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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Lamna, teeth of, 757, 775, 805. 
Lampides cetherialis, 555. 
Lampinigan Island, 656. 
Lancelet, 540. 
Lances, at Admiralty Islands, 718. 
Lancetes varius, 269. 
Land Crabs, 927. 
Land Planarians, 473. 
Landrail, 529. 
Langerhans, Prof., 632; on Pyrocystis, 
936. 
Language, of aborigines, 538 ; rapid 
changes of, 539. 
Lanibal Island, 667. 
Lankester, Prof., on Procalistes, 472. 
Lantana camera, 143. 
Lanuginella, 451. 
Laoetang, 566. 
Laphygma macra , 148. 
Laridse, 326, 328. 
Larus dominicanus, 294, 473 ; L. novce- 
liollandice, 529. 
Latitude, relation of barometric pressure 
to, 26. 
Latreillia, 898. 
Latrunculia, 572. 
Laughing Jackass, 189. 
Lava, cascade of, 769 ; fountain of, 768. 
Lavandula rotundifolia, 183. 
Lavender, 183. 
Le Maire, 697, 818, 875. 
Leach, Dr., xxxviii, 878. 
Leads, cup, 42 ; deep-sea, 42 ; hand, 42.. 
Leadsman, loss of the, 466. 
Leaf cutting Ants, 236. 
Leander tenuicornis, 136. 
Lecanora esculenta, 517. 
Lefroy, Sir Henry, 167. 
Lefroyella, 451. 
Legaspi, Miguel Lopez de, 649. 
Leidy, Prof., 856. 
Lema Island, 628, 646. 
Lendenfeld, R, v., 643. 
Lenz, 959, 962. 
Lepas, 758, 852 ; L. anatifercc, 136, 
169, 757 ; L. anseriferu, 136; A. 
fascicwlaris, 758 ; L. pectinata, 136. 
Leper’s hospital, Tahiti, 776. 
Lepeta caeca, 136. 
Lepidisis , 692. 
Lepidonotus cristatus, 630. 
Lepidoptera, 148, 216, 357, 548, 555, 580, 
600, 729. 
Lepidopus tenuis , 745. 
Leptocephalus, 219, 521. 
Leptochiton alveolus, 287 ; L. belknapi, 
288. 
Leptoccelia,, 893. 
Leptogonaster, 616. 
Leptograpsus variegatus, 591. 
Leptopenus discus, 798 ; L. hypoccelus, 799. 
Leptoptilum gracile, 476. 
Leptopty chaster, 609, 614 ; L. Tcerguelensis, 
390, 391. 
Lerncea, 669 ; L. abyssicola, 183, 896. 
Leucandra aspera, 640. 
Leucania antica, 148. 
Leucetta, 642. 
Leucifer, 171, 219, 527. 
Leucilla, 642 ; L. connexiva, 641 ; L. uter, 
641. 
Leucippe, 588. 
Leuekart, Dr. F. S., 315. 
Leucon, 743 ; L. nasicus, 743. 
Leuconia, 642 ; L. crucifcm, 639 ; L. 
mrultiformis, 642. 
Leuconidae, 640, 641, 642. 
Leucosia, 589. 
Leucosiidea, 585. 
Leucosolenia blanca, 639. 
Levuka, 491, 492 ; harbour at, 507 ; slope 
from barrier reef at, 508. 
Leytimur, peninsula of, 576, 578-. 
Lialis punctulata, 536. 
Libellula, 149. 
Libertia formosa, 828. 
Libinia gracilipes, 591 ; A. smitM, 591. 
Library on board the Challenger, 45. 
Lichen, 356 ; free living, 517. 
“Lightning,” H.M.S.,. xlvii, 1, 99. 
Lights- of junks in China Seai, S-28. 
Lilium lapideum, 49. 
Lima, 625. 
Limax canari.ensis, 56, 269 ; A. gagates, 
148, 269. 
Limes at Tahiti, 788. 
Limnadia, 462. 
Limnetis, 462. 
Limosella aquatica, 356. 
Limulus, supposed larvae 1 of, 663 ; A. ro- 
tundicaudatus , 663. 
Lindsay, Capt., 735. 
Lindsay Island, 735. 
Line, hemp, advantages of, for sounding, 70. 
Lingula, 663. 
LinypMa, 55 ; A. leprosa, 269. 
Liponema, 576. 
Lisbon, 46 ; soundings off, 46. 
Lispognathus thomsoni, 587. 
Lissocarcinus, 589. 
Lithistidse-, 45-1. 
LitRodes, 898 ; A. agassizi, 898. 
Lithodidea, 898. 
LUhothamnion, 127 ; A. mamillare, 184 ; 
A. polymoiphum, 184. 
Litiopa melanostoma, 136. 
Little Auk, 359. 
Little Saba Island, 129. 
Little Tawali Island, 593. 
\ Littoral formations, 925. 
Lituolidse, 836. 
Lizards, 127, 213, 485, 536, 555, 580, 665, 
729. 
Lobo Arm, 867. 
Lobos Island, 902. 
Locust, 530. 
Lofoten Islands, xlvi. 
Loggerhead Ducks, 872. 
Loligo, 543. 
Loligopsis ocellata, 273. 
Lomaria alpina, 253. 
Lombok, moonsoon at, 584. 
Lonchotaster, 609, 615. 
London Missionary Society, 533. 
London River, 342. 
Long Beach, 377. 
Long Island, 466. 
Long pig, 494. 
Long Reach, 870. 
Longway, 536, 538. 
Lontar, 561. 
Lontlior, 561. 
Lophaster, 615. 
Lophius, 729. 
Lophogaster ingens, 740 ; A. typicus, 152, 
739: 
Lophogastridae, 739, 740. 
Lophohelia prolifera, 796. 
Lophotidae, 906. 
Lord Howe Island, 466. 
Lory, 489, 669. 
Lory, Rev. H. C., 892. 
Los Negros Islets, 697. 
Los Reges Islets, 697. 
Louisiade Archipelago, 731. 
Loup Marine Bay, 344. 
Low Island, 697. 
Loxosoma, 671. 
Loyalty Islands, 730 ; natives of, 726, 728. 
Loyasa, Don Garcia Jofre de, 873. 
Lucas, the story of, 230. 
Luffaria, 644, 645, 646. 
Luidia, 390. 
Lulugban Island, 623. 
Lumibricus, 150, 269. 
Lupea, 136. 
Lupocyclus, 588. 
Lutaos, 659, 661 ; canoe of, 663 ; pile- 
dwellings of, 658 ; spear dance by, 661. 
Lutor Island, 544. 
Luzon Current, 647. 
Luzon Island, 624, 627 ; coast of, 646. 
Lyallia, 375, 945 ; A. Jcerguelensis, 299. 
Lycopodium, 599. 
Lycosa, 55, 128. 
Lyell, Sir Charles, 566. 
Lyemun Pass, 646. 
Lygodium, 787; A. reticulatum, 489. 
Lyman, Theodore, on the Ophiuroidea, 
172, 174, 1067. 
