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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Accipiter nibricollis, 393 Action of crabs on coral mud flats, 25 Agaristidx, members of, mimicked by other Lepidoptera, 173 Agassiz, Prof., on coral reefs 36, 40; on Tortuga and Florida Reefs, 37 Agrostemma montanum, 78 Albino, Senhor, his kindness, 416 Alefuros of Buru, 392, 394 Alexander the Great, 178, 194; grave of, 260 Annul inn i miliar is. 422 Ambil-anah, a form of marriage in the Lampongs, 151; in Passumah Lands, 196 Amblypodia eumolpus, 137 Amboina, arrival in, 288; first im- pressions of, 288; visit interior of, 289; people of, 290; churches in, 290; salubrity of, 298; kindness of the Captain of the Chinese in, 288, 297; Resident of, 288 Ametia juvenis, mimicking in, 139 Amherttia twbilis, 9 Amnosia decora, 172; habits of, 173 Amnosia eudamia, new species, 275 Amorphophallus tilanum, 10,175; great tubers of, 227 Anacropora forbesi, new genus and species of corals from Keeling Islands, 44 Anaphalis javanica, 210; saxatilis, 210 Anak Dalom, romance of, 158 Anchors, three, dredged up at Menado, 486; list of organisms adhering to them, 496 Anjer, visit to, in 1878, 11; view of Sunda Straits from, 11; stay at, 161; last look of, 488 Anous stolidus, 32 Antelope, Sumatran, 172 A niennarii, 23 A nthracoeerus convezut, 252 Anthers, two forms of, in Melasloma, 229 Anthropomorphous apes, resemblance of the Kubus to the, 243 Anthus medius, 459 Ants inhabiting Myrmecodia and Hy- nophytum, 79; at species of Bafflesi- acese, 206; milking winged Memip- tera, 251 Appias nero, note on coloration of sexes of, 130 Apis dorsata, habits of, 478 Aprosmictus buruensu, 393 Arabida Hills, 1 Arachis hypogsea, 392 Arborophila personala, 172 Argus pheasants, 130; habits of, 131 Arms of Timorese, 463 Aru, touch at, 300 Art, unknown to the Kubus, 236; among Timor-l...
