sea-urchin storing up food, 172 

 Searle, Mr, 129 



Secondary sexual characters of 

 Crustacea, 217, 218, 269 ; of 

 fishes, 69, 70, 119, 249 



Semper ella cucumis, 146 



Sergestes^ prehensile antennas of, 268 



Shipwrecked fishermen rescued, 131 



Shore-going fishes, 81 



Shwedagon pagoda, 94 



Sinclair, Lieut. C. G., 162 ; dis- 

 covery of pumice on Cardamum 

 Island by, 175 



Sipunculus^ 220 



Smith, Lieut. C. V., 162 ; discovery 

 of pumice on Cardamum Island 

 by, 175 



Smith, Mr Edgar A., on hivesti-^ 



gator Mollusca, 2yy-2Z2, 315 

 Smyth, Lieut. M. H., 81 

 Snakes on Great Coco Island, 103 

 Solenomya patagonica^ range of, 281 

 Solenosmilia^ abundance of, 166 

 Sounding, 20, 22-24 

 Sounding-machine, 22 

 Sounding-rod, 23 

 South Coral Bank, 78 

 South Sentinel Island, 82 

 Sowerby, Mr G. B., 315 

 Sphenopus on Orissa coast, 65 

 Sponges of the deep sea, 146, 153, 



294-296 ; papers upon, 310 

 Spo7tgicola^ habitation of, 272 

 Spongodes and its inhabitants, 113 

 Starfishes of the deep sea, 284-287 ; 



food of, 286 

 Stenopidea, 254 

 Stepkano tree kits, 294 

 Sting-rays, young, "milk," and 



milk-filaments of, 71, 159, 160, 



210-212, 316 ^ 

 Stridulating Crustacea, 67, 106, 118, 



214, 216,; 274 ~~ 

 Stylactis vmtoi commensal on fish, 



121, 171 



