1094 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGEE. 
Mauna Loa, 765, 766. 
Maurelle, Capt. Francisco, 697. 
Mauritius, 693, 968. 
Maury, Capt., xliii, 322. 
May, Capt., xlvii. 
May, Cornelius, 875. 
May Hill, ferruginous sandstones of, 892. 
Maykor Island, 549. 
Mayne Harbour, 868. ; 
Mayne Passage, 867. 
Mbatiki Island, 492. 
Mbau, 492 ; buildings at, 494 ; columns 
of basalt at, 493 ; deposits at, 493 ; 
description of, 492 ; drums at, 496 ; 
mound at, 494 ; sacrificial stone at, 
493, 494 ; scenery at, 496 ; small islet 
off, 496. 
Mbure, 494. 
Meangis Islands, 668 ; deposits off, 669 ; 
dredgings off, 669. 
Measurements of Admiralty Islanders, 707. 
“Mechanic,” the, 376. 
Mechanic’s Bay, 377. 
Medoeus elegans, 588 ; M. haswelli, 588. 
Medio Island, 866. 
Mediterranean Sea, 967 ; fish of, 745. 
Medusse, 460, 903 ; account of the, 600. 
Megalasma, 852. 
Megapodius, 664, 927 ; M. tumulus, 535 ; 
eggs of, 664. 
Me.gapte.ru, 806 ; M. lalandi, 477. 
Megerlia truncata, 132. 
Melaleucas, 178. 
Melampus gundlaclii, 148. 
Melanesian race, 706; crania, characters 
of, 730. 
Melania apiensis, 518; M. ordinaria, 518, 
M. turbans , 518. 
Melano Island, 577, 578. 
Melasomidas, 186. 
Melastomacese, 229, 564. 
Melbourne to Sydney, 453. 
Melithseacea, 692. 
Melittiaulus, 451. 
Melittionidse, 447, 451. 
Melo, Gasper de, 577. 
Melophones, 567. 
Melosira, 933. 
Membrcmipora tuberculata, 136. 
Membraniporidse, 674. 
Menado, 579. 
Menemerus, 56. 
Menipea aculeata, 675 ; M. benemunita, 
675 ; M. clausa, 674; M. pateriforwAs, 
673. 
Mercury, compressibility of, 105, 107; 
effect of temperature on, 107; piezo- 
meter, 107. 
Merick, 874. 
Meridian distance, Malta to Gibraltar, 47. 
Meridian distances, 1020; chain of, 1022 ; 
secondary, 1024. 
Merops ornatus, 535. 
Mesoplodon, 775, 806; M. layardi, 286, 
892; microscopic structure of teeth of, 
286; M. sowerbyi, microscopic struc- 
ture of teeth of, 286. 
Messier Channel, 862, 870, 877; pilotage 
through, 863. 
Mestizes, 650. 
Meta, 518 ; M. granulata, 489; M. insu- 
laris, 490; M. tuberculata, 485, 489. 
Metacrinus, 306, 317; M. costatus, 669; M. 
moseleyi, 669; M. murrayi, 669; M. 
varians, 669; M. wyvillii, 669. 
Metcore reef, 491. 
Meteorites, characters of, 80S. 
Meteorology, early history of, xliii ; of Ad- 
miralty Islands, 703; of Amboina, 584; 
of Antarctic region, 396 ; of Banda, 
569 ; of Crozets, 322 ; of Dobbo, 
551; of Falkland Islands, 885, 888; 
of Fernando Noronha, 213; of Heard 
Island, 377, 378; of Hong Kong, 637, 
638; of Honolulu, 764; of Kerguelen, 
353, 354; of Manila, 627; of Marion 
Island, 293; of S. Pacific, 801; of 
Tahiti, 782; of Ternate, 600; of Tonga- 
tabu, 486 ; of Tristan da Cunha, 245, 
267 ; of the voyage, 998; methods of 
observation at sea, 56. 
Metir Island, 593, 594, 595. 
Metrosideros, 787; M. florida, 473; M. 
robusta, 473. 
Metschnikoff, 152, 195, 641. 
Meyen, J. F. , on the Radiolaria, 220. 
Meyer, Capt., 369. 
Meyer’s Rock, 368. 
Meyo Island, 593, 604. 
Miako, 747. 
Mica, 161, 910, 917. 
Mica schist, 169, 434. 
Microglossus aterrimus, 534. 
Microlepidoptera, 269. 
Micronesian race, 730. 
Micro-organisms, Bailey’s description of, 
xliv. 
Mid Channel Island, 864. 
Middle Island, 262, 863 ; Peak, 262, 863. 
Miers, E. J., on the Brachyura, 585, 
1071. 
Mikados, residence of, 747. 
Miklucho-Maclay, Baron N. de, 598, 699, 
706, 708, 714, 725, 727. 
Miliola, 360, 379, 467. 
Miliolina seminulum, 912. 
Millepora, 781; M. alcicomis, 145, 146; 
M. nodosa, 789 ; M. ramosa, 145, 146. 
Milleporidse, 792. 
Miller, Prof. W. A., xxxvirii, 99. 
Miller, Mr., Consul at Tahiti, 783. 
Miller-Casella thermometer, description of, 
86 . 
Milne-Edwards, M., xlv, 148, 187, 525, 
900; on osteology of Tubinares, 328. 
Mimaster, 615. 
Mimicry, protective, 581, 582. 
Mindanao Island, 606, 655, 659, 666; 
southern peninsula of, 667. 
Mindoro, 624; Sea, 623 ; Strait, 647. 
Minerals, in deposits, 161, 195, 210, 276, 360, 
435, 512, 520, 530, 833; see also Rocks. 
Mingan Island, 344. 
Mioga Sima, 746. 
Missionaries, collection by, at Fiji, 502 ; 
Dutch, at Dobbo, 545 ; London, at 
Somerset, 532. 
Misumena, 187. 
Mitara Island, 594. 
Mithraculus, 586. 
Mithrax, 586. 
Mivart, St. George, 221. 
Miwara, 747, 748. 
Miya Saki, 748. 
Mocha Island, 801, 802. 
“Modeste,” H.M.S., 638. 
Modiola, 626. 
Mogador, 970. 
Mohammedans, at Banda, 562 ; at Ki 
Doulan, 555 ; at Samboangan, 658. 
Mohrya, Lake, pile-dwellings on, 661. 
Mole lighthouse, 646. 
Molgulidae, 165. 
Mollusca, xliii ; bivalve, 624; land, of 
Admiralty Islands, 729; of Api, 518; 
of Bermudas, 148; of Falkland 
Islands, 892 ; of Juan Fernandez, 
829; of Ki Islands, 556 ; of St. 
Vincent, 188; of Tenerife, 56; of 
Tongatabu, 485 ; of Tristan da Cunha, 
269 ; scarcity of deep-sea, 624 ; see 
also Gasteropoda, Nudibranchiata, &c. 
Mollymauk, 265, 294. 
Molokai Island, 759. 
Molten Lake, 767. 
Molucca Passage, 593. 
Moluccas, 595. 
Monactinellidae, 569. 
Monarchainfelix, 729. 
Monaule®, 575. 
Monaxonida, account of the, 569. 
Money, at Dobbo, 552 ; at Monte Video, 
907 ; at Ternate, 598. 
Monitor, 729. 
Monkeys, 190, 665. 
Monocaulus, 751, 753 ; M. imperator, 757. 
Monoclinic felspar, 161, 169 ; sec also 
Deposits. 
Monopoly of nutmegs by the Dutch, 565. 
Monostomum faba, 316. 
