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INDEX. 
Insects, fossil in carboniferous strata, 
409; wing covers of, at Stonesbeld, 
i. 411; Count Munster’s collection 
of from Solenhofen, i. 41 1 ; many 
fossil genera in tertiary strata, i. 412. 
Iron, ore abundant in coal formation, i. 
65; quantity of, annually made in 
England and Wales, i. 530. 
Isle^of Wight, iguanodoii found in, i. 
larger. Professor, has found coproUtes 
in Wirtemberg, i. 190 ; his work on 
fossil plants, i. 490. 
Jardine, Sir W., fossil footmarks found 
by, i. 259. 
.Tuli, supposed fir cones, are coprolites. 
Maup, Professor, notice on the footsteps 
of chirotherium, i. 264 ; his descrip- 
tion of fossil mammalia at Epple- 
sheim, i. 91 ; his description of di- 
notherium, i. 136, 599. 
Kepler, his prayer, i. 10. 
Killery, cemetery in a sand bank at, i. 
104. 
King, Captain, animal of spirilla found 
by, i, 362 ; serolis found by, i. 392. 
Konig,Mr.,his account of human ske- 
leton in liritish Museum, from Gua- 
daloupe, i. 104. 
Lamantin, remains of, in pliocene pe- 
riods, indicate a warm climate, i. 
92. 
Lamarck, his two sections of trachcli- 
pods, i. 298 ; on geological effects of 
microscopic shells, i. 385 ; his no- 
tice of suckers of encriiius, 1. 440 ; 
theory of transmutation associated 
with developnieiit by, i. 585. 
I.avas, phenomena of, i. 7. 
l.ead, artificial crystals of, produced by 
steam of water, i. 551. 
Leeds, fine heads of inegalichthys at, i. 
276. 
Leibnitz, his anticipation of the moilem 
Platonic theory, i. 51. 
Lepidodendion, character and relations 
of this fossil genus, i. 466 ; allied to 
lycopodiaceie, i. 466 ; size and cha- 
racter of, i. 467 ; number of known 
species, i. 468 ; intermediate internal 
structure of, i. 468. 
Lepidoids, thick bony scales of, i. 
282. 
l.epidosteus, or bony pike, i. 274. 
Lepidotus, i. 283. 
Level, changes of by volcanic agency, 
1 . 88 , 
Lhwyd, on insects and spiders in coal 
shale, i. 406. 
Lias, proof of intervals in deposition of. 
i. 307. 
Libanus, fishes of tertiary era at, i. 285. 
Liblar, brown coal of, 509. 
li^ge, bones of men and hymnas in 
caverns near, i. 106, 598. 
Life, organic, successive stages of, i. 54 ; 
organic has not existed from eternity, 
i.58, 59. 
Light, essential to the growth of ancient 
vegetables, i. 31 ; undulatory theory 
compared with Genesis i. 3, i. 32 ; 
history of illustrated by fossil eyes, 
i. 402, 173. 
Lignite, tertiary, localities of, i. 508, 
509, 510 ; memoir on, by M. Alex- 
andre Brongniart, i. 508. 
Limestone, origin of, i. 89 ; combina- 
tions in crystals of, i. 576, 577. 
Limulus, iu iron stone of coal forma- 
tion, ii. 77 ; allied to trilobite, i. 393 ; 
where found fossil, i. 393. 
Lindley, Professor, his observations on 
existing lycopodiacete, i. 466; experi- 
ments on the durability of recent 
plants immersed iu water, i. 480. 
Lindley and Hutton, their description 
of plants preserved in coal mines at 
Newcastle, i. 457 ; observations on 
lepidodendron, i. 467, 468 ; recent 
discoveries of stigoiaria, i. 476 ; on 
fossil cones of zamia from I. Wieht 
i. 492. ’ 
Links, in the mammalia supplied by 
fossil remains, i. 88. 
Lituito, locality and character of, i. 
365. 
Locke, his notice of spiral intestines at 
Leyden, i. 196; his opinion of the 
necessity of a revelation, i. 589. 
Loligo, vulgaris, structure and habits 
of, i. 303 ; fossil pens and ink bags 
of, i, 303, 304; horny peu of, pre- 
served in has, i, 304 ; destroyed and 
buried suddenly, i. 307; found in 
the lias of Wurtemburg, i. 308. 
London, Artesian wells near, i. 563, 
564. 
Lonsdale, Mr., his discoveiy of micros- 
copic shells in chalk, i. 448. ii. 64 ; 
Lophiodon, character and place of, i. 
82. 
lAiuth, Arlesian wells near, i. 563. 
Lowestoffe, irruption of sen into lake of. 
i. 122. 
