Contributions to the theory of natural selection : a series of essays.

  • Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1871
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    of limited populations, 265; of heredity, 266 ; of variation, 266; of change of physical con- ditions, 266; of the equilibrium of nature, 266; as opposed to continual interference, 268. Laycock, Dr., on law of uncon- scious intelligence, 360. Leap Butterfly, appearance and habits of, 59-61. Lepidoptera, especially subject to variation, 132. Leptalis, species of mimic Heli- conidas, 82; gain a protection thereby, 259. Lestjer, Mr. J. M., on wood-dove and robin, 53. Levaillant, on formation of a nest, 224. Limenitis archip]jus, 88. Limenitis limire, 172; procris, 172. Lizards refusing certain moths and caterpillars, 121; devour- ing bees, 121. Local forms, 158. Local variation of form, 169; of colour, 173; general remarks on, 174; in Celebesian butter- flies, probable use of, 175. LocusTiD^, adaptive colouring of, 64. LuMiNOUSNESs of some insects a protection, 71. Lycenid^, probable means of pro- tection of, 176. MAMMALS, mimicry among, 107. Man, does he build by reason or imitation, 212; his works mainly imitative, 225; antiquity of, 303, 322; difference of opinion as to his origin, 304; unity or plural- ity of species, 305 ; persistence of type of, 306 ; importance of mental and moral characters, 312; his dignity and supremacy, 324; his influence on nature, 326; his future development, 326; range of intellectual power in, 339; rudiments of all the higher faculties in savage, 341; his feet and hands, difficulties on the theory of natural selec- tion, 349: his voice, 350; his mental faculties, 351; difficulty as to the origin of the moral sense in, 352; development of, probably directed by a superior intelligence, 359. MANTiDiE, adaptive colom'ing of, 64; mimicking white ants, 98. Malacoderms, a protected group, 93. Malurid^, 255. Matter, the nature of, 363; Mr. Bayma on, 363; is force, 365. Mechanitis and Methona, mi- micked by Leptalis, 83. Mecocerus, dimorphism of, 155. Mecocerus gazella, 94. Megacepiialon, 196. Megapodid^, sexual colouring and nidification of, 246. Meropogon, 196. Midas dives, 97. Mimeta, mimicking Tropidorhyn- chus, 104. Mimicry, meaning of the word, 74 ; theory of, 76; among Lepi- doptera, 77; how it acts as a protection, 80, 81; of other in- sects by Lepidoptera, 89; among