INDEX, 243 



PoMPiLus QuiNQUENOTATus, date of appearance of, 126; method of digs;ing 

 of, 126; prey of, 126; method of carrying prey of, 127, 129; method of 

 closing and concealing nest of, 127; nest of, difficult to excavate, 127, 

 128; nest of, invaded by small ants, 128; confines herself to one species 

 of spider, 129; often hangs spider on plant while nest is being made, 

 129; is capricious in selecting spot for nest, 130; failure of experiments 

 to determine stinging method of, 131, 132; robs her neighbors, 133; 

 variation in nests of, 131, 135; length of egg and larval stages in, 136; 

 notes showing effect of sting of, upon spider, 136, 137; inexactness of 

 stinging methods in, 13S; sometimes loses her way, 135, 213. 



SCELESTUS, date of appearance of, 153; prey of, 153; bites legs of spi- 

 der, 154, 158; flattens herself and crawls around nest, 157; sleeping 

 habits of, 158; temporary disposition of prey by, 159; mode of filling 

 nest of, 159; position of egg of, on spider, 160; pursuit of, by parasites, 

 154, 155; makes long pauses while transporting spider, 155; diagram 

 showing road over which spider was carried by, 156; condition of spi- 

 der immediately after having been stung by, 160; recovery of spider 

 from sting of, 161; experiment with stink-bug upon spider taken by, 

 161; experiment of wounding ganglion of spider taken by, 162; prey 

 of, buried alive, 163. 



Priononyx atrata, date of appearance of , 171; prey of, 171; flattens herself 

 on ground and crawls about, 171; method of carrying locust of, 172; 

 condition of locust stung by, 172; position of egg of, on locust, 172. 



Rhopalum pedicellatum, nests in stumps, 42; is a long time in finding 

 prey, 42; has strong power of localization, 43; description of nest of, 

 43; number and condition of gnats found in nests of, 43; length of egg 

 stage in, 43. 



RUBROciNCTUM ussts in stalks, 43; number of cells stored by, 43; prey 



of, 43; number of gnats found in each cell of, 43; gnats found in nests 

 of, all dead, 44. 



Romanes, G. J., on stinging habits of hymenoptera, 221. 



Salius co'icus, date of appearance of, 53; method of capturing and sting- 

 ing a Lycosid of, 53, 54; spider killed by sting of, 54; experiments 

 with, 54; moves backward when carrying prey, 55. 



Social wasps, summary of general habits of, 3, 



Solitary wasps, general habits of, 4 . 



Sphex, habits of, noted by Fabre, 39, 40. 



iCHNEUMONEA, date of appearance of, ,33; nests begun and deserted 



by, 33; nest of, 33; method of digging of, 33; appearance of nest of, 

 34; studies locality of nest before leaving it, 34, 214, 215; reas ing 

 power of, 34; her method of carrying prey and of taking it into nest, 



