Index 



671 



Aristolochia clematitis, 



flower of, *575 

 Aristolochia, specialization 



of, for insect pollination, 



575 

 Army-worms, 325, *403, 



404; ichieumon parasite 



of, *482 

 Arphia sulphured, *I44! 



tcncbrosa, *I44 

 Arthasia galleata, *i6g 

 Arthropoda, classes of, 2 ; 



denned, 2 

 Arums, specialization of, 



for insect pollination, 



575 

 Ascalaphinae, 232; key to 



genera of, 233 

 Asclepias, catching cab- 

 bage-butterfly, *574 ; cor- 

 nuti, specialization of, 

 for insect pollination, 

 573 ; incarnata, visited by 

 insects, 571 ; verticillata, 

 visited by insects, 569, 

 571 ; visited by honey- 

 bee, *574 



Ash-tree borer, *3Q2 

 Asilidae, Asilus (asilus, a 

 gad-fly, a horse-fly), 330 

 Asparagus-beetle, 278 

 Aspidiotiphagus citrinus, 



*479 



Aspidiotus auranhi, 188, 

 *i8g, *IQO; ficus, 188; 

 perniciosus, *i8i, *i82, 

 *i84 



Assassin-bugs, 195, 203 ; 

 incomplete metamorpho- 

 sis of, *43 



Astata, 499 ; unicolor, nest- 

 burrow of, *soo 



Aster paniculatus, visited 

 by insects, 571 



Ateuchus sacer, 274 



Athous scapularis, 268 



Atlanticus dorsalis, 156; 

 pachymerus, *I55 



Atropidae, Atropos("Arpo7rof, 

 a t r o p u s , one of the 

 Fates), 112; key to gen- 

 era of, 113 



Atropos divinatoria, 113; 

 sp., *H2 



Attagenus piceus, *26$, 

 264 



Auditory organ in antenna 

 of mosquito, *29; of 



Acridiidae, *i34, 135; of 

 locust, *28; of Locus- 

 tidae, 150 



Australian lady-bird bee- 

 tle, 1 86, *i87 



Automeris io, 424, *425 ; 

 larva of, 426; pamina, 

 424; zelleri, 424; zephy- 

 ria, 424 



Bacillus, 132 



Back-swimmers, 194, 198 



Bacunculus, 133 



Bag-worm, 369, *388 ; 

 moth, 386, *387; moth, 

 venation of wing of, 



*389 



Balancers, 302 

 Balaninus caryatrypes, 

 *295, 296 ; nasicus, 296 ; 

 quercus, 296; restus, 296 

 Baltimore butterfly, 456 

 Banded footman, 410; pur- 

 ple, 452 

 Bark-lice, in 

 Barren-ground locust, *I46 

 Basilarchia archippus, 452 ; 

 arthemis, 452; astyanax, 

 452 ; astyanax, venation 

 of, *440 ; fioridensis, 452 ; 

 lorquini, 452 

 Basilona imperialis, 426 

 Battery-jar aquarium, *645 

 Bat-tick, 351, *352 

 Beak of mosquito, *302 

 Bean-weevil, 277, *28i 

 Bedbugs, 195, 205, *2o6; 



hunter, masked, 203 

 Bee-flies, 332, 333 

 Bee-fly, *334; mouth-parts 



of,.*334 



Beehive, observation, *53i, 

 *532 



Bee-lice, 351 



Bee-louse, *352, 353 



Bee-moth, 379 



Bees, 56, 463, 510; carpen- 

 ter, 513 ; gregarious, 516 ; 

 long-tongued, 511; ma- 

 son, 514; mining, 513; 

 mining, nest-burrows of, 

 *5i6; potter, 514; short- 

 tongued, 511; social, 

 517; solitary, 513 



Beetles, 55, 246; antennas 

 of, *25o ; development 

 of, 250 ; eyes and tarsi 

 of, *25o; mode of pin- 



ning, *637; tracheal sys- 

 tem of, *i8 



Bell-jar formicary, *55o; 

 live-cage, *642 



Belostoma americana, *2OO 



Belostomatidae, Belostoma 

 (/JeAof, belus, dart ; ardfia, 

 stoma, mouth), 194, 200 



Bembecia marginata, 391 



Bembecidae, BembexO&W&f, 

 bembix, buzzing insect), 

 500 



Bembex spinoloe, 500 



Benacus griseus, 200 



Berytidae, Berytus (Bery- 

 tus, a seaport town of 

 Phoenicia), 195, 214 



Bibio albipennis, *326; ve- 

 nation of wing of, *326 



Bibio femorata, 326; fra- 

 ternus, 326; tristis, 326 



Bibiocephala comstocki, 

 heads of male and fe- 

 male of, *3i6; larva of, 

 *3i5 ; pupa of, *3i5 ; ve- 

 nation of wing of, *3i7J 

 doanei, head of larva of, 

 showing formation of 

 adult head-parts, *3i8; 

 doanei, mouth-parts of, 

 *9, *3i6; doanei, mouth- 

 parts of larva of, *3i7; 

 elegantulus, female, *3i6 



Bibionidse, Bibio (bibis, 

 an insect, from bibo, 

 drink), 304, 325 



Bilateral symmetry (halves 

 of body similar) 



Bill-bugs, 294 



Bird-lice, 55, 113; biting, 

 II i ; remedies for, 114 



Bird-ticks, 351 



Biston ypsilon, *398 



Bittacus, 236 ; apterus, 238 ; 

 strigosus, *237 



Black beetle, *I28 



Black-bordered orange, 

 446 



Black-flies, 313 



Black-fly, *3i2; female, 

 mouth-parts of, *3I3 ; 

 head of larva of, show- 

 ing developing mouth- 

 parts of, *3i4; mouth- 

 parts of larva of, *3i3J 

 venation of wing of, 



* 3 I2 



Black scale, 187 



