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Transcriber's notes:

(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
      printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
      underscore, like C_n.

(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.

(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
      paragraphs.

(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
      inserted.

(5) [root] stands for the root symbol; [alpha], [beta], etc. for greek
      letters.

(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

    ARTICLE LABYRINTHULIDEA: "From each cyst ultimately emerges a
      single amoeba, or more rarely four (figs. 6, 7)." 'amoeba' amended
      from 'amoebae'.

    ARTICLE LACE: "... upon the lace-making industry in
      Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire contains many
      illustrations of laces made in these counties from the 17th century
      to the present time." 'Bedfordshire' amended from 'Bedforshire'.

    ARTICLE LACONIA: "The coast, especially on the east, is rugged and
      dangerous." 'especially' amended from 'expecially'.

    ARTICLE LA FARGE, JOHN: "Hokusai: A Talk about Hokusai (New York,
      1897), and An Artist's Letters from Japan (New York, 1897)."
      'Hokusai' amended from 'Hoksuai'.

    ARTICLE LAMELLIBRANCHIA: "The series of oval holes on the back of
      the lamella are the water-pores which open between the filaments in
      irregular rows separated horizontally by the transverse
      inter-filamentar junctions." 'filamentar' amended from 'filmentar'.




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       VOLUME XVI, SLICE I

      L to Lamellibranchia


ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE:

  L                                LA FARINA, GIUSEPPE
  LAACHER SEE                      LA FAYETTE, GILBERT MOTIER DE
  LAAGER                           LA FAYETTE, LOUISE DE
  LAAS, ERNST                      LA FAYETTE, ROCH GILBERT DU MOTIER
  LA BADIE, JEAN DE                LA FAYETTE, PIOCHE DE LA VERGNE
  LABEL                            LAFAYETTE
  LABEO, MARCUS ANTISTIUS          LA FERTE
  LABERIUS, DECIMUS                LA FERTE-BERNARD
  LABIATAE                         LA FERTE-MILON
  LABICANA, VIA                    LAFFITTE, JACQUES
  LABICHE, EUGENE MARIN            LAFFITTE, PIERRE
  LABICI                           LA FLECHE
  LABID                            LAFONT, PIERRE CHERI
  LABIENUS                         LA FONT