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GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Q.ueen-bee, great fertility of, 334. 

 - loss of, disorganizes the 

 hive, 335. 



number of eggs laid by, 



346. 



Kay's merits, 142. 



Reaumur's description of the mode 



of lapping honey, 35. 

 description of the structure 



of the tongue, 35. 

 Recurrent nervures of wings, 45. 

 Retuse, with an obtuse cavity. 

 Ridged, with a slight projecting 



margin. 

 Rugose, rough or irregularly 



wrinkled. 



St. Fargeau's merits, 151. 

 Sanskrit notice of bees and honey, 



92. 

 Saropoda, general observations, 



243. 



geography of, 71. 



native species of, 243. 



rapidity of flight, 245. 



scientific description of, 242. 



vivacity of its eyes, 2 11. 



Scape of antenna;, 28. 

 Scent emitted by bees, 52. 

 Scientific arrangement and de- 

 scription of the genera, 184. 



principles of, 118. 



cultivation of British bees, 



142. 

 Scopnlipedes = brush-legged bees, 



163, 227. 

 Sculpture, 60. 

 Scutellum, 26, 45. 

 Senses of bees, 56. 

 Sensorium of bees, 55. 

 Serrate, edged like a saw. 

 Serratulate, edged like a fine saw. 

 Setae, slightish bristles. 

 Setifo'rm, like bristles. 

 Setose, bristled. 

 Shakespeare on the polity of the 



bee, 1. 

 Shemitic branch of the human 



race. 4. 

 Sight of bees, 56. 



Simple eyes = ocelli = stemmata, 



26, 27. 



Sinus, a cavity. 

 Sitos, the supporter of a parasitical 



bee. 

 Sizes, differences of, what caused 



by, 41. 



Smell of bees, 56. 

 Social bees, = Cenobites, 302. 

 Species, 122. 



- name of, 128. 

 the basis of natural science, 



121. 



vary in number of indivi- 

 duals, 123. 



Specific character, 124. 



descriptions, 125. 



differences, 123. 



Sphecodes, difficulty of specific 

 distinction in, 198. 

 - doubts as to its parasitism, 

 199. 



general observations on, 197. 



geography of, 66. 



list of native species, 197. 



scientific description of, 196. 



Spines at apex of abdomen of bees, 

 268. 



Spinose, with minute spiny pro- 

 cesses. 



Spinulose, with fine spiny pro- 



CGSS6S 



Spiral hair of the scopa, 226, 229. 



Spurs, 42. 



Sqiuimulae = epaulettes = wing- 

 scales, 26, 44. 



State of Great Britain before the 

 glacial period, 5. 



Stelis, general observations on, 

 263. 



geography of, 73. 



infests Osinia, 302. 

 - list of native species, 263. 



scientific description of, 262. 



Stemmata = simple eyes = ocelli, 

 26, 27. 



Stephens, inferior merit of his sys- 

 tem, 152. 



Strepsiptera parasitical on bees, 

 111. 



Strigilis, 42. 



