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Index 



Chrysalid, 44 



Chrysididae, Chrysis (xpvaif, 

 chrysis, a vessel of 

 gold), 463, 498 



Chrysobothris femorata, 

 *266 



Chrysochus auratus, 280; 

 cobaltinus, 280 



Chrysomelidae, C h r y s o - 

 m e 1 a (xpvoon^oMvBiov. 

 chrysomelolonthium. lit- 

 tle golden beetle), 277, 

 286 



Chrysopa sp., *228 



Chrysophanus thoe, 444 ; 

 venation of, *440 



Chrysophila thoracia, ve- 

 nation of wing of, *330 



Chrysopidae, Chrysopa 

 (xpvauip, chrysops, gold- 

 en eyes), 224, 228 



Chrysops sp., venation of 

 wing of, *328 



Cicada, mouth-parts of, 

 *9; septendecim, mouth- 

 parts of, *9; septende- 

 cim, 166, *i67; tibicen, 

 167 ; seventeen-year, 166, 

 167 



Cicida-killer, 500 



Cicadidae, Cicada (cicada), 

 166 ; sound-making or- 

 gan of, *i67 



Cicadula exitiosa, 170; 4- 

 lineata, *i70 



Cicindela hybrida, larva 

 of, *252 



Cicindelidae, Cicindela 

 (candela, light), 252 



Cicuta maculata, visited 

 by insects, 571 



Cigarette-beetle, 271 



Circotettix verruculatus, 

 ="146 



Circulatory system, 16; of 

 young dragon-fly, *I7 



Cisthene unifascia, 410 



Citheronia regalis, 426, 

 *427; larva of, *366, 

 *427 



Class, 2 



Classification, 52 



Clastoptera pint, 171 ; pro- 

 teus, 171 



Clavate, *25O 



Clavicornia (clava, club ; 

 cornu, horn), 251, 264; 

 key to families of, 258 



Claytonia virginica, visited 

 by insects, 569 



Clear-winged moths, 368, 

 388; sphinxes, 438 



Cleridae, Clerus (^//f)of, 

 clerus, mischievous in- 

 sect, so named by Aris- 

 totle), 265, 270 



Clerus dubius, 270; nigri- 

 fons, 270; nigripes, 270; 

 sanguineus, 270 



Click-beetle, 265, 267 ; 

 larva of, *268; snapping 

 apparatus of, *267 



Climacia, 229 



Clisiocampa americana, 

 415; larva of, *359; ve- 

 nation of, *4i8; disstria, 

 stages of, *4i7 



Close-wings, 377 



Clothes-moth, *373, 374 ; 

 case-bearing, 374 



Clothilla, 113 



Clouded locust, *I4S, 146 



Clouded-sulphur, 446 



Cobcea scandens, visited by 

 insects, 567 



Coccidae, Coccus ( K<5*of , 

 coccus, berry or kermes 

 insect), 166, 180 



Coccinella abdominalis, 

 *286 ; calif arnica, *286 ; 

 calif ornica, stages of, 

 *287 ; novemnotata, 287; 

 oculata, *286 ; sanguinea, 

 *286; trifasciata, *286 



Coccinellidse, Coccinella 

 (dim. of coccinus, scar- 

 let garments), 282, 286 



Coccotorus scutellaria, 296 



Cockroach, alimentary ca- 

 nal of, *I4 ; egg-case of, 

 *I27 ; tracheae in head of, 

 *ig; wood, *I28 



Cockroaches, 53, 126 



Cockscomb gall-louse, 180 



Codlin-moth, 381 ; larva or 

 worm of, *3&2 ; pupae of, 

 *3?3 



Ccenis dimidiata, *6g 



Coleoptera (/coAeric 1 , co- 

 leus, sheath ; TTep6v, 

 pterum, wing), 55, 246; 

 genuina, 251 ; key to sec- 

 tions and tribes of, 251 



Collecting insects, direc- 

 tions for, 635 



Collecting-net, 



Collembola (i<6M.a, colla, 

 glue; t/J-fiohTi embole, in- 

 sertion, i. e., closely 

 joined, well framed), 60, 

 62 ; key to families of, 

 63 



Colletes, 513 

 Colobopterus, 233 

 Colopha ulmicola, 180 

 Colorado potato - beetle, 



*278 



Coloration, directive, 607 

 Color-pattern, develop- 

 ment of, in giant wood- 

 boring beetle, *598 ; de- 

 velopment of, in pupal 

 wings of monarch-but- 

 terfly, *5o6 ; develop- 

 ment of, in pupal wings 

 of promethea-moth, *597 

 Colors, analytical table of, 

 of insects, 588 ; chemical, 

 how produced, 586; hy- 

 podermal, 587 ; of flow- 

 ers, developed for at- 

 traction of insects, 566 ; 

 of insects, advantages 

 of, 584 ; of insects, de- 

 velopment of, 506 ; of in- 

 sects, their causes and 

 uses, 583 ; physical, how 

 produced, 586 ; produced 

 by scales, 594; warning, 

 604 ; cuticular, 587 

 Colpocephalum, 119 

 Comma-butterfly, *453 

 Communal life of ants, 

 537 ; of the honey-bee, 

 521 

 Compsomyia macellaria, 



344 



Compton tortoise, 456 

 Cone-nose, blood-sucking, 



203, *204 

 Coniopterygidae, C o n 5 o - 



p t e r y x ( xovtf, conis, 



dust ; TTfpvf, p t e r y x , 



wing), 224, 235 

 Conocephalus, 154; en- 



siger, *I53 

 Conopidae, Conops (KWVUI/'. 



conops, gnat), 332, 336 

 Conops, 337 

 Conorhinus sanguinisugus, 



203, *204 

 Conotrachelus nenuphar, 



*2o6; cratcegi, *297 

 Copris Carolina, 274 



