Index 



caudal gills, 13 

 cellulose, digestion of, 45, 98 

 centipedes, 3 

 cephalothorax, 3 

 cerci. Fig. 14 

 Cercopidae, 16 

 cervical region, 26 

 chafers, 55 

 chalcids, Fig. 63 

 Chaoborus, larva of, 378 

 chelicerae, 3 

 chewing lice, 15; Fig. 8 

 Chironomidae, larvae of, 41 

 chirping of insects, 12 

 chordotonal sensillae, 63 

 Chrysopa, 16 



eggs of, 52 

 ChrysopSy 86 

 cicadas, 16; Fig. 27 



'song' of, 65 

 Cicadellidae, 16 

 Cimex lectularius, 15 

 claws, tarsal, 29; Fig. 14 

 click-beetles, 75 

 clothes-moth. Fig. 34 



larvae of. Fig. 41 

 Cluster Fly, 89 

 cochineal, 16 

 cockroaches, 10 

 Coconut Moth, 122 

 cocoon, 7, 20, 57 

 Coleoptera, 25 



feeding of, 45 

 Collembola, 9 



jumping of, 75 

 colour of insects, 48 



vision, 61 

 communities of insects, 92 

 compound eyes, 58 

 convergence, 115 

 Corethra, larva of, 78 

 Corixidae, 16, 115 

 cotton boll-weevil, 122 



pests of, 122 

 Cotton Stainer, 15, 122 

 Coxa, 27 

 Crabronidae, 100 

 crabs, 3 



crane-fly, 20, Fig. 43 

 crawling, 72; Fig. 48 

 Cricetomysy 12 



crickets, 10, 12 



crochets, 20, 56 



crop, 30 



Crotonbugs, 10 



Crustacea, 3 



cuckoo bees and wasps, 22 



cultivated crops, damage to, 119 



cuticle, I 



cyclical transmission of disease, 128 



Cyclorrhapha, 20 



Cynipoidea, 22 



dance of the bees, 104, 109 

 ''Demons of the Dust\ 94 

 Dermaptera, 12 

 diapause, 93 

 Dictyoptera, 10 

 digging insects, 1 1 1 

 Diplura, 9 

 Diptera, 20 



feeding of, 44 

 direction-finding, 90, 104, 106 

 disease, transmission of, 127 

 diversity of insects, 1 10 

 dorsal, 27, 29 

 Dorylinae, 107 

 dragonflies, 13; Fig. 5 



flight of, 81 



nymphs of, 13; Fig. 24 

 driver-ants, 107 

 drone-fly, 115 

 drones of bees, 103 

 duns, 13 

 dung-flies, 20 

 Dytiscidae, 25, 115; Fig. 51b 



earwigs, 12 

 ecdysis, i 

 egg-bursters, 52 



laying, 49 



pods, 52 

 eggs, 52; Figs. 29, 68 

 Elateridae, 75 

 elephantiasis, 128 

 elytra, 25, 81 

 Embioptera, 12 

 empid flies, mating of, 115 

 encephalitis, 128 

 encephalomyelitis, 128 

 Endopterygota, 7, 16 

 entomology, derivation of, i 



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