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Index 



Eyes, compound and sim- 

 ple, 30 ; of May-flies, 

 *6g ; of net -winged 

 midges, *3i6 



Eye - spotted bud - moth, 

 *3i 



Fabre, J. H., on instinctive 

 behavior, 643 



Fall canker-worm, 397 



False crane-flies, 327 



Family, 56 



Feather-wings, 376 



Femur, *3, *6 



Feniseca tarquinius, 444 



Fermenting fruit-flies, 349 



Fertilization of egg, 14; 

 of plants, 564 



Fig-insect, *4&7 



Figitida? (figo, to attach by 

 piercing), 475 



Figs, caprification of, 487 ; 

 on a branch, *488 ; show- 

 ing effect of non-caprifi- 

 cation and of caprifica- 

 tion, *4&9 



Filariasis and mosquitoes, 

 632 



Filiform, 364 



Fireflies, 265, 269 



Fish-moth, *s8, *62; de- 

 velopment of egg of, *4O 



Flannel-moths, 369 



Flat-bug, 195, 208, *2O9 



Fleas, 56 



Flesh-fly, 343, *344 



Flies, 56; life-history of, 

 302 ; mouth-parts of, 

 302; two-winged, 301 



Flower-bug, 195, * 2 09; in- 

 sidious, 206 



Flower-fly, 332, * 339 



Flower, pistil and ovary, 

 showing pollen tube, *5(>4 



Flowers and insects, 562; 

 colors of, developed for 

 attraction o f insects, 

 566 ; cross-pollinated by 

 humming-birds, 573 ; en- 

 tomophilous, 570 



Food-habits of Hemiptera, 

 164, 165 ; variety of, 8 



Footman, banded, 410 ; 

 painted, 409; pale, 410; 

 striped, 409 



Footman-moths, 370, 409 



Foot of house-fly, *34i 



Forest-fly, *352 



Forest-moths, eight-spot- 

 ted, *4o8 



Forest tent-caterpillar 

 moth, *4i7 



Fork-tailed katydid, *I52 



Formica exsectoides, 545 ; 

 nitidriventris, 547 ; son- 

 guinea, 547 ; schaufussi, 

 547 ; subocnescens, 547 ; 

 subsericea, 547 



Formicina (see Formi- 

 coidea), 463, 539; key to 

 families of, 540 



Formicoidea, Formica 

 {formica, ant), 539 



Frenatae (/ r e n u m , that 

 which holds things to- 

 gether), 368 



Frenulum, *376 



Fritillaries, 456 



Frog-hoppers, 170 



Froth production of frog- 

 hoppers, stages of, *I7I 



Fruit-worms, parasite of, 



*485 



Fulgoridae (Fulgora, god- 

 dess of lightning), 166, 

 168 



Fungus attacking chinch- 

 bugs, 212 



Fungus, parasitic, of Cali- 

 f o r n i a flower-beetle, 

 * 34 6 



Fungus - gnat, 304, 324, 

 *325 ; venation of wing 

 of. *325 



Gadflies, 328 



Galerucella luteola, stages 

 of, *278 



Galgulidse, Galgulus (gal- 

 gulus, a small bird), 194, 

 202 



Galgulus oculata, *202 



Gall, blackberry, 473 ; fi- 

 brous, of the California 

 live-oak, *472 ; of the 

 California white oak, 

 *473; rose, 473 



Galleria mellonella, 379 



Gall-flies, 56, 463, 467; al- 

 ternation of generations 

 of, 469 



Gall-fly, *468 ; ovipositor 

 of, *468 



Gall-forming aphids, 180 



Gall-gnats, 304 



Gall-midge, 322 



Galls, 467 ; growth of, 474 ; 

 jumping, of the oak, 

 *473 ; made by a Cynipid 

 gall-fly, *46g ; on leaf, 

 *47i ; on leaf of Califor- 

 nia white oak, *47o; on 

 twigs of California white 

 oak, *47i ; trumpet, on 

 leaves of California 

 white oak, *47o; variety 

 of, 470 



Ganglia, 21 



Gastropacha americana, 

 416, *4i8 



Gastrophilus e qu i , 337, 

 *338 ; nasalis, 338 



Gelechia cerealella, 375 ; 

 gall(e-solidaginis, 350 ; 

 pinifoliella, 376 



Genus, 56 



Geometer-moths, 396 



Geometra iridaria, 398 



Geometrid moth, larva of, 

 *395, *3<X>; larva of, in 

 protective position, *6o3 



Geometrid, venation of a, 

 * 39 6 



Geometrina, Geometra (yw, 

 ge, earth ; psrpov, me- 

 trum, measure), 370, 

 396 



Geotrupes, 275 



Geotrupes excrementi, 

 275; opacus, 275; splen- 

 didus, 275 



Ghost-moths, 372 



Giant-skippers, 441 



Giebelia, 118 



Gills of young May-fly, 

 68 ; tracheal, 20 ; of May- 

 fly, nymph, *20 



Girdler, currant-stem, *4&5 



Gloveria arisonensis, base 

 of scale of, *59i ; scales 

 from wing of, *593 



Glow-worm, 269 



Goatweed-butterfly, 455 



Golden-eyed fly, *228 



Gomphidae, Gomphus 

 (yo/uipof, gomphus, a fast- 

 ening), 92 



Gomphus exilis, 92 



Goniodes, 118 



Goniocotes, 118 ; h o I o - 

 gaster, 1 19 



Goniotaulius dispectus, 

 243 



Gopher crickets, 155 



