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Abraxas glossulariata, Leach, T. 147;
130; 154; 193; 214
Acanthocinus ædilis, M. 110, fig.
Acanthosoma grisea, Steph., T. 103
Acarina, M. 27

Accentor modularis, T. 34

Acherontia atropos, A. 200; T. 69; M.
96, fig.; 113

Acheta campestris, A. 244; M. 80; A.
domestica, A. 241; T. 414; M.81; 139
Achetide, Leach, M. 80

Acrida verrucivora, A. 246, fig.; M.53,
A. viridissima, M. 76, 77, fig.; 109;
149, 151

Acronycta Euphrasia, A. 179; A. Ligus-
tri, Ochsenheim. T. 141
Adela de Geerella, M. 110, figs.
Adephaga, Clairville, T. 232; M. 42
Egeria asiliformis, Steph., A. 192; 321;
T. 316; 220; 322; E. effects of, on
currant and poplar trees, T. 220; nest
of, in a poplar, A. 192; pupa of, T.
323, fig.; E. tipuliformis, T. 220
Eshna, T. 338; E. varia, Shaw, M. 67,

fig.

Agelena labyrinthica, Walck., A. 357
Age of female ants, M. 252; insects
not improved by, M. 293
Aglossa pinguinalis, Latr., T. 236
Agrion puella, T. 403

Alcedo, T. 33.

Aldrovand's classification, M. 384
Aleyrodes, T. 98.
Alopecurus, M. 24.

Alucita, T. 98; A. hexadactyla, Leach,

T. 345

Alucitida, Leach, T. 815
Amazon ants, M. 343

American ants, raft formed by, A. 260
American blight, history of, M. 178
Analogy between human and insect go-
vernment, M. 292

Anas mollissima, Linn., T. 79
Anbury on the roots of cabbages, &c.
A. 390

Anchomenus prasinus, Bonelli, M. 51
Andræna nigroanea, Steph., T. 66
Andrena cineraria, Fabr., T. 51
Andrena, A. 43
Andrenida, M. 53

Anecdote of St. Francis Xavier, A. 63;
of a water measurer, T. 357
Anecdotes, A. 5, from Huber, T. 408
Angle-shades moth, magnified eggs of,
T. 42, fig.
Animal galls, A. 601
Anobium pertinax, A. 26; T. 50; M.
101, fig.; A. striatum, M. 101, fig.;
A. tesselatum, A. 305; M. 101, fig.
Ant, history of a labouring, by M.
Huber, A. 267; alleged to be blind,
119; battles, ancient records of, M.
335; expeditions to capture slaves,
342; slaves, condition of, 352
Ant-lion, A. 209; structure of the grub

of the, 210, fig. ; formation of the traps
of the, 211, fig., 212, fig.; expansion
in the fly of the, T. 334, fi
Antennæ of insects supposed to be
analogous to ears, M. 106

Antennal box of water-beetles, M. 115;
Antennal language, objections to, M.
110, 113
Antennules, M. 9

Anthemis maritima, M. 20
Anthomyia meteorica, Meigen, A. 409
Anthonomus pomorum, T. 244
Anthophora retusa, A. 34, 35, 41
Anthrenus museorum, Fabr., T. 188
Anthrocera filipendula, Steph., T. 171
Anthus pratensis, Bechstein, T. 78
Anthydium municatum, Fabricius, A.

57

Antirrhinum majus, M. 49

Ants, architecture of, A. 254; general
history of, begun by Gould, 251; sort
of earth employed by, 257; night pro-
ceedings of, 262; proceedings of, du-
ring rain, 262; experiments with re-
gard to the proceedings of, 266; nests,
experiments respecting, 271; sports
of, T. 376; gymnastics of, 377; hy-
bernation of, 407; drinking of, M.
40; odour of, 56; their lapping, 170;
pairing of, 241; male and female,
246; migrations of, 273; garden, de-
camping of, 276; government among,
297; wars of, 335

