INDEX. 



419 



mation of, into perfect in- 

 sects, 307 ; experiments on, 

 led to the varnishing of 

 eggs, 312 



Pupa, cases opened by extra- 

 neous assistance, T. 326 



Purple Capricorn-beetle, A. 

 196 



Puss-moth, eggs of the, A. 

 192, fig ; paper-nest of the, 

 194, /ig; cell built by the 

 larva of, 195, fig. ; how it 

 escapes from its cell, 195; 

 nest of the, with cocoons of 

 ichneumons, 326, figs.; 

 transformations of the, T. 

 152, fig. 



PygCEra bucephala, Ochsen- 

 heim, T. 148 ; 203, 204, fig.; 

 caterpillar and eggs of, 204, 

 figs. ; method of advancing 

 along and devouring a leaf, 

 204, fig. 



Pyralis strigulalis, A. 197. 

 188, fig. ; 322 



Quadrupeds which lap, M, 

 174 



Queen bee, her proceedings in 

 swarming, M. 86 ; experi- 

 ment of Huber upon, 255 



Queen bees, rivalry among, 

 M. 92; battles between, 

 310 ; produced from com- 

 mon grubs, 313 



Quinary system, M. 394 



Rabbit, sometimes eats flesh, 

 M. 157 

 Radiata, T. 353 



Raft-building spider, A. 363 



Ranks, distinction of among 

 termites, M. 331 



Raptores, T. 361 



Ray and Willughby's classi- 

 fication, M. 386 



Reaumur's enthusiasm for stu- 

 dy, A. 402 ; experiments on 



death's-head hawk-moth, 



M. 97, figs. ; experiments 



on aphides, M. 238, fig. 

 Reds, a disorder similar to 



renal gravel, T. 172 

 Red snow of the Alps, not 



explained, T. 355 

 Reduvius personatus, Fabr., 



T. 165 

 Reduvius, M. 39 

 Regulus Crislaius, Ray, T. 



93 

 Rhagio vermilio, A. 209 

 Rhnmnus frangula, T. 400 

 Rhododendron Ponticum, M. 



33, fig. 

 Rhus Vernix, M. 35 

 Rhynchites Bacchus, Herbst., 



T. 244 

 Rhynchcenus assimilis, Fabr., 



A. 389 

 Rivalry among female bees, 



M. 309 

 Robber bees, M. 329 

 Rodentia, M. 157 

 Rook, hearing in the, M. 108 

 Rooks, aerial dances of, T. 



364 

 Rose, bedeguar of the, A. 375 

 Rose-chafer, A. 251 

 Rose-hawthorn, A. 382 

 Rose-leaf-cutter-bee, A. 59 ; 



method of working of the, 



60 ; and nest, 61 

 Rose-willow, A. 380 

 Rousseau's experiments on 



smell, M. 69 

 Royal proceedings among ter- 

 mites, M. 296 

 Rumia cralcegata, Duponchel, 



T. 36 ; 143 ; 145, fig. 

 Rumices, A. 324 



Salivary vessels in man and in 



insects, M. 37, 38 

 Sallicus scenicus, A. 357 ; T. 



394; M. 119, 120; 127 



