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INDEX. 



cleanliness of, 6 ; and wasps, 

 parasites of, 67 ; hyberna- 

 tion of, 410; whether they 

 perforate flowers, M. 175; 

 pairing of, 253 ; migrations 

 of, 283 ; wars of, 322 ; go- 

 vernment of, 306 ; vision of, 

 121 



Bees'-wax, erroneous account 

 of the Abbe La Pluche con- 

 cerning, A. 94; conjectures 

 of Reaumur concerning, 95 ; 

 discovery of John Hunter, 

 concerning, 96 ; experiments 

 of Huber respecting the for- 

 mation of, 97 



Beetles, A. 247 



Belostowa, M. 115 



Boroe globulosa, Lamarck, T. 

 353 



Bibiofebrilis, feet of, T. 391, 



Bibio horlulanus, Meigen, T. 

 266, 261, Jig. 



Birds, moulting of, T. 176 ; of 

 prey, peculiar faculty of, 

 361; smell in, M. 51 



Black-veined white butterfl}'^, 

 disappearance of the, T. 214 



Blainville's opinion of smell, 

 M. 62. 



Blackheath, destruction of 

 herbage on, T. 254 



Blaps mortis(is:a, Fabr. T. 240, 

 241, 242; M.53 



Blatia, T. 66; B. Orientalis, 

 M. 149; B. gioardea, M. 

 152, fgs.; 153; B. lappo- 

 nica, M. 152 



BlaflidcE, Steph. M. 152 



Blennius ovo-viviparous, La- 

 cepede, T. 108 



Blight, popular errors respect- 

 ing, T. 11 ; Dr Good's ac- 

 count of, 12 ; caused by 

 an oak-leaf-roller, 203 ; 

 American, history of, M. 178 



Blind ants, A. 261 



' Blind as a beetle,? origin of 

 the proverb, M. 15 



Blood, supposed formative of 

 the, T. 132 ; supposed show- 

 ers of, accounted for, T. 351 



Blood-worm, T. 304 ; plumed 

 apparatus in the, T. ; 305 ; 

 remarkable evolution of the, 

 T. 319 



Blow-fly (chequered), T. 110, 

 Jig.; Abdomen and young 

 larvae, 100,^'g-. ; coil of lar- 

 va, 110, Jig.; Large Grey, 

 with the abdomen and young 

 maggots. 111, Jig. ; breath- 

 ing apparatus of the mag- 

 got, 111, ^g-. ; bellows ap- 

 paratus in the pupa of the, 

 321 ; newly hatched, 338, 

 Jig. 



Blue-bottle, feet of, T. 391, 

 Jigs. 



Boktophila, T. 98 



Bombardier Beetle, its pro- 

 ceedings, M. 54!, Jig. 



Bombi, A. 36 



Bombus lapidaria, A. 70 ; B, 

 muscorum, Latr., 64 ; B, 

 terrestris, ib. 69, 70 ; M. 29 



Bombylii, T. 4 ; M. 39 



Bombi/x mori, A. 315, 320 ; T. 

 64 



Bonnet's experiments on 

 aphides, M. 69; observa- 

 tions on hearing, IVI. 73 



Bonsdorf's opinion of the palpi, 

 M. 10 



Boxes for collecting insects, 

 M. 269, Jig.; 3:5, Jig. 



Braces for setting, ivi. 377, 



Bracliinus crepitans, M. 54; 



B. displosor, M. 55 

 Bramble, pseudo gall of the, 



A.397,/g. 

 Breeding-cage, Stephens's, M. 



364; Rennie's, M. 365, 



