Part 41

MATTER, the nature of, 363; Mr. Bayma on, 363; is force, 365.

MECHANITIS and Methona, mimicked by Leptalis, 83.

MECOCERUS, dimorphism of, 155.

Mecocerus gazella, 94.

MEGACEPHALON, 196.

MEGAPODIDAE, sexual colouring and nidification of, 246.

MEROPOGON, 196.

Midas dives, 97.

MIMETA, mimicking Tropidorhynchus, 104.

MIMICRY, meaning of the word, 74; theory of, 76; among Lepidoptera, 77; how it acts as a protection, 80, 81; of other insects by Lepidoptera, 89; among beetles, 91; of other insects by beetles, 95; of insects by species of other orders, 97; among the vertebrata, 99; among snakes, 101; among tree frogs, 103; among birds, 103; among mammals, 107; objections to the theory of, 108; by female insects, 110; among Papilionidae, 179; never occurs in the male only, 260.

MOMOTIDAE, sexual colouring and nidification of, 241.

MONTROUZIER, M., on butterflies of Woodlark Island, 152.

MORAL sense, difficulty as to the origin of, 352.

MORPHOS, how protected, 73.

MURRAY, Mr. Andrew, objections to theory of mimicry, 108.

MUSCICAPIDAE, sexual colouring and nidification of, 245.

MUSOPHAGIDAE, sexual colouring and nidification of, 242.

NAPEOGENES, all the species are mimickers, 85.

NATURAL selection, the principle stated, 41-43; general acceptance of the theory of, 46; tabular demonstration of, 302; outline of theory of, 307; its effects on man and animals different, 311; hardly acts among civilized societies, 330; what it can not do, 333; cannot produce injurious or useless modifications, 334.

NECTARINEIDAE, 254.

NECYDALIDAE, mimic Hymenoptera, 96.

Nemophas grayi, a Longicorn mimicked by a Longicorn, 95.

NESTS of Birds, why different, 215; of young birds, how built, 219; construction of, described by Levaillant, 224; imperfections in, 229; influenced by changed conditions and persistent habits, 232; classification of, according to function, 237.

NEW FORMS, how produced by variation and selection, 286.

NEW GUINEA, relation of the several Papuan islands to, 194.

NOCTURNAL animals, colours of, 51.

NOMADA, 98.

OBEREA, species resemble Tenthredinidae, 96.