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GENERAL AND GLOSSAHIAL INDEX. 



Low forms of life unaffected by 



climate, 24. 

 Lunate, semicircular. 

 Lunulate, crescent-shaped. 



Macropis, general observations on, 



222. 



geography of, 68. 



native species, 221. 



scientific description of, 220. 



strong analogy to the Scopu- 



lipedes, 222. 

 Macula? indicantes, 13. 

 Mahomet prescribes honey, 91. 

 Males, how to be united to their 



partners, 179. 

 Mandibles, 30, 40. 



used for boring, 44. 



Marginal cells of wings, 45. 



Margmate, edged with a ridge. 



Mason bees, 296. 



Maxilla;, 30, 31. 



Maxillary palpi, 30, 32. 



number of joints invariable in 



Andrenidse, 32. 

 number of joints variable in 



the Apida?, 32. 

 Megachile, general observations 



on, 272. 



geography of, 74. 



infested by Ccelioxys, 275. 



list of native species, 271. 



natural history of, 273. 



scientific description of, 269. 



Melecta, general observations on, 



Q=;c: 



AtlO. 



geography of, 72. 



list of native species, 255. 



parasitical on Anthophora, 



240. 



scientific description of 255. 



very pugnacious, 258. 



Melittobia, a parasite upon An- 

 thophora, 241. 



Meloe prpscarabseus, parasitical 

 on bees, 110. 



said to infest Andrena, 209. 



Mesothorax, 26, 44. 



Metallic colouring of bees, 248. 



Metathorax, 26. 



Metropolis, 128. 



Miltogramma, parasitical upon 



Colletes, 190. 

 Mode of killing coloured insects, 



253. 

 Moniliform, bead-like. 



antenna?, 129. 



Monodontomerus, parasitical on 



Anthophora and Osmia, 302. 

 Moths help to fertilize flowers, 13. 

 Motives for new arrangement, ] 63. 

 Mouth, organs of=trophi = ciba- 



rial apparatus, 163. 

 Mucronated, having one or more 



short stout processes. 

 Mutilla, parasitical on bees, 117. 



Names usually given from a sexual 



peculiarity, 232. 

 Natural history, attractions of, 141. 



modes of treating, 140. 



Natural system, 139. 



Nature, its large operations, 8. 



Nectaria of plants indicated to bees 



by a difference of colour, 12. 

 Nervures of wings, 44. 

 Nomada, general observations on, 



252. 



geography of, 72. 



intermittent appearance of 



N. Fabriciana, 230. 

 list of native species, 250. 



scientific description of, 249. 



sexcinr'ta infests Eucera, 235. 



the bees infested by them, 



253. 



Nomenclature simplified by Lin- 

 naeus, 130. 



Nudipedes, = cuckoo-bees or para- 

 sites, 116, 167, 249. 



Nylander's mode of determining 

 the species of Crelioxys, 268. 



Obsolete, more or less inapparent. 

 Ocelli = simple eyes = stemmata, 



26, 27. 

 Oman, 110 bees in the province of, 



84. 

 Osmia, general observations on, 



296. 

 geography of, 76. 



list of native species, 2'Jo. 



