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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



Moths, classification of, 193. 

 Molting, 2; of caterpillar, 10; 



of a grasshopper, 4-7. 

 Mouth-parts of grasshopper, 



258. 



Mud-daubers, 63, 291. 

 Mud shed built by ants, 83. 

 Murgantia histrionica, 314. 

 Musca vomitoria, section 



through eye of, 42. 

 Musca domestica, 147. 

 Muscidse, 299. 



Natural selection, 61. 

 Nematus ventricosus, 318. 

 Nepidse, 293. 

 Net, how to make, 223. 

 Nervous system, of grasshopper, 



272, 273. 



Neuroptera, 167, 284, 286, 287. 

 Noctuidae, 297. 

 Note-book, use of, 227. 

 Notonectidae, 293. 

 Notodontidse, 297. 

 Nymph, 2. 

 Nurse-bees, 75. 

 Nycteribia, 42. 

 Nymphalidae, 294. 



Observation, some points for, 



240. 



Oberca bimaculata, 313. 

 Odors, production of, 39 ; of 



butterfly, 40; uses of, 40. 

 Oedipodinae, 182. 

 Occanthus niveus, 313. 

 Orders, list of, 165. 

 Orgya leucostigma, 312. 

 Orthezia graminis, 48. 

 Orthorrhapha, 298. 

 Orthoptera, 176-182, 284-286. 



Ovipositor, 268 ; of grasshop- 

 pers, 9. 



Oviposition, manner of, in yel- 

 low grasshopper, 9. 



Ovule, 96. 



Owlet moths, 297. 



Paleacrita vernata, 311. 



Palpi, uses of, 36. 



Palpiger, of grasshopper, 259. 



Palpus of grasshopper, 259. 



Parapteron, 262. 



Parasitism, 216-218. 



Parasitica, 290. 



Parasitic insects, 290. 



Paris green used as spray, 130, 

 303. 



Panorpida?, 286, 287. 



Papilionidse, 294. 



Papilio polyxenes, 13-23. 



Parnassian butterfly, 207. 



Pastinaca sativa, 13. 



Pea, insect enemies of, 324. 



Pea weevil, 324. 



Peach, insect enemies of, 324. 



Peach-tree borer, 325. 



Pear, insect enemies of, 325. 



Pear, fertilization of blossom, 

 97-101. 



Pear-leaf blister, 325. 



Pear-tree borer, 325. 



Peckham, Geo. W. and Eliza- 

 beth, quotation from, 71, 72. 



Pelopaeus cementarius, 64. 



Pentatomidse, 293. 



Pepsis formosa, 68. 



Perla epliyre, 169. 



Perlidse, 168, 286, 287. 



Petal, 96. 



Petroleum as insecticide, 305. 



Peucedanum foeniculaceum, 13. 



