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idopterous families, 435;
  • in Lepidopterous genera, 444.
  • ConiferÆ, food-plants of Anceryx, 268.
  • Convergence of characters in Ophiuroidea, 396;
  • in Dipterous larvÆ, 494.
  • Cope, Prof., habits of Siredon Mexicanus, 566;
  • on distribution of Amblystoma, 569.
  • Correlation of growth, 278, 363, 388, 415;
  • action of, 415, 516;
  • Von Hartmann’s views of, 670;
  • nature of, 673.
  • Cryptobranchus, characters of, 579.
  • Cyclical propagation, 82, 699;
  • and reversion, 613.
  • D.
  • Daphniacea, differences between allied species and genera, 516.
  • Darwin, C., influence of external conditions of life, 59;
  • inheritance at corresponding periods, 63, 275, 431;
  • markings of butterflies, 101;
  • definition of eye-spots, 326;
  • adaptation in larvÆ, 392;
  • correlation of growth, 516;
  • degeneration, 583;
  • adaptation, 589;
  • causes of sterility, 596;
  • limited variability, 656;
  • factors of variability, 676;
  • abrupt variations, 701.
  • Degeneration, 583;
  • phyletic, 611.
  • Deilephila, division of larvÆ into groups, 199;
  • D. EuphorbiÆ, 1st larval stage, 202;
  • 2nd and 3rd stages, 203;
  • 4th and 5th stages, 205;
  • D. nicÆa, larva, 207;
  • D. dahlii, larva, 208;
  • D. vespertilio, larva, 209;
  • D. Galii, larva, 211;
  • 5th stage, 213;
  • D. livornica, larva, 215;
  • D. Zygophylli, larva, 217;
  • D. HippophaËs, larva, 218, 650;
  • division of larvÆ according to phyletic stages, 223;
  • genealogy of, 358;
  • D. Galii, larva rejected, 340;
  • D. Euphorbia, larva eaten, 340;
  • habits of larvÆ and imagines, 412;
  • D. Robertsi, larva, 525.
  • Development;
  • of marking of Sphinx-larvÆ, laws of, 274;
  • phyletic, of markings of SphingidÆ, 370;
  • unequal phyletic, 460.
  • Dimorphism and polymorphism;
  • of butterflies, 458, 502;
  • in Hymenoptera, 481;
  • in Diptera, 488;
  • different forms of, 503;
  • dependent upon action of environment, 505, 507, 508.
  • Inheritance; homochronic, 63, 431;
  • definition of cyclical, 66;
  • limited by sex, 68.
  • Insects, ancestry of, 493.
  • Intermaxillary gland of Axolotl, 623.
  • J.
  • Jullien, on Lissotriton punctatus, 591.
  • K.
  • Kant, referred to, 638, 709.
  • Kirby, W.F., “Synonymic Catalogue” referred to, 2, 49, 435, 449.
  • Kleemann, larva of S. Ligustri, 259.
  • Knaggs, Dr. H.G., seasonal dimorphism of S. illustraria, 4.
  • KÖlliker, Prof., experiments with Axolotl, 564;
  • characters of Axolotl, 575.
  • L.
  • Lacerta muralis, colour variations, 361.
  • Lake of Mexico, 603, 608, 621.
  • Lange, F.A., “History of Materialism” referred to, 645, 656.
  • Langer, Prof., experiments with Pelobates tadpoles, 607.
  • Lankester, Prof. E.R., on degeneration, 583.
  • Lasiocampa Pini, larva eaten by lizards, 336;
  • variable in two stages, 405.
  • Lepidoptera; foes, 8;
  • larva and imago independently variable, 401;
  • species constant in three stages, 405;
  • species variable in three stages, 405;
  • variable in two stages, 405;
  • variable in one stage, 406;
  • causes of variability of pupÆ, 411;
  • case of incongruence among pupÆ, 540.
  • Leptodora hyalina, development, 93.
  • Lepus timidus, white variations of, 662.
  • Leuckart, reproduction of Ascaris nigrovenosa, 90;
  • on growth, 654.
  • Leydig, on sexual larvÆ of Triton, 591.
  • Limenitis Artemis and L. Proserpina, dimorphic in both sexes, 32;
  • L. Camilla, constant in three stages, 405.
  • Lines, dorsal, subdorsal, supra- and infra-spiracular, 175.
  • Lissotriton punctatus, sexual larvÆ, 591, 595.
  • Lizards, colour variation of, 361;
  • rejection of caterpillars by, 336.
  • Local forms, distinct from climatic varieties, 45;
  • produced by isolation, 109.
  • Lockyer, B., young Noctua larvÆ, 166.
  • Lophostethus Dumolinii, larva, 290.
  • Sterility, causes of, 596;
  • a result of reversion, 597;
  • law of, in reversion forms, 599.
  • Stoat, seasonal change of colour, 7.
  • Strauch, “Revision of SalamandridÆ” referred to, 570, 577.
  • Strecker, H., N. American species of Smerinthus, 453.
  • Stripes, longitudinal, 312, 372;
  • oblique, 317, 373.
  • T.
  • Tadpoles, arrested development, 607.
  • Tegetmeier, W.B., metamorphosis of Siredon, 566.
  • Teleology and Mechanism, 694.
  • Terebrantia, larvÆ, 508.
  • Transformation, causes of, 460, 496;
  • factors of, 676.
  • Trematoda, alternation of generations in, 83.
  • Trimen, Roland;
  • larva of Lopho. Dumolinii, 527;
  • of Ch. Capensis, 529;
  • phytophagic variability of larva of Ach. Atropos, 531.
  • Triptogon roseipennis, larva, 244.
  • Triton;
  • T. alpestris, sexual larva, 585;
  • reproductive larvÆ, 590.
  • Degeneration in genus, 612.
  • Species of Upper Engadine, 631.
  • Typical parts, modified by environment, 501, 513.
  • U.
  • Upper Engadine;
  • Amphibia, 615;
  • climate, 616;
  • frog from, 618;
  • Tritons of, 631.
  • Urea, synthesis of, 643.
  • V.
  • Vanessa.
  • V. UrticÆ, climatic variation, 60;
  • V. Atalanta, UrticÆ, and polychloros, variable in two stages, 405;
  • V. Io, variable in one stage, 407.
  • Congruence and incongruence in genus, 446;
  • phyletic completeness of, 447;
  • arrangement of spines on larvÆ, 448.
  • Variability, origin, 107;
  • limited, 114, 362, 653, 655;
  • independent in different stages, 402;
  • definition of, 404;
  • a relative term, 408;
  • causes of, in pupÆ, 411;
  • primary and secondary, 416;
  • independent in different larval stages, 416;
  • phytophagic, 305, 531;
  • Von Hartmann’s views, 646;
  • not unlimited, 647, 652, 655,

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