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INDEX. 



Evania apendigaslery T. 66, 

 Jig. 



Evolution of some insects, fix- 

 ed time of the day for the, 

 T. 316 



Exotic plants sometimes select- 

 ed by insects as food for 

 their young, T. 69 



Expeditions of ants to capture 

 slaves, M. 342 



Experiments on the gnat's life- 

 boat of eggs, T. 75; on the 

 wolf-spider, by Swammer- 

 dam, Bonnet, and J. R., 

 105 ; showing the embryo 

 butterfly in the caterpillar, 

 134 



Eyes, multiplying, M. 129 



Fabricius's geographical clas- 

 sification, M. 384 



Falco ossifragus, T. 361 



Falco tinnunculus, T. 361 



Fat, a probable defence 

 against cold, T. 195 



Fecundity of insects compared 

 with other animals, T. 46 



Feet of flies, apparatus in the, 

 T. 390 



Felis maniculalus, Teram., M. 

 191 



Female ants take ofif their own 

 wings, M. 246 ; their autho- 

 rity, 302 



Female insects short-lived, M. 

 218 



Field-cricket, A. 244 



Fishes, smell in, M. 51 



Fire-fly of the West Indies, M. 

 228, yio-. 



Flea, leaping muscles of the, 

 T.392,/^. 



Fleas made to draw miniature 

 coaches, T. 180; M. 188; 

 sucker of, 189 ; prevention 

 of, 191 



Flies (Muscidce), parchment- 

 like pupa case of, T. 282 



Fly, curious procedure in. M, 



37 

 Fip.nusjaculator, M. 107 

 Folded wings of some two- 

 winged flies, T. 338 

 Food, efl:ects of, on bee grubs 



and plants, M. 315 

 Food, growing, plan of supply- 

 ing, M. 365 

 Food of insects, M. 142 

 Foot of the fly, supposed springs 



in the, T. 388 

 Forceps, French, M. SlS^Jigs. 

 Foreign ants, A. 284 

 Forjicula auricularia, Linn., 



T. 102 ; 342 ; M. 145 

 Formica brunnea, A. 258 ; M. 



113; F.cKca, M. 118 ; F, 



ccEspilum, Latr., A. 256, 257; 



T, 192; F. flava, A. 256; 



270; 283; T. 113 ; 192; 



330 ; 409 ; F. fee tens, M. 



56 ; F. fuliginosa, A. 279 ; 



M. 56; F.fusca, A. 266; 



283; T. 410; M. 56; F. 



fiisca, F. brunnea, and F. 



riifa, A. 257 ; F. nigra, A. 



283 ; F. rufa, Latr. A. 262 ; 



272 ; 289 ; T. 377 ; 407 ; M. 



56 

 Formicaries, glazed artificial, 



A. 269 

 Formicary, for experiments, 



A. 276 

 Formicidce, Leach, M. 170 

 Fox-moth and caterpillar, M. 



16, Jigs. 

 Franklin's experiment on ants, 



M. 57 

 Fringilla Moris, Temminck, 



T. 33 

 Fringilla domestica, Linn., T. 



35 

 Fro£[s, snails, &c, supposed 



showers of, T. 23 

 Fruit grubs, T. 242 

 Fulgora lanternaria, Linn., 



M. 229,/^. 



