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INDEX. 



Locusi Moth, singularity in 



the, T. 323 

 Locusts, ravages of, T. 246 ; 



swarms of, in Southern Af- 

 rica, T. 247 ; do not chew 



the cud, M. 150 

 Lozot(znia ribeana, Steph., A. 



160; T. 21 ; L. rosana, ib., 



A. 163; T. 16 

 Loxia socia, Latr., A. 87 

 Loyalty of Bees, M. 320 

 Lucanus cervus, M. 10, fig. ; 



145 

 Litmbricus terreslris, T. 76 ;' 



M. 2 

 Luminosity of the sea, ]\L 230 

 Luminous insects, M. 222 

 LyccEua phlceas, Fabr., T. 371 

 LycceniedcE, Leach, T. 279, 



280 

 Lycosa saccala, Latr., T. 104. 



124. 382. 386 



Mac Leay's classification, M. 

 395 



Macroglossa stellatarum^ M. 

 50,/ig. 



Maggot, A. 20,/?^. 



Maggots, structure of, T. 128 ; 

 of crane flies, popularly 

 called the grub, 252; vo- 

 racity of, 252 ; of blow flies, 

 voracity of, 268 ; of blow 

 flies, instance of man being 

 devoured by the, 268 



Male ants, death of, M. 246 



Male bees massacred, M. 

 259 ; sometimes preserved, 

 M. 261 



Mallow butterfly of France, 

 A. 169 



Mamnlra Brassicce, Treit- 

 schke, T. 213; M. olera- 

 cea, 213 



Manoeuvring of sanguine ants, 

 M. 341 



Mantis, A. 63; T. 143; can- 

 nibalism of, M. 144; M. 



oratorio, Linn., M. 164 ; M. 

 religiosa, M. 157, fig. 



Markwick fly, T. 261, fig. 



Mary Riordan, extraordinary 

 case of, by Dr Pickells, T. 

 237 



Mason-ants, A. 255; artificial 

 hive for observing, ^69, fig.; 

 nest, section of, 270, fig.; 

 contrivance of to strengthen 

 their nests, 271, fig. 



Mason-bee, A. oh^fig.; nest 

 of a, on the wall of Green- 

 wich Park, 33, fig. ; male 

 and female, M. 213 



Mason-bees' clay mine at Lee, 

 A. 35, fig. ; labour estimat- 

 ed, 37 ; structures of, 41, 

 fig. ; restless disposition of, 

 42 ; and nest, 43, fig. 



Mason-spiders, A. 360; nest 

 of, 362, fig. 



Mason-wasp, proceedings of 

 a, at Lee, A. 26 ; mandi- 

 bles of, 27, fig. ; caution 

 of, outwitted by a fly, 28 ; 

 structure of a, 29, fig.; 

 nest and cocoons of, 29, 

 fig,, 31,/iV, ; storing up live 

 caterpillars, 32 



Mason- wasps, A. 26, fig. 



Massacre of male bees, M. 259 



Maternal care of insects re- 

 specting their eggs, T. 49 



Maxillary system, M. 388 



Meal-worm, the grub of Ten- 

 ebrio molitor, T. 234; and 

 beetle produced from it, 235, 

 f^gs- 



Mtandrina cerebriformis, Par- 

 kinson, T. 9 



Megachile, Latr., A. 33; M. 

 centuncularis, 59 ; M. ww- 

 raria, 35. 37, 38. 41 



Melitea cinxia, A. 172 



Melolontha ruficornis, Fabr., 

 T. 231, fig., 232; M. tul- 

 garit, 225. 227 ; 348 



