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INDEX 485LABYRINTHODONTIA, 164, 165Lakes as cases of imperfect adaptation,150Lamarck's hypothesis very differentfrom the author's, 31Land shells, experiments on resistanceto salt water, 469Laniadse, sexual colouring and nidificationof, 128Larentia tripunctaria, 46Law which has regulated the introductionof new species, 3, 6confirmed by geographical distribution,8high organisation of ancientanimals consistent with, 11of multiplication in geometricalprogression, 142of limited populations, 142of heredity, 142of variation, 142of change of physical conditions,143of the equilibrium of nature, 143as opposed to continual interference,144Laycock, Dr. on law of " unconscious,intelligence," 205Leaf butterfly, appearance and habitsof, 43Leaf-insects, 287Leopoldinia major, 252Lepidoptera, diurnal, 272Leptalis, species of, mimic Heliconidse,59gain a protection thereby, 137a good case of mimicry, 362Leptena erastus, 382Leroy, on nest-building, 108Lester, Mr. J. M., on wood -doveand robin, 40Levaillant, on formation of a nest,112Life does not imply consciousness, 209(note)Light, theory of, as producing colours,341action of, on plants, 396supposed direct action of, oncolours of flowers and fruits,406Limenitis misippus, 63Linnet imitating African finch, 105Lizards refusing certain moths andcaterpillars, 85devouring bees, 85in the tropics, 302Local causes of colour-development,382Locustidae, adaptive colouring of, 46Locusts, richly coloured tropical, 288Longicorns, 289Loosestrife, Darwin's researches onfertilisation of, 465Lophornis ornatus, very pugnacious,380Lord Howe's island, white rail in,388Lowne, Mr. B. T., on nest-building ofring-doves in confinement, 110Luminousness of some insects a protection,51MACAWS, 293Madagascar, white-marked butterfliesof, 386Madeira, wingless insects of, explainedby Darwin, 470Maine, ancient shell-mounds of, 435Malacoderms, a protected group, 66Male birds, origin of ornamentalplumage of, 374which incubate, 379Male humming- birds produce a shrillersound, 381Males, theory of display of ornamentsby, 375Malthus, Essay on Population, 20Maluridje, 134Malva sylvestris, M. rotundifolia,404Mammalia, supposed variations of,comparable to those of butterflies,386local resemblances of, in Africa,387Mammals, mimicry among, 76in the tropics, 306Man, does he build by reason or imitation,99his works mainly imitative, 113antiquity of, 167, 180difference of opinion as to hisorigin, 167unity or plurality of species, 168persistence of type of, 169