Ctenostoma, 497.

„ rugosa, 499.

Cuckoo's Spittle, 112.

Cucullia verbasci, 155; Cocoon of, 165; Larva of, 165.

„ Cocoon of, 155.

„ Larva of, 155.

Cucuyo, 512.

„ The, 514.

Culex, The, 35.

Culicidæ, The, 35.

Cursoria, 293.

Cybister, 477, 480.

„ Rœselii, 479.

Cynips, The, 395.

„ insana, 395.

Cynips quercusfolii, 395.

Cynthia cardui, 187.

Cyphocrana gigas, 291.

Cyphonia furcata, 115.

Cyria imperialis, 514.

Dacus, 85.

„ oleæ, 86; M. Guérin-Méneville on, 86.

„ oleæ, 86.

„ Gallery formed by, 88.

„ Larvæ of, 88.

„ Olives attacked by, 87.

Daddy Longlegs, 45.

Damaster, 489.

„ blaptoides, 490.

Death's-Head Hawk-Moth, 205.

„ Chrysalis of, 207.

„ Larvæ of, 206.

Decticus verrucivorus, 299.

„ verrucivorus, 299.

Deilephila, the genus, 196.

„ Elpenor, 196, 200.

„ Elpenor, 200.

„ „ Larva of, 201.

„ „ Pupa of, 201.

„ Euphorbiæ, 196.

„ Euphorbiæ, 197.

„ „ Larva of, 197.

„ nerii, 196, 198.

„ nerii, 198.

„ „ Larva of, 199.

„ „ Pupa of, 199.

Dermaptera, the Order, 284, note.

Dermestes lardarius, 475.

„ vulpinus, 475.

Dermestidæ, 474.

Dichæta, The, 54.

Dicranura verbasci, 259.

„ verbasci, 259.

„ vinula, Larva of, 158, 259.

„ vinula, 258.

„ „ Larva of, 258.

Diptera, Fecundity of the, 34; Divisions of the Order, 34; Meaning of the Name, 33; Organs of the, ib.; Immense Numbers of Species of, 34; the Office of the, ib.; Strength in the, 24.

Dom Allou, Réaumur's mention of, 39.

Donacia nymphæa, 23.

Donaciæ, 520.

Dorcus Titan, 466.

Dorcus Titan, 468.

Dragon-fly, 402, 419; Common, 422.

Drilus, the genus, 510.

„ flavescens, 510.

„ Mauritanicus, 511.

Drone, or Male Bee, 319.

Dynastes Hercules, 457, 461.

„ Hercules, 464.

Dyticus, 477.

„ latissimus, 480.

„ latissimus, 479.

„ marginalis, 479.

„ „ Male and Female, 478.

„ „ Pupa and Larva of, 479.

Earwig, Common, 284, 285.

„ „ Larva, Pupa, and Imago, 285.

Echinomyia, the genus, 70.

„ grossa, 70.

Écume printanière, 112.

Elater, Jumping Organ of, 511 (two figs.).

„ Larva of the, 511.

Elateridæ, 511.

„ phosphorescent, 512.

Elenchus, 504.

„ Walkeri, 504.

Emperor Moth, 249.

Empidæ, M. Macquart on the, 50, 51.

Empusa, 291.

„ gongylodes, 291.

Enema infundibulum, 460.

Ephemera, 402, 418; Larva of an, 419; Pupa of an, ib.

„ Common, 418.

„ Larva of an, 419.

„ Pupa of an, 419.

„ Respiratory Apparatus of, 17.

„ vulgata, 418.

„ „ imago, 418.

Ephemeræ, 51.

Ephemeridæ, 417.

Ephippiger, 300.

„ vitium, 300.

Epinectus, 483.

„ sulcatus, 483.

Erebia Euryale, 191.

„ Euryale, 191.

Erebus strix, 261, 264.

Erebus strix, 264.

Eremiaphila, 291.

Eremobia, The, 311.

Euchlora, 456.

Eugonia alniaria, Larva of, 142.

Eyed Hawk-Moth, 208.

Eyes, 2; Compound, ib.; Number of Facettes in Various Insects, ib.; in the Genus Scarabæus, ib.; Crystalline of, 3; Pigment of, ib.; Simple, 4.

Femur, 6.

Field Cricket, 294.

Flea, 27; Jump of a, 22; Strength of, 28; Eggs of, 29; the Learned, ib.; Metamorphosis of, 29; Larva of, ib.

Flea, 27.

„ Grasshopper, 114.

Flies, a Beggar eaten by, 73.

Fly, Extremity on the Proboscis of, 80.

„ Lancet of a, 82.

„ Executioner, 83.

„ House, 83.

„ Lantern, 109.

„ Lips of the Proboscis of, 81.

„ Ox, 83.

„ Spanish, 499.

Forester, The, 194.