Apatela leporina, Steph., T. 35
Aphaniptera, M. 157

Aphides, A. 390; 394; T. 65; 87; 260
Aphides on currant-leaves, A. 395; on
lime-tree shoots, 396; checked by lady-
birds and syrphida, T. 271; fecundity
of, 19; sometimes produce eggs, some-
times young, 112; leaf-rolling, A.
394; migrations of, 79; singular pair-
ing of, 68

Aphis ribis, A. 394, 395; A. sambuci,
395; A. sorbi, A. 391; A. semi-galls
of, A. 390

Aphis, A. 391; T. 47, 112; A. of the
oak, sucker of, M. 177; A. Alni, A.
Pruni, and Sambuci, T. 87; A.
Fabe, M. 178; A. humuli, A. 394;
T. 12; M. 178; A. lanata, A. 381;
A. lanigera, Illiger, M. 178; A. pini,
A. 399; A. quercus, T. 113; M. 177,
169; A. rosa, A. 394; T. 105; A.
tilia, A. 396; A. ulmi, 395
Apide, Leach, M. 42

Apion, Herbst. T. 233; M. 106
Apis mellifica, A. 697, M. 129
Apple and pear mould, microscopic
view of, T. 30, fig.

Aquatic mites walking through water,
↑. 385

Aquilegia bicolor, M. 175; A. vulgaris,

51

Arachnida, T. 177

Aranea aurantia, Oliv. M. 17; A. dia-
dema, T. 359; A. domestica, A. 357;
368; A. holoserica. Linn., A. 364;
A. obtectrix, Bechstein, A. 350; T.
397; A. reticulata, A. 342
Arctia caja, Steph., T. 69, 176, 187, 193;
A. villica, Steph, A. 324, fig.
Argyromiges Rayella, Curt., A. 234
Argyroneta aquatica, Walck., A. 365;
T. 382; 398

Aristotle's Classification, M. 381
Armadillo vulgaris, Cuvier, T, 188
Aroma, M. 59

Arrangements, systematic, M. 380
Arrangement of specimens, M.379
Artichoke gall of the oak-bud, with
gall-fly, A. 378, fig.

Asellus aquaticus, Leach, T. 383
Ateucus, A. 249

Athalia, T. 218

Bedeguar of the rose, A. 375, fig. ; one
of the bristles magnified, A. 377, fig.
Bee, cells strengthened by the grub of,
A. 140; hunting in America, A. 146;
and syrphus, comparative figures of,
T. 4, fig.; Swammerdam's account
of the wings of the, T. 343; tongue
of, adapted to the nectaries of flow-
ers, 172, fig.; barges of Egypt and
France, 262; caravans of Germany,
262; duels, 328; robbers, 329
Bees compared to mechanics, A. 25;
dissections of, by Mademoiselle Ju-
rine and M. Latreille, A. 102; di-
vision of the labour of, 112; Huber's
experiments with, 115; mathemati-
cal problem solved by, 121; symme-
try in the architecture of, explained,
133; Virgil's receipt for making a
swarm of, T.3; cleanliness of, 6;
and wasps, parasites of, 67; hyber-
nation of, 410; whether they per-
forate flowers, M. 175; pairing of,
253; migrations of, 283; wars of, 322;
government of, 306; vision of, 121
Bees'-wax, erroneous account of the
Abbé La Pluche concerning, A. 94;
conjectures of Réaumur concerning,
95; discovery of John Hunter con-
cerning, 96; experiments of Huber
respecting the formation of, 97
Beetles, A. 247

Belostoma, M. 115

Beroè globulosa, Lamarck, T. 353
Bibio febrilis, feetfof, T. 391, figs.

Bibio hortulanus, Meigen, T. 266, 267,
fig.

Birds, moulting of, T. 176; of prey,
peculiar faculty of, 361; smell in,
M. 51

Black-veined white butterfly, disap-

pearance of the, T. 214

Blainville's opinion of smell, M. 62
Blackheath, destruction of herbage on,
T. 254

Blaps mortisaga, Fabr. T. 240, 241,
242; M. 53

Blatta, T. 66; B. Orientalis, M. 149;
B. gigantea, M. 152, figs.; 153; B.
lapponica, M. 152

Blattida, Steph. M. 152

Blennius ovo-viviparous, Lacepède, T.

