Sarracenia, 184
Savallo river, 35 Savannahs, 46, 51
Scale insects, 222, 225
Scarlet-runners, 70 Schomburgk, 53
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
Simpson, Dr. J. H., 76 Siphonia elastica, 33 Sisitote, 50, 328 Sisitotis, 159
Skunk, the, 174, 249, 320
Superheated steam in rock, 98
Swallows, 159
Sweet potatoes, 70
Swordsmen, 293
Swietonia mahogani, 34
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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