Forficula, 285.

„ auricularia, 285.

Formica cunicularia, 392.

Formicæ, 378.

Formica flava, 382.

„ fuliginosa, 382.

„ fusca, 390.

„ sanguinea, 390, 393.

Formicariæ, 314.

Fossores, 393.

Fossorial Hymenoptera, 393.

Froghopper, 114.

„ The, 114.

Fulgora lanternaria, 109.

Gad-flies, Herd of Horses attacked by, 56.

Gad-fly, 54; M. Joly on, ib.

„ Eggs of, 57.

Galerita, 490.

„ Lecontei, 492.

„ „ Larva of, 492.

Galerucæ, 520.

Gall Insect, 395.

Galleria, Bee-hive, or Wax, 278, 348.

Galleria cerella, 278.

Gallicolæ, 314.

Gallinsecta, 129.

Gall-insects, The, 314, 395.

Gall, Interior of a, 395.

Galls, Oak, 395.

„ produced by Insect, 395.

Ganglions, Cephalic, 18.

„ Lacordaire, M., on, 18.

Geocorisæ, The, 90.

Geometers, 142, 264.

Geometrinæ, the Family of the, 264.

„ Caterpillars of the, 264.

Geotrupes, 457.

„ stercorarius, 24, 458.

Ghost Moth, The, 257.

Gipsey-Moth, Scaly Legs of the Caterpillar of, 139.

Gizzard, The, 9.

Glossina morsitans, 74.

Glow-worm, 509.

Gnat, The, 35; Water good for the Cure of Bites, 38.

„ The, 35.

„ Antennæ of, 36.

„ Eggs of, magnified, 42.

„ Head of, 36.

„ Lancets of, 37.

„ Larva of, 38.

„ Pupa of, 39.

„ Trunk of, magnified, 37.

Gnats emerging, 41.

Gnorimus nobilis, 445.

Goat Moth, 255.

„ The, 256.

Goliathus, 439.

„ cacicus, 440.

„ „ Male and Female, 442, 443.

„ Derbyana, 440.

„ Derbyana, 441.

„ Druryi, 440.

„ Druryi, 444.

„ Polyphemus, 440.

„ Polyphemus, 441.

Golofa claviger, 457.

„ claviger, 458.

„ Porteri, 459.

Gonepteryx rhamni, 178.

Grapta, C. album, The, 187.

Grasshopper, 284, 293.

„ Great Green, 299.

Grave-diggers, 470.

Gryllacris, the genus, 300.

Gryllo-talpa vulgaris, The, 295; Nest of the, 297.

Gryllus campestris, The, 293.

„ domesticus, The, 294.

„ sylvestris, The, 295.

Guérin-Méneville, M., on the Sciara, 46.

Gullet, 8.

Gyrinidæ, 477.

Gyrinus, 482.

„ distinctus, 483.

„ natator, 482.

„ „ Larva of, 482.

„ striatus, 483.

Hair-Moth, 282.

Halictophagus, 504.

„ Curtisii, 504.

Haliblus fulvus, 481.

Harpalidæ, 490.

Harpalus æneus, 490.

„ æneus, 492.

Hautlit, M. Virlet d'Aoust's description of, 98.

Hawk-Moth, Elephant, 196, 200.

„ Eyed, 208.

„ Lime-tree, 209.

„ Oleander, 196, 197.

„ Poplar, 209.

Head, The, 1.

Heart, 13.

Helomyza, 85.

„ a Species of, 85.

Helophilus, 52.

„ Larvæ of, 53.

„ Species of, 53.

Hemerobiidæ, 428.

Hemerobius, 427.

Hepialus, the Genus, 257.

„ humuli, 257.

Herisson, 153.

Heterocera. See Moth.

Heterocerus, Hind Legs of a, 7.

Hipparcia Janira, 192.

Hister, 467.

„ rugosus, 470.

Hive, Bell-shaped, 351.

„ Bell-shaped, 351.

„ Cells of, 326.

„ English, 351.

Hive, Garden, 354.

„ Garden, 354.

„ in Leaves, 322.

„ Interior of a, 327.

„ Polish, 353.

„ Swiss, 352.

„ under Shade of Trees, 355.

Homoderus Mellyi, 466.

Honeycomb, Portion of, with Eggs in Cells, 330.

Hop-dog, The, 253.

Hornet, The, 375.

„ The, 370.

Hornet's Nest, Hanging, 375.

Horse-fly, Male and Female, 57.

„ Larvæ of, in Stomach of Horse, 58.

House-fly, 83.

Humble Bee, 313; Nest of, 358.

„ Male, 358.

„ Nest of the Moss, 360.

Humble Bee's Nest, Cells from, 359.

Humming-Bird Hawk-Moth, 195.

„ Caterpillar of, 196.

Hybernia defoliaria, 267.

