ERRATUM. Ат page 59 I have said that there are only three or four species of Mimosa which are sensitive. This is a mistake, as the greater portion of the species in the extensive genus Mimosa, as well as some species of several other genera of Leguminosa, and also of Oxalidaceae, possess this curious property. I cannot find, however, that any one has suggested in what way the sensitiveness may have been useful to the species which first acquired it. My guess at an explanation may therefore induce botanists who are acquainted with the various species in a state of nature, to suggest some better solution of the problem. INDEX. A. Abrus precatoria, perhaps a case of Absorption-colours or pigments, 183 African large mammalia, recent immi- Allen, Mr. Grant, on protective colours Alpine flowers, why so beautiful, 232 American Continents, past history of, Ancient races of North and South America, 298 uses of, 53-58 Banana, 48 Barber, Mrs. on colour changes of pupa Bark, varieties of in tropical forests, 33 and London, diagram of mean greatest rainfall at, 24 Bates, Mr. on climate at the Equator, 24 on animal life in Amazon valley, 70 on importance of study of butter- on leaf-cutting ants, 86 on bird-catching spider, 97 on the habits of humming birds, 132 Bats, 118 Beetles, 94 abundance of, in New Forest-clear- probable use of horns of, 202 62 on aspects of tropical vegetation, 67 on an Acacia inhabited by ants, 89 on a leaf-like locust, 93 on the habits of humming-birds, on uneatable bright-coloured frog, 175 on use of light of glow-worm, 205 Bill of humming-birds, 129 how many known, 124 cases of local variation of colour influence of locality on colours of, which fertilize flowers, 273, 274 and insects blown to oceanic islands, of Palearctic Region, 316 Bullock on food of humming-birds, 153 Burchell, Dr., on the "stone mes- Butterflies, abundance of, in tropical conspicuousness forests, 73 of in tropical Campylopterus hemileucurus, pugna- Cecropias, trees inhabited by ants, 89 white-marked birds of, 263 Ceylon and Malaya, resemblances of Chameleon, cause of changes of its Chemical action changes colours, 183 Chrysobactron Rossii, 238 Clark, Rev. Hamlet on leaf-cutting Climate of Equator, general features of, DANAIDE, warning colours of, 174 Daphne pontica, 230 Darwin, Mr., on mode of cross-fertiliza- not too highly rated, 252 on vegetation of Galapagos, 272 on former union of West Indian Deserts on line of tropics, 28 De Vry, Mr., on the sugar-palm, 43 |