Branner, John C., on lantern-fly, 67. Burning bush, legends of, 129. Canton’s phosphorus, 156. Centipedes, 69. Chalk Cliff, Dover, 3. “Challenger,” exploring-ship, 24, 31. China, luminous insects in, 65. Chinese luminous paint, 164. Coal-mines, luminosity in, 133. Collingwood, Dr. Cuthbert, on luminous fungus, 134. Corals, 21. Col. Pike on their phosphorescence, 21. Cosmic dust, 148 _et seq._ composition of, 149. Crabs, luminous, 72 _et seq._ Cranes, phosphorescence of, 109. Crustaceans, luminous, 72. Lieut. Bellot on, 73. Nordenskiöld on, 73. Cuttle-fishes, 46. Cyclops, 73. Darwin on phosphorescence of _Medusæ_, 17. ---- on earthworms, 34. ---- on lightning-bugs of South America, 57. ---- on dust-showers, 152. Deep sea, fishes of, 91 _et seq._ Deep-sea shrimps, brilliant colors, 79. Deep-sea dredging, 93. Dejean, Gen., story of, 47. Diatoms, luminous, 128 _et seq._ Donovan, luminous insects of India, 68. Drummond, Mr., on luminous toadstools, 136. Dubois, Professor Raphael, on phosphorescence, 61. Dust, luminous, 148. Dust showers at sea, 152. Earth-worms, 33. of New Zealand, 33. Darwin on, 34. Roman villas preserved by, 34. of Australia, 35. of India, 35. luminosity, 35. Echinoderm, nature of, 29. Finny light-bearers, 91 _et seq._ Fireflies, 59 _et seq._ as ball-room ornaments, 59. as lanterns, 60. spectrum of their light, 61. brilliancy, 52. Fire-mushroom, 134. Fish, luminous, 91 _et seq._ Fish, dead, phosphorescent, 141. “Fish-stories,” 97. Fogs, luminous, 146. Fox-fire, 131. Florida Reef, 3, 24. displays of phosphorescence at, 107. Flowers, luminous, 121. Frog’s eggs, luminosity of, 114. Fungus, luminous, 133 _et seq._ Gardiner, Mr., on luminous fungus, 135. Garfish, phosphorescent, 106. Gecko, luminosity of, 115. _Globerigina_, 3. Goethe on luminosity of poppy, 122. Gorgonias, 24. Sir Wyville Thompson on, 25. Dr. Holder on, 26. Günther, Dr., on luminous fish, 92. Hailstones, luminous, 145. Homer’s “Iliad,” dust-shower in, 154. Herons, luminosity of, 113. Human beings sometimes luminous, 116. Humboldt on phosphorescence, 6. Ice, luminous, 146. Infusoria, 152. Jaeger, Professor, on luminous beetles, 60. Jelly-fish. See _Medusæ_. Josephus refers to luminosity of plants, 130. Kane, Dr. E. K., curious instance of luminosity recorded by, 117. Lantern-flies, 64 _et seq._ Legends of the “burning bush,” 129. Light-emitting organs of _Medusæ_, 17. Luminous larvæ, 54 _et seq._