108

Blight, popular errors respecting, T.
11; Dr. Good's account of, 12;
caused by an oak-leaf-roller, 203;
American, history of, M. 178
Blind ants, A. 261

"Blind as a beetle," origin of the pro-
verb, M. 15

Blood, supposed formative of the, T.
132; supposed showers of, accounted
for, T. 351

Blood-worm, T. 304; plumed appara-
tus in the, T. 305; remarkable evo-
lution of the, T. 319

Blow-fly (chequered), T. 110, fig.; Ab-
domen and young larvæ, 100, fig.;
coil of larvæ, 110, fig.; Large Grey,
with the abdomen and young mag-
gots, 111, fig.; breathing apparatus
of the maggot, 111, fig.; bellows ap-
paratus in the pupa of the, 321;
newly-hatched, 338. fig.

Blue bottle, feet of, T. 391, figs.
Boletophila, T. 98

Bombardier Beetle, its proceedings, M.
54, fig.

Bombi, A. 36

Bombus lapidaria, A. 70; B. muscorum,
Latr., 64; B. terrestris, ib. 69, 70;
M. 29

Bombylii, T. 4; M. 39

Bombyx mori, Á. 315, 320; T. 64
Bonnet's experiments on aphides, M.
69; observations on hearing, M. 73
Bonsdorf's opinion of the palpi, M. 10
Boxes for collecting insects, M. 369,
fig.; 375, fig.

Braces for setting, M. 377, fig.
Brachinus crepitans, M. 54; B. displo-
sor, M. 55

Bramble, pseudo gall of the, A. 397,
fig.

Breeding-cage, Stephens's, M. 364
Rennie's, M. 365, fig.

Breeze-fly's egg, hatching of the, 4.
410, fig.

Breeze-fly, ovipositor of, 403, fig.; ef-
fects produced by the, upon cattle,
A. 405; 412, fig.; ovipositor, of the
rein-deer, observation of Linnæus
on the, A. 406; of man, 415; deli-
cacy of taste in, M. 26

Brown Ants, proceeding of the, A. 258
Brown-tail Moth, winter nest of the,
A. 330, fig.: extraordinary ravages
of the, T. 208; female, 83, fig.;
tweezers of, 84, fig.

Bruchida, Leach, T. 233

Bruchus Pisi and B. Granarius, Linn.,
T. 233

Brunelli's experiments on Grasshop-
pers, M. 77

Bryophila Perla, A. 183

Buds of plants, dissection of, T. 136
Buff-tip, ravages of the, T. 204

Bug, experiment with, by Bomare, M.

60; sucker of the black-horned, M.

183, 184, fig.; origin of the word, 184;
the bed, its history, 185; sucker of a
water-bug, 187, fig.
Bumps or warbles produced on cattle,
A. 412, fig.

Burying Beetle, A. 247; smell in,
M. 46, fig.

Butterflies, admirable and painted lady,
A. 168; supposed to be coloured like
flowers, T. 149; forced in winter,
311; retarding the evolution of by
cold, 312; battles of, 371; drinking
of, M. 41; male and female, 214;
perishing in the sea, 266

Butterfly and Moth, eggs of, magni-

fied, T. 41, fig.; egg of the meadow
brown, magnified, 43, fig.; net,
M. 371, fig.

Buzz of Flies, M. 90; of the Gnat, 94

Cabbage Butterfly, egg of, T. 133, fig. ;
embryo butterflies in the caterpillar,
135, fig; caterpillar when grown,
135, fig; perfect female of, 136, fig;
caterpillars prefer weeds, T. 213
Cabinets useful, but not indispens-
able in the study of natural history,
A. 6

Caddis Worms, A. 185; leaf and reed-
nests of, 185, fig.; shell-nests of, 186,
fig.; stone and sand-nests of, 187,
fig; nests of, balanced with straws,
188, fig.

