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Sarracenia, 184

Savallo river, 35
Savannahs, 46, 51

Scale insects, 222, 225

Scarlet-runners, 70
Schomburgk, 53

INDEX.

Sclater, Dr., on the species of Crax,
121

Scorpions, 22, 174

Season, dry, 2; wet, 1
San Sebastian, 50
Seemann, Mr., 374, 375
Segovia, townships of, 254
Selection, artificial and natural,
difference between, 207
Self-government of the small In-
dian towns, 282
Seripiqui river, 15
Sharks, 3

Sharp, Dr. D., on water-beetles, 332
Shells, 331; of the Caribbean pro-
vince, 264; of the Panamic pro-
vince, 264
Silkworms, 183
Silver, 88

- mine, 258

Simpson, Dr. J. H., 76
Siphonia elastica, 33
Sisitote, 50, 328
Sisitotis, 159

Skunk, the, 174, 249, 320

Slavery, 64

Snakes, 159

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Sun-dews, 184

Superheated steam in rock, 98

Swallows, 159

Sweet potatoes, 70

Swordsmen, 293

Swietonia mahogani, 34

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Tylor. Mr. Alfred, on the reduction
of the level of the sea, 266
Tylor, E. B., on the Conrade, 368,

59; his early history of man-
kind, 366, 368, 369; on whirl-
winds in Mexico, 302

TBALDO, San, 45, 374
eros, 33, 37, 39, 41
33

Uzio, 331

Trania leilus, 153
Utopia, 29

VAQUEROS, 189, 191

Valleys, 85: denudation of, 86;
excavation of, 85

Value of the ore at Santo Domingo,
88

Vanilla planifolia, 57, 70
Vegessima, La, 4, 239
Velasquez, Don Francisco, 78
Vertebrata, 28
Viduas, 123

Vieni per aca, 290

Vincent, St., volcano in, 350;
Canon Kingsley's account of,
350-355

Virgin Islands, carved rocks of, 53
Volcanoes: Caraccas, 351; Cosa-

guina, 350; Masaya, 347, 355;
San Miguel, 350; St. Vincent,
350
Vultures, 200

WALLACE, A. R., on Angræcum
sesquipedale, 133; on brightly-
coloured caterpillars, 320; on
the faunas of the Malay archi-
pelago, 268

War, not always a curse, 171
Wari, 30, 35
Wasps, 7, 22, 157, 313

- attending leaf-hoppers, 228;
hunting for spiders, 133; kill-
ing caterpillars, 135; nests of,
290; taking note of place to
which they wish to return, 135

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