Part 31

Mauritia, palm, 40

Maximiliana regia, 41

Meiglyptes, 150

Meldola, Mr. R., on variable colouring in insects, 170

Meliphagidæ in Auckland Isles probably flower-fertilizers, 239

Melliss, Mr., on flora of St. Helena, 275

Migrations between N. America and Euro-Asia, 334 between N. America and South America, 335

Mesembryanthemum, stone, 223

Meteorological phenomena, intensity of, at the equator, 23

Mimicry, theory of, 189

Mimosa pudica, 59

Mivart, Professor, on animal origin of man, 284 on the divergent affinities of man and apes, 288

Mongredien, Mr., on showy and fragrant flowers, 230

Monkeys, 116

Monkeys and pigeons, 102

Moseley, Mr., on humming-birds of Juan Fernandez, 143

Moseley, Mr. H. N., on birds conveying seeds to islands, 268

Moths, conspicuously-coloured caterpillars of, uneatable, 175

Motmots, 105

Mott, Mr. Albert, on antiquity of intellectual man, 291

Mounds of N. America, antiquity of, 296

Mound-builders, a semi-civilized race, 297

Müller, Dr. Hermann, on fertilization of alpine flowers, 232 on fertilization of Martagon lily, 231 on variations of insect-fertilized flowers, 275 on differences of allied species of flowers, 233

Musa paradisiaca, 48

Musaceæ, 48

Mygale, a bird-catching spider, 97

Mysis chameleon, changes of colour of, 171

Nearctic Region, mammalia of, 329 birds of, 330