Caddis Flies, netted doors in the pupa
cases of, T. 820

Calandra Granaria, Clairville, T. 234
Calepteryx Virgo, M. 160, fig.
Callidium Violaceum, A. 198
Callimone Bedeguaris, Steph., A. 375;
T. 60

Callimorpha Jacobae, Steph., M. 76
Calosoma Inquisitor, M. 55, fig.
Calosoma Sycophanta, Weber, T. 244;
voracity of, 244

Camel, smell in, M. 52

Cannibalism of Earwigs and Crickets
and Mantis, M. 147, 154; among
Spiders, 209
Canna Indica, M. 51

Capricious flight of insects, M. 265
Capricorn Beetle, A. 240, fig.
Caprifolium Sempervirens, M. 50, fig.
Carabus Monilis, A. 255

Carder Bees, A. 64; method of prepar-
ing and conveying their materials,
A. 65, fig.; nests, structure of, 67,
fig. breeding cells of, 68, fig., in-
terior of nest of, 68, fig.
Card-making Wasp of Cayenne, A. 87;
nest of, 88 fig.

Carpenter Ants, A. 279.

Carpenter Bees, A. 45; methods of
working, 45; history of one at Lee,
46; violet coloured of France, 47, 49;
fig; nests of, 49, fig.; teeth of, mag-
nified, 49, fig.; compared with our
joiners, 50; (Chelostoma) instance of
maternal care in the, T. 50; of the
elder and of the bramble, A. 51
Carpenter Caterpillars, A. 189
Carpenter Wasp, A. 52; curious ac-
count of, 53, fig.; nests of, 53, fig.;
cacoon of, 55, fig.

Case-fly, with pupæ, and grating of
pupa case, T. 321, figs.
Cassida Equestris, Fabr., T. 190, 191,
fig.; grub of, 191, fig.; grub of, with
its canopy, 191, fig.; casting of the
internal lining of the stomach in

larvæ, 174; cast skins sometimes de→
voured, 177

Caterpillar, A. 20; of Tussock Moth,
20; lilac-leaf rolling, 160, fig.; oak-
leaf rolling, 162, fig.; rose-leaf roll-
ing, 163; groups of eggs of, T. 20,
fig.; nettle-leaf rolling, A. 164, fig.;
sorrel-leaf rolling, 167, fig.; willow-
leaf-bundling, 170, fig.: zigzac, nest
of, 172, fig.; of the chick-weed, its
nest, 178; of the cypress spurge, 179,
fig. its nest, 179, fig.; (Bryophila
Perla ?) and its moss cell, 183, fig.:
of Greenwich Park wall, 184; of
goat moth, 189, fig.; winter nest
of, 190, fig.; singular nest of, 191;
air holes of, 308, fig.; mode of escap-
ing from a drinking glass, T. 178,
fig.; bark building of the oak, 197;
of the ghost moth, 201; of the
clothes moth, 217; mode of the,
building of the, 219; experiments on,
220; cases of the, 221, fig.; migra
tion of the, 222; on the leaf of the
monthly rose, 234, fig.; on the leaf
of the bramble, 236, fig.; on the leaf
of the primrose, 237, fig.; vine-leaf
mining. 238; on the leaf of the alder,
238; bark-mining, 239; parasite of
the garden snail, 416; embryo butter-
fly in the, T. 13; of the angle-shaded
moth, 191, fig.; of the drinker
moth, 194, fig.; of the gooseberry
saw-fly, ravages of the, 215; which
feeds on chocolate, 224 leaf-rolling,
A. 159; gregarious, experiments on,
174; rolling leaves, design of, 174;
nests, durability of, 180; compared
with our structures, 181; earth
mason, 200; tent making, 223; tent
on the leaf of an elm, 224, fig.; in,
different stages, 226, fig.; on a nettle
leaf, 226, fig.; constructed on stones,
228, fig.; stone mason, 227; leaf
mining, 233; social leaf mining,
238; mode of spinning by, described
by La Pluche, 310; social spinning,
$29; nest of processionary, 334, fig.;
solitary and gregarious, T.71; struc-
ture of, 128; internal structure of,
138; imitative forms of, 142; in form
of branches, 145; conspicuously co-
loured, 147; singular forms of, 151;
moulting of, 172, fig.; defensive hairs
and spines of, 187; horny hairs of,
189, figs.; winter covering of, 192;
ravages of, 202; of the ermine moth,
experiments with, 206; in particular
years, cause of the abundance of,
210; in what manner some suspend
themselves, 274; the attempt of, to
suspend themselves, sometimes un-
successful, 277; organ of, for holding
fast while suspending themselves,
278; suspensory cincture of some, 279
Catocala fraxini, Schrank, T. 142, fig.
143, fig.; C. nupta, A. 19; M. 19, fig.
20; C. sponsa, A. 320.

