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Death's-head Moth, shroud of .... vol. iii. 133 

 sound of, and organ which produces it ..... iii. 132 



superstitious terror, an object of . . . iii. 129, 134 

 Deathwatch Beetles (geuus Anolium) ...... iii. 138 



Deathwatch Woodlouse (Termes pulsatoria) iii. 139 



De Geer, history of his work ........ i. 20 



Dermestes (a beetle of the Oa!c) . . . . ii. 115 



Dermesticke (beetles living on dry bones) ..... iii. 123 



Destructiveness, mutual, as a law of Creation, thoughts on . i. 289, 301 

 Devil's Coach-horses, Rove-beetles (Stcqphylinida) so called . . ii. 106 

 Devil's Ring, caterpillar of Tiger Moth, so called ii. 316 



Diving-bell, model of, in the cell of a Water Spider i. 137, 138, 139 



Division of labour among Bees .... . ii. 207 



Dock-leaves, larvae of flies common on . . . . . . i. 33 



Domestication, some insects eligible for . . . . . . ii. 87 



Dor, or Clock-beetle (Geotrupes stercorariiis) ..... iii. 116 



Dragon-fly {JEshna varia) . . . . . . . . i.298 



- emergement from puparium, and how to observe . . . ii. 31 



larva of (in vignette to " A Summer's Day Dream ") . . ii. 273 



masked larva of ......... i. 296 



Dyes, insects used as . . . . . . . . i. 165 



Earwig, the female, her practice of sitting on her eggs and brooding 



her young .......... iii. 92 



Egg-bearing Water Scorpion iii. 93 



Eggs of Insects, their beauty of form, colouring, and carving . i. 29, iii. 252 



- resistance of frost, their capability of . . . . i. 97 

 Elater nociilucus (tropic Fire-fly) . ..... iii. 165 



Emerald Moth ii. 316 



Emperor Butterfly (Apatiira Iris] ...... ii. 112, 129 



Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) , and caterpillar of . . ii. 314 



curious cocoon of . . . . . . . ii. 233 



Entomology, its peculiar merits as a hobby . . . i. 13, 29, 303 

 persecution of the science, and recent progress . . . i. 19, 21 



writers on, ancient and modern . . . . i. 4, 15, 17, 21, 27 



Epeira diadema (Garden Spider) ....... i. 132 



Ephemera vulgaia (Common May- or Day-fly), description of . . ii. 48 

 dangers and enemies of, numerous . . . . . ii. 49 



enjoyments of . . . . . . . . ii. 51 



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