INDEX 



321 



habitat, 24-5; food, 26-27; 

 mating habits, 28; eggs, 28; 

 seminal capsule, 29 

 Greenfinch, 12 



Halictus, 10 



Harmas (3-15) ; description of, 



6, 222 

 Harmonica, 19 

 Horn-beetle, 59, 61 

 Hornet, 184-5 

 Hunting-wasp, n, 12 



Laboratory, the outdoor, 3, 4 



Lacordaire on the Burying- 

 beetle, 62 



Lammellicornis, 12 



Larini, 294 



Linnet, dead, preserved from 

 flies by paper, 104-108 



Lizard, Eyed, 10 



Locust, 150; the prey of the 

 Epeira, 185-92 



Lycosa, Narbonne, 11, (142-68); 

 its eyes, 143; its burrow, 144- 

 5 ; the rampart, 145-49 ; use of 

 the same, 150; methods of 

 catching prey, 150-51 ; method 

 of laying eggs, 151-52; the 

 egg-sac, 153 ; experiments 

 with, 154-57; the hatching 

 process, 157-58; the young, 

 159-60; experiments witli, 161- 

 62; a problem of energy, 162- 

 68 



Macrocera, 9 



Mantis, Praying, 27, 30, 40-42, 



184-86, 296 

 Mason-bees, 10; cells used by 



Osmis, 259-60 

 Mason-wasps, 13 



Massagetse, customs of the, 75 



Megachiles, 9, 44 



Melolontho fullo, 27 



Michelet, 142 



Microgaster glomeratus, (305- 

 18) ; the exterminator of the 

 Cabbage Caterpillar, 306 ; 

 method of feeding, 308; emer- 

 gence from the host, 310; co- 

 coons, 310-11; the adult, 312; 

 pairing, 312; food, 312; the 

 eggs laid in the Butterfly's 

 egg, 317-18 

 Mole, burial of a, 59; a supply 



of corpses obtained, 64-5 

 Mouse, burial of a, 62, 76-81 



National festival, the, 16 

 Natterjack, 12 



Necrophorus, see Burying-bee- 

 tles 



Osmia, 9, 44, (221-67) ; cells of 

 different species, 222-5; glass 

 nests of Three-horned Osmia, 

 225-33; distribution of sexes, 

 234-40; optional determination 

 of sex, 240-67 



Orcytes, 12 



Owl, 12; Horned Owl, 21 ; Com- 

 mon Owl, 21 



Oyster-plant, 7, 8 



Pelopseus, 13, 56 



Perez, Prof, 10 



Philanthus apivorus, 192 



Phylloxera, I44 



Pieris brassiccc, 291 



Pine Processionary, ( 1 19-41 ) : 

 silken road of, 119-20; nest, 

 121; use of road, 121-24; 

 senses, 125; the processionary 