Cat, its mode of lapping, M., 170
Cecidomyia, A. 381, 382; 290
Cecidomyia destructor, Say, T. 261
Cecidomyia Tritici, Kirby, T. 256
Cells of bees enlarged when honey is
plentiful, A. 136; building of the, A.
111; of male bees, size of, A, 136
Centaurea montana, M. 45, fig.
Cerceris aurita, Lat., and C. quadrifass
ciata, Bosc. T. 55; C, ornata, T, 54
Cerambycida, M. 12

Chalcididae, Westwood, T. 59
Chalcis, T. 59

Chareas Graminis, Steph., M. 24
Cheese-hopper, the maggot of Piophila,
T. 263; structure of the, 264; trans-
formation of the into a fly, 265, fig.
Chelostoma florisomne, T. 50

Chigoe of the West Indies, M., 191, fig.
Chironomi, T. 383

Chironomus aterrimus, Meigen, T. 365;
C. motitator, Fabr., M. 6; C. plumosus,
T. 305, figs.; 306; 320
Chirp of crickets, M. 80

Chlorops Pumilionis, Meigen, T. 261
Christina, Queen of Sweden, M., 190
Chrysalides, A. 22; hatched under a
hen, T, 310

Chrysalis, A. 21; and transformations
of the peacock fly, T. 294
Chrysis, T. 53; C. ignita, T. 54,
Chrysomela Populi, A. 20
Chrysomelida, M. 7

Chrysopa perla, Leach, T. 191; 335; C.
reticulata, ib. 44

Chrysotorum fasciolatum, M. 90
Churchyard Beetle, in the grub and
perfect state, T. 241, figs.
Cibarian system, M. 389

Cicada, A. 147; its music, M. 83, 84
Cicade, A. 278; 403; T. 8; 56; M.
82, 83; figs.; do not live on dew, M.

150

Cicada hæmatodes, Linn., A. 147
Cicuta virosa, M. 24

Cimex lectularius, T. 165; M. 29; 60;
183; C. nigricornis, M. 183, 184
Cimicidæ, M. 43; 53; 183

Cicindela, A. 207, 209; M. 9; nest of,
A. 207

Cinclus aquaticus, Bechstein, T. 362;

383

Circulation during the sleep of man,
how effected, T. 404
Clairville's classification, M. 391
Clap net, M., 371. fig.

Classification of insects, M. 381
Claws of spiders organs of touch, M. 7
Click-beetle, T. 230, fig.

Clisiocampa Neustria, A. 174; 327;
329; T. 69; 85; 154; 205; M. 73, 74,
fig.

Clothes-moths, varieties in the species
of, A. 217; methods of destroying,
A.218

Clouded yellow butterfly, anecdote of,
M. 13, fig.

Clypeaster, Parkinson, T. 42
Cnethocampa Pitzocampa, Steph., T.
195 C. processionea, ib. A. 333, 334
Coccide, Leach, T. 87

Coccinella, A. 395; C. bipunctata, A. 4;
C. 2-punctata, and C. 20-punctata,
Linn., T. 270; septempunctata, A. 4;
T. 35; 269
Coccinelle, T. 45

Coccinellida, Lat. T. 269; 285; M.53
Cocco-viviparous flies (Hippoboscida),

T. 116

Coccus cacti, Linn., T. 80, fig.; eggs of
magnified, ib.

