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INDEX. 



uation, 4 ; the study of, does 

 not narrow the mind, A. 7; 

 injuries and benefits caused 

 by, 9 ; study of, fascinating 

 to youth, 13 ; beauty of, 15 ; 

 varieties in the economy of, 

 16 ; states of, 17 ; produced 

 from eggs, 17; in the per- 

 fect stale, 22; with legs on 

 its back, T. 385; not killed 

 by severe frosts, 98 ; prob- 

 ably gnaw through their egg- 

 shells, 125 ; from plants, dif- 

 ference of, 137; muscular, 

 strength of, 179 ; newly 

 transformed, expansion of 

 the body and wings in, 333 ; 

 newly-evolved,- discharges 

 from, 350; peculiar locomo- 

 tions of, 379 ; imperfect, 

 from fallen chrysalides, 349; 

 peculiar motions of, 356 ; 

 flight of, 395 ; nest of, 399 ; 

 have neither brain nor spi- 

 nal chord, 400 ; day-move- 

 ments of, 400 ; supposed 

 pulse in, 401 ; have neither 

 a proper heart nor blood, 

 401 ; alleged discovery of a 

 circulation in, 402; torpid- 

 ity of, in winter, 406 



Instantaneous appearance of 

 insects, T. 19 



Instinct, infallibility of, ques- 

 tioned, T. 76 ; mistakes of, 

 77 ; irregular disclosure of 

 the different individuals cf 

 the same brood, 315 



Intestinal canals of caterpil- 

 lar, pupa, and butterfly, T. 

 201, Jigs.; worms, 239, 

 Jigs. 



Intestinal worms, mistakes of 

 Linnaeus, Dr Barry, and Dr 

 J. P. Frank, respecting, T. 

 237 



Italian locust, T. 240 



Jaws of insects do not indicate 



their food. M. 144 

 Jet Ants or Emmets, A. 279 

 Julus terreslrisj T. 384, 386, 



figs. 



Kircher, curious experiment 

 of, T. 2 ; recipe for the man- 

 ufacture of snakes, 2 



Knapp's opinion of the glovv- 

 woiin, M. 222 



LabourerF, duties of, among 

 lermitep, M. 331 



Laburnum, section of the bud 

 of the, T. ^26, fig. 



Labyrinthic Spider's nest, A. 

 356 



Lacerla ogilis, Linn., T. 108; 

 L. Gecko, Linn., 390 



Lace. winged Flies and eggs, 

 T. 45, fig.; fly and grub, 

 271,A-*-. 



Lackey Moth's eggs, arched 

 form of, T. 86 ; transforma- 

 tions of, M. 74, figs. 



Lady Birds, popular mistakes 

 respecting, T. 269 ; trans- 

 formations of, traced to th'" 

 eggs, 270, fgs. ; migrations 

 of, M. 267 



Lamarck's classification, M. 

 389 



Lamia, M. 109 



Lampj/ris nociiluca, T. 39 ; 

 M. 222 ; L. lialica, T. 403 



Land crab, migrations of, M. 

 272 



Laniudce, M. 159 



Language antennal, and ob- 

 jections to, M. 110. 113 



Lapidara Bees, A. 70 



Lapping insects, M. 170 



Laria fascelina, A. 20: pupa 

 of, T. 300, ^g-. 



Larvee, coil of, in the body of 

 a blow fly, T. 110, Jig.; 

 growth, moulting, strength, 



