INDEX. 



201 



Lanterns, use of, 62, 121. 



Larvae of dragon flies, cannilxal- 

 ism, 47, Go, 116, 118; enemies 

 of, 47 ; food of, 47-49 ; locomo- 

 tion, 46. 



Lepidoptera, diurnal, 90 ; noc- 

 turnal, 89. 



Lestes, habits of, 43, 126. 



Libellula auripennis, 12, 44, 116, 

 125, 126. 



Libellula luctuosa, 12. 



Libellula pulchella, 12, 77, 78, 

 114, 116, 125, 126. 



Libellula 4-maculata, 114, 116. 



Libellula semifascia, 116. 



Libellula semifasciata, 12, 125. 



Macillaria hominivorax, 55. 



Malaria and mosquitoes, 52, 111. 



May flies (Ephemeridse), 76. 



Meat flies, 84. 



Medicines, 121. 



Methods for exterminating mos- 

 quitoes, 57-66, 93-95, 112-117. 



Mosquitoes (Culicidaj) and mala- 

 ria, 52, 111 ; breeding ground, 

 27, 107, 115 ; change to imago, 

 31, 108, 140; derivation of 

 word, 102 ; destruction of, 57- 

 68, 92-95, 99-123 ; destruction 

 of, by night hawks, 61 ; de- 

 vouring trout, 37 ; duration of 

 life, 103 ; duration of pupal 

 state, 30, 108 ; eggs of, 29, 84, 

 107 ; eggs, period of hatching, 

 29, 107 ; exj)eriments in breed- 

 ing, 29, 84; food of, 30, 103, 

 108, 139; hawlvs, 12, 131-133, 

 143 ; hibernation of, 34, 103 ; 

 interfering with arts, 36 ; irri- 

 tation of bite, 33, 109 ; larvae, 



duration of stage, 30, 107 ; lar- 

 vae, food of, 30, 107; larv», 

 habits of, 29, 107 ; motion of, 

 29, 107 ; life history and struct- 

 ure, 28, 84, 101, 107; male 

 stingless, 32, 138 ; migration, 

 34 ; mouth parts, 33, 34, 103 ; 

 nocturnal habits of, 117 ; ovi- 

 position of, 29, 107, 139; poi- 

 son glands of, 33, 106 ; respir- 

 atory system of, 30 ; snares 

 for, 146, 147 ; spreading yel- 

 low fever, 109, 110 ; swarms, 

 36, 111. 



Musca caesar, 82, 83. 



Musca domestica, 38-40, 54, 82, 

 123; useof, 41, 85. 



Musca vomitoria, 82, 83. 



Muscidas (flies), 37, 81, 123. 



Myiasis, 55. 



Noctuidae, 89. 

 Notonecta undulata, 47. 

 Number of destructive insects, 



Objections to dragon flies, 88, 89. 

 Odonata (dragon flies), 42, 73, 



113, 131, 142. 

 (Estridae (hot flies), 82. 

 Oil of pennyroyal, 61, 122; of 



j>eppermint, 122. 

 Ophthalmia carried by flies, 54. 

 Osciflatoria (algte), 119, 120. 

 Ova, deposition of, 80, 86. 



Parasites, human, 55. 

 Parasitic insects, 59. 

 Petroleum, 58, 63, 65, 120, 122, 

 124. 