Coccus conchiformis, Gmelin, T. 92
Coccus of the hawthorn, T. 90, fig.; of
the currant, 92

Cochineal insects, singularities of, T. 79
Cockchafer or May-bug, grub of the,
T. 226; transformations of, 227, figs. ;
lives four years, M. 219

Cockroach, singular parasite of the,
T. 66; voracity of the, M. 153
Cocoon of the cream-spot tiger-moth,
A. 324 elastic, of Tortrix chlorona,
322; of the horned mason-bee, 327
Cocoons, T. 116; of ichneumons, A.

326

Cold, effects of on insects' eggs, T. 26
Colias Edusa, M. 13, fig.20; C. Hyale,
Steph., M. 12, fig.

Collecting Box, M. 368, fig.
Collection of insects, M., 366
Colours meant for concealment, theory
of, T. 33; of caterpillars not intended
for concealment, T. 140

Coluber berus, Linn. T. 108

Comparetti's opinions of smell, M. 65
Contiguity not always a cause of war
with ants, M. 341

Contrivances for the escape of larvæ
from confinement, T. 178

Copris, M. 9

Corethra, T. 98; C. culiciformis, T.
286.

Corethra (?) night gambols of, on a
book, T. 365.

Corethra plumicornis, Meigen, T. 285;
transformations of, 287, figs.

Coronet eyes (Stemmata), M. 127, figs.
Corn-weevil, T. 234, fig.

Cossus muscles of the, T. 181, 182, fig.;
wonderful strength of the, T. 184;
fig.; viscera of the, T. 199, fig.;
pupa of, T. 323, fig.

Cossus ligniperda, Fabr., A. 207, 308,
309, fig.; T. 321; fig.; 166, 178, M.
38; C. robineæ, Peck, T. 323
Cotton-gathering-bee, A. 57.
Crane-fly, ovipositor, and eggs of, T.
253, fig.; in the act of ovipositing, T..
254, fig.

Craterina Hirundinis, Olfers, T. 118
Cream-spot tiger-moth, cocoon of the,
A. 324

Crickets, structure of, A. 241; mode of
depositing its eggs, A. 246; chirp of,
M. 80; banished by drums and
trumpets, M. 86; their cannibalism,
M., 149

Crimson snow, theories devised to ac-
count for, T. 352; curious fact ex-
plaining, by Mr. T. Nicholson, T. 354
Crioceris merdigera, Leach, and C. cy-
anella, T. 190.

Cry of the death's head moth, M. 96.
Cryptus, Fabr., T. 63

Ctenophora flaviolata, T. 255
Cuckoo-flies, A. 27, fig.

Cuckoo spit, origin of the froth on
plants, called, T. 191

Cucullia Scrophulariæ, Hubner, A. 204,,
214; T. 147.

Cuculus indicator, Lath. A. 145.
Culex pipiens, T. 156, fig.; 319, 365; M..

201

Culicidæ, Latr., T. 154; 303; 407; M.,
182, 201.

Culicoides punctata, Lati. T. 256; M. 26
Curculio contractus, Marsham, A. 389;
C. Rhinoc., A. 237

Curculionidae, A. 233; T. 55
Currant-bush leaf bulged out by the
Aphis ribes, A. 395, fig.

Currant, gall of the catkins of the oak,
A.387, fig.

Cushioned feet of flies and beetles,
M. 8

Cuvier's opinion of smell, M. 61;
classification, M. 389
Cynipida, Westwood, T. 121

Cynips, A. 147; 371; 382; 388; 402; T.
59; C. Genista, A. 390; C. Quercus
gemma, A. 378; C. Quercus inferi,
A. 385; C. quercus pedunculi, A. 387;
C. psenes, A. 388; C. Rosa, A. 376;
C. Salicis, A. 380; C. viminalis, A.
876

Cynosurus cristatus, M. 24

Cynthia Cardui, Steph., A. 168; T.69,
M. 45, fig.

