INDEX. 459 



Gryllus domesticus, 286; G. abreviatus, etc., 290; G. pennsylvanicus, 

 290; G. neglectus, 291; G. niger, 291. 



Harvest-ply, 312. 



Honey-bee, wax-workers, 175. 



Hornet, mode of building nest, 436; exterior of nest, 43.5; nest in- 

 terior, 437; larvae, 442; prey of, 443; superstitions about, 445. 



House-builder moth, see Basket-worm. 



Humble-bee, entrance to nest, 145; queen and workers, 153; nest 

 and cells, 159; mode of upholstering nest, 163-166; raising the 

 young, 168; enemies, 170; wax-workers, 176; mouth organs, 177; 

 regurgitating honey, 178; bee-basket, 180; leg of bee, 181. 



Katy-did, 284, 291; musical organs, 299; figure of, 301; nocturnal 

 insects, 30i; development, 302; scientific name, 302; supersti- 

 tions about, 309. 



"Locust" (so-called), see Cicada. 

 Locust, figures of, 311. 

 Looping caterpillars, 104. 



May-flies, 353. 

 Megachile centuncularis, 406. 

 Bleasuring-worms, 109. 

 Mole-cricket, 147. 

 Mole, 149. 



Moths, polyphemus,40sg'.; cecropia,48; spinning organs, 49; cynthia, 

 53; silk, name of, 61; superstitions concerning, 77 sq.\ death's- 

 head moth, 77, 82; clothes moth, 85; apple-worm moth, 92; 

 geometrids, 104; Tussock, 105; anisopteryx, 112; canker-worm, 

 112; orchard moth, 113; leaf-rolling, 413; eggs, 415; mode of 

 rolling leaves, 416; tent-making, 421. 



Music, insect, 277, 294, 299. 



Nemobius vittatus, 291. 

 Nodfeur, 117. 

 Nomenclature, scientific, 58. 



CEcanthus niveus, 286, 293. 

 Orb-weaving spiders, 200. 

 Orgyia leucostigma, 105. 

 Orthoptera, characteristics, 284, 286. 



Parasol- ant, 243, 336. 



Pheidole pennsylvanicus, 3. 



Platyphillum concavum, 302. 



Pogonomyrmex barbatus, 246, 333; P. occidentalis, 346. 



Polistes annulatus, 430. 



Pollen, bees gather, 181. 