„ leucophearia, 267.

„ leucophearia, Male, 267.

Hydaticus grammicus, 482.

„ grammicus, 482.

Hydrocorisæ, The, 90, 97.

Hydrometræ, The, 91, 96.

Hydrometra stagnorum, 97.

„ stagnorum, 97.

Hydrophili, 476.

Hydrophilus, Four Stages of the, 20.

„ piceus, 476.

„ in its Four Stages, 21.

„ Abdomen of, 477.

„ piceus, 476.

„ Pupa of the, 477.

Hydroporus confluens, 481.

„ confluens, 481.

„ griseo-striatus, 481.

Hydropsyche, 432.

„ atomaria, 434.

„ atomaria, Larva, Pupa, &c., 433.

Hydrous caraboides, 477.

Hylesinus, 518.

„ piniperda, 518.

Hylesinus piniperda, 518.

Hymenoptera, Fossorial, 393.

„ Power of Flight in the, 24.

Hypsauchenia balista, 115.

Iassus devastans, 114.

Ichneumons, The, 394; Larvæ of, 314.

Imago, 19.

Inca, 445.

„ clathrata, 445.

„ clathrata, 446.

Insect, Names of the Principal Parts of an, 1; Various Stages of, 20; Strength of, 21; Power of Traction in, 23; Classes of, 26.

„ Leaf, 285.

„ The Adult, 400.

„ Head of, 1.

„ Mouth of a Masticating, 6.

„ Organs of Circulation, 8.

„ „ Breathing in an, 14.

Intestine, Large and Small, 8.

Julodis, The Genus, 515.

Jumping Insect, Posterior Leg of a, 7.

Kakerlac Americana, 287.

„ insignis, 288.

Kermes, 136.

„ Polish, 136.

Laccophilus minutus, 482.

„ minutus, 482.

„ variegatus, 481.

Lackey Moth, The, 249.

„ The, 250.

Lady-bird, 520.

„ Larva of the, 520.

Lady-birds, 521.

Lamellicornes, The, 436.

Lampyridæ, 509.

Lampyris noctiluca, 509.

„ „ Male and Female, 509.

Lantern Fly, The, 110.

Larva, 19; Meaning of the Word, 20.

„ The, 400.

„ Aquatic, Branchiæ of, 17.

Leaf-rollers, 272.

Lecheguana, The, 376.

Legs of Insects, 6, et seq.

Leopard, Wood, 257.

Le petit Diable, 116.

Lepidoptera, Meaning of the Word, 138; Antennæ of, 169.

Leptidæ, 49.

Libellula, 402, 419.

„ depressa, 422.

„ Larva of perfect Insect emerging, 421.

Lime Hawk-Moth, 207.

„ Larva of, 208.

Limenitis Camilla, 190.

„ Camilla, 189.

„ Sibilla, 189.

Lina populi, 520.

„ Larvæ of, 520.

Lions des Pucerons, 427.

Liparis, The Genus, 210.

„ chrysorrhœa, 253.

„ chrysorrhœa, 254.

Lobster Moth, 259.

„ Larva of, 259.

Locust, 284, 293, 301.

Locust, 301.

„ A Cloud of, in Algeria, 303.

Locusta viridissima, 299.

Longicorns, 519.

Looper Caterpillar, 141, 144 (four figs.).

„ Hanging by its Thread, 265 (five figs.).

Lophyrus pini, 399.

„ pini, 399.

Louse, 31; Means Employed to Kill, 31; of the Bee, 348.

„ magnified, 31.

„ Plant, 101, 116.

Lucanus, 465.

„ bellicosus, 466.

„ bellicosus, 467.

„ cervus, 466.

„ Mellyi, 466.

Lucilia Cæsar, The, 72.

„ hominivorax, The, 72.

„ hominivorax, 72.

Luciola Italica, 510.

Lycæna, Genus, 180.

„ Ægon, 182.

„ Battus, 181.

„ Battus, 182.

„ Corydon, 181.

„ Corydon, 182.

„ See Polyommatus.

Lycænidæ, Family of the, 178.

Lycus, The Genus, 510.

„ latissimus, 510.

Lygæus, Genus, 91, 92.

Lytta, 498.

„ vesicatoria, 499.

Macroglossa, The Genus, 194.

„ stellatarum, 194.

„ „ Pupa of, 196.

Malpighian Vessels, 11.

Mandibles, Nerves of the, 18.

Manticora, 497.

„ tuberculata, 498.

Mantidæ, The, 288.

Mantis, The Genus, 284, 285.

„ oratoria, 289.

„ religiosa, 289.

„ religiosa, and its Larva, 290.

Mantispa, 423.

„ pagana, 423.

Marte, Le, 153.

Mason Bee, Nest of, 364.

„ and Nest, 364.