Darwin and Robinet, fancies of, T. 9
Dasychira pudibunda, Steph., A. 323
Datura stramonium, M. 35

Death-watch, A. 304; insects, M. 98
Death's head moth, cry of the, M. 96
Death, approach of, indicated by in-
sects, M. 29

Debraw's observations on bees, M. 254
Decandolle's experiments on plants,
M.20

Deformed butterflies and moths, speci-
mens of, T. 350, figs.

De Geer's opinion of the glow-worm,
M.224; classification of, 382
Delphinium choilanthum, M. 175, fig.
Deslongchamps, experiments by, T.

238

Dragon-fly, evolution of the, T. 337
Dragon flies, grub of, T. 162, fig.; dis-
section of the grub of, 162, fig.;
mask of the grub of, 164, fig. ; trans-
formations of, 336, 337, fig.; male
green, M. 67, fig.: voracity of, 159;
male and female, 211

Drilus flavescens, A. 416

Drink, effect of on the saliva, M. 39
Drone of the dung beetle, M. 95

Drum of the ear, T. 103, fig.; of the
field cricket, M. 78; of the grass-
hopper, M. 79, fig.

Duels of bees, M. 328

Dumeril's opinion of the glow-worm,
M. 222

Dunbar's experiments on queen bees,

M. 314

Ear of the crab, M. 117, fig.
Ears, position of, in certain animals,
M. 105
Earth-mason caterpillars, A. 200; out-
side walls of the nests of, A. 201, 202,
fig.; nests moth, &c., 205, fig.
Earwig, hatching eggs, anomalous in-
stance of the, T. 102

Earwigs cannot get into the brain, T.
103; its jaws, M. 145; their can-
nibalism, M. 147

Eating insects, M. 144
Eclectic system, M. 391
Economy of nature, reflections on the,
A. 214

Eggs of insects, 19, figs.; structures for
protecting, A. 23; of insects capable
of bearing great degrees of heat and
cold, 23; all insects produced from,
T. 1; not dispersed in the air, 14;
specific gravity of, 15; expelled by
insects from fear, 25; physiology of,
33; of birds not protected by their
colour from the attacks of depredators,
34; cause of the colours of, 36; of
ants, structure of the, 38; spiders and
glow-worms, 39; form of, 40; of birds,
cause of the oval form, 41; sculpture
of 41; curious appendages to, 43;
with foot-stalks, 45; life-boat of, con-
structed by the gnat, 72; of insects,
hybernation of, 79; experiments on,
by Spallanzani and John Hunter, 79;
singular groups of, 81; protection of,
from heat, 83; in spiral groups, 85,
fig.; of the lackey moth, arched form
of, 86, fig.; of aphides, hybernation
of, 87; of cocci, singular protection
of, 88; of the vapourer moth, on its
cocoon, 95 of insects, effects of cold
on, 96; of birds, structure of the,
100; of insects, hatching of, 100; not
hatched by insects, 101; hatched be-
fore they are laid, 108; of silk-worms,
management of, 120; of some in-
sects, increase in size, 121; of ants,
growth of, 122; of spiders, develop-
ment of, 123; of insects, valves of, 126
Elateride, M.226

Elater noctilucus, Linn., T. 230; M. 228,
fig.

Electric centipede, M. 230, fig.
Electricity, influence of, on insects, M.

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Elephant, smell in, M. 52

Emberiza pecoris, Wilson, T. 53
Emmets or jet-ants, A. 279; galleries
of, in trees, 281; populous colony of,
282

Emperor moth, A. 320; cocoon of, 321
Encyrtus inserens, Kirby, T. 260
Entoözaria, T. 238.

Epeira conica, Walck., A. 368

Epeirea diadema, A. 336; 340; 353;
358, 359: T. 39; 67; 93; 123; 358;
hatching of the egg of, 124, fig.
Epeira, T. 104

Epeira quadrata, A. 364

Ephemera, 205, 206; T. 138, 139; nests
of the grubs of, A. 206. fig. grub of
206, fig.; nests of, in holes of cossus,
A. 207, fig.

Ephemera, A. 207; T.316

Ephemeræ live more than one day, M.

219