INDEX 
Abbott, C. C., on American palaeo- 
lithic implements, 441 
Abbott, Dr., on nests of Baltimore 
oriole, 114 
Abraxas grossulariata, 84 
Abrus precatoria, perhaps a case of 
mimicry, 899 
Absorption- colours or pigments, 357 
Acanthotritus dorsalis, 67 
Accipiter pileatus, 75 
Acrseidae, the subjects of mimicry, 61 
warning colours of, 350 
Acronycta psi, protective colouring of, 
45 
Adaptation brought about by general 
laws, 149 
looks like design, 152 
Adaptive characters, 331, 335 
jEgeriidse, mimic Hymenoptera, 64 
Affinities, how to determine doubtful, 
330 
Agassiz on embryonic character of 
ancient animals, 165 
Agnia fasciata, mimics another Longi- 
corn, 68 
Agriopis aprilina, protective colouring 
of, 45 
Alcedinidse, sexual colouring and 
nidification of, 124 
Aleutian islands, ancient shell mounds 
in, 437 
Allen, Mr. Grant, on protective 
colours of fruits, 398 
Alpine flowers, why so beautiful, 403 
Amadina, sexual colouring and nidifi- 
cation of, 126 
Amboyna, large -sized butterflies of, 
385 
American monkeys, 306 
Ampelidse, sexual colouring and nidifi- 
cation of, 126 
Ancient races of North and South 
America, 429 
Ancylotherium, 165 
Andaman islands, pale butterflies of, 
386 
white-marked birds of, 388 
Anderson, Mr. W. Marshall, on 
cranium from N. American mound, 
428 
Andes, very rich in humming-birds, 323 
Andrenidse, 70 
Angrsecum sesquipedale, 146 
its fertilisation by a large moth 
148 
Animal colours, how produced, 357 
life in tropical forests, 271 
Animals, senses and faculties of, 89 
intellect of, compared with that 
of savages, 192 
and plants under domestication, 
an example of Darwin’s re- 
search, 459 
Anisocerinse, 66 
Anoplotherium, 165 
Anthribidse, 290 
mimicry of, 67 
Anthrocera filipendulse, 84 
Anthropologists, wide difference of 
opinion among, as to origin of 
human races, 167 
conflicting views of, harmonised, 
179 
Antiquity of man, 167, 180 
in North America, 433 
Ants, wasps, and bees, 278 
numbers of, in India and Malaya, 
278. 283 