„ Interior of the Nest of the, 365.

May-fly, 418; Respiratory Apparatus of, 418.

Meadow Brown, 192.

Meal-worm, 498.

Meat-fly, Eggs of, 77.

„ Lancet of, 83.

„ Trunk of, 79 (two figs.).

Megaceras chorinæus, 463.

Megachile, 367.

„ centuncularis, 366.

„ Rose, 366.

Megalosoma anubis, 461, 463.

„ Male and Female, 463, 464.

Melasoma, 497.

Melipona, 356, 357.

„ a Species of, 357.

„ scutellaris, Nest of, 357.

Meloë, 507.

„ proscarabæus, 507.

Melolontha, 445.

„ fullo, 456.

„ Hippocastani, 456.

„ vulgaris, 447; Larva of, 452; Pupa of, ib.

Membracis foliata, 115.

Mérian, Mdlle. Sybille de, 111.

Metamorphoses, 21.

Migratory Locust, 301.

Mole Cricket, 295.

„ Nest of the, 297.

Mormolyce phyllodes, 491.

„ phyllodes, 493.

„ „ Larva and Pupa of, 493.

Moth, Definition of, 192.

„ Bee-hive, 270.

„ Brown-tailed, 253.

„ Burdock, 282.

„ Carpet, 282.

„ Cherry-tree, 282.

„ Clothes, 270.

„ Currant, 268.

„ Emperor, 249.

„ Fur, or Skin, 279, 282.

„ Hair, 279, 282.

„ Hawthorn, 282.

„ Peppered, 268.

„ Procession, 249.

„ Rustic, 282.

„ Winter, 267.

„ Woollen, 279.

„ case of, attached to piece of cloth, 282.

„ just emerged, 163.

„ whose wings are developing, 164.

„ whose wings are developed, 164.

„ whose wings are folded up, 163.

„ portion of wing of, magnified, 166.

Mouches Papilionacées, 431.

Mouth of Insects, 1, 5.

Mulberry Leaves, the Empress Si-ling-chi Gathering, 213.

Musca bovina, 83.

„ carnifex, 83.

„ domestica, 83.

Muscidæ, The, 70; M. Macquart on the, 70.

Mutilla Europæa, 393.

„ „ Male and Female, 393.

Mylabris chicorii, 500.

Myrmeleo, 424.

„ formicarius, 425.

„ libelluloides, 426; Larva of, 427.

„ libelluloides, 426.

„ „ Larva of, 427.

Myrmeleonidæ, 424.

Myrmeleonides, 402.

Myrmicæ, The, 378.

Myrmica rubra, The, 376, 382; Larva of, 383; Pupa of, 383.

Myzoxyle mali, 118.

Nebria, 489.

„ arenaria, 489.

„ arenaria, 488.

„ brevicollis, 23.

Necrobia, Genus, 515; Meaning of the Name, ib.

„ ruficollis, 516.

Necrodes, 469.

„ lacrymosa, 470.

„ littoralis, 470.

„ „ Male and Female, 470.

Necrophorus, 467, 470.

„ Germanicus, 472.

„ vespillo, 23, 471.

„ vespillo, 472.

Nemobius sylvestris, 295.

Nemoptera, 427.

„ Coa, 428.

Nemoura, 416.

„ Larva of a, 416.

„ variegata, 417.

„ „ Larva of, 417.

Nepa, 97.

„ cinerea, 97.

Nervous System in Insects, 18.

Neuroptera, Strength of, 24.

Noctua brunnea, The, 260.

„ brunnea, 261.

„ musiva, 260.

„ musiva, 261.

„ nebulosa, 260.

„ tegamon, 260.

Noctuina, The Group, 259; Caterpillars of the, 261.

Noterus crassicornis, 480.

„ crassicornis, 480.

Notonecta, 97, 99.

„ glauca, M. Léon Dufour on the, 99, 100.

„ glauca, 100.

Nymph, 19.

Nymphalidæ, The Family, 189.

Nyssia zonaria, The, 268.

„ „ Male and Female, 268.

Oak leaf rolled perpendicularly, 272.

„ rolled sideways, 272.

Ocelli, 2, 4.

Ocypus olens, 473.

Odynerus, 376.

„ Larvæ of, 377.

„ Nest of, 377.

„ Pupa of, 377.

„ Species of, 377.

Œcanthus, 296.

Œcophora, 270; Caterpillars of the Genus, 282.

Œsophagus, 8.

Œstrus, 54; Parasitical on Man, ib.; M. Joly on, 54, 59.

„ bovis, 60.

„ equi, 54.

„ ovis, 66.

Ommexeca, 312.

Omophron, 489.

„ libatum, 488.

Omus, 497.

Onthophagus nuchicornis, 24.

Ophion, 394.

„ a Species of, 395.

Orange-tipped Butterfly, 177.

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