Part 40

JAMAICA swift altering position of nest, 228.

JERDON, Mr., on incubation by males in Turnix, 115.

Kallima inachis and Kallima paralekta, wonderful resemblance of, to leaves, 59-61.

LABYRINTHODONTIA, 298, 300.

LAKES as cases of imperfect adaptation, 278.

LANIADAE, sexual colouring and nidification of, 245.

LAMARCK'S hypothesis very different from the author's, 41.

Larentia tripunctaria, 63.

LAW which has regulated the introduction of new species, 5; confirmed by geographical distribution, 9; high organization of ancient animals consistent with, 14; of multiplication in geometrical progression, 265; of limited populations, 265; of heredity, 266; of variation, 266; of change of physical conditions, 266; of the equilibrium of nature, 266; as opposed to continual interference, 268.

LAYCOCK, Dr., on law of "unconscious intelligence," 360.

LEAF BUTTERFLY, appearance and habits of, 59-61.

LEPIDOPTERA, especially subject to variation, 132.

LEPTALIS, species of mimic Heliconidae, 82; gain a protection thereby, 259.

LESTER, Mr. J. M., on wood-dove and robin, 53.

LEVAILLANT, on formation of a nest, 224.

Limenitis archippus, 88.

Limenitis limire, 172; procris, 172.

LIZARDS refusing certain moths and caterpillars, 121; devouring bees, 121.

LOCAL FORMS, 158.

LOCAL variation of form, 169; of colour, 173; general remarks on, 174; in Celebesian butterflies, probable use of, 175.

LOCUSTIDAE, adaptive colouring of, 64.

LUMINOUSNESS of some insects a protection, 71.

LYCAENIDAE, probable means of protection of, 176.

MAMMALS, mimicry among, 107.

MAN, does he build by reason or imitation, 212; his works mainly imitative, 225; antiquity of, 303, 322; difference of opinion as to his origin, 304; unity or plurality of species, 305; persistence of type of, 306; importance of mental and moral characters, 312; his dignity and supremacy, 324; his influence on nature, 326; his future development, 326; range of intellectual power in, 339; rudiments of all the higher faculties in savage, 341; his feet and hands, difficulties on the theory of natural selection, 349; his voice, 350; his mental faculties, 351; difficulty as to the origin of the moral sense in, 352; development of, probably directed by a superior intelligence, 359.

MANTIDAE, adaptive colouring of, 64; mimicking white ants, 98.

MALACODERMS, a protected group, 93.

MALURIDAE, 255.