INDEX. 



425 



instances of human, 201 ; of 

 the cockjroach, M. 153 

 Vulgar errors of insects being 

 generated by putrefaction 

 and by blighting winds, T. 1 



Walking-leaf insect, T. 144, 



Wall-mason-bees of France, 

 A. 38 



Wall-caterpillar, moss cell of 

 a, A. 183 



Warrior ant {Termes bellico- 

 sus), A. 291 ; in the winged 

 state, A. 291, Jig. ; used as 

 delicate food, 292; nest, 

 royal chamber of, 295 ; nest, 

 nurseries in, 296 ; nest, gal- 

 leries and covert ways in, 

 298; dislike labour, M. 353 



Wars of insect communities, 

 M. 322 



Wasp, paper made by the, 

 compared with ours, A. 85 ; 

 card-making of Cayenne, 

 87 ; fly {chrysotoxum fas- 

 ciolaluni), M. 9\,Jig. ; rob- 

 beries, M. 331 ; structure of 

 the tongue in the, M. 176 



Wasps, paper fabricated by, 

 A. 75; rose-shaped nest of, 

 82,/g-. ; vertical nest of, 83, 

 Jig. ; and bees, rare para- 

 sites of, T. 67 ; government, 

 M. 306 ; have no subordi- 

 nation of ranks, 307 ; wars 

 of, 331 



Watch bees, M. 330 



Water grubs, forms of, T. 154 



Water larva, syringe for res- 

 piration in the, T. 161 ; cu- 

 rious mask of the, 163 



Water larvjE, breathing or- 

 gans in, T. 156 ; telescopic- 

 tailed, 158 



Water-net, M. 369,/g. 



Water worms (JVaw), T. 159 ; 



may be mistaken for larvae, 

 \5%Jig. 



Wax-working bees, A. 91 ; 

 abdomen, \{)A,Jig. ; curtain 

 of, 114, Jig.; 119, Jig.; 

 commencing the first cell, 

 11 7, A. 



Wax, preparation of, A. 93; 

 secretion of, 116 



Weather, whether predicted 

 by spiders, M. 17; import- 

 ance of in bee-swarming, 

 289 



Weevil of the apple-bud, T. 

 243 



Weevil-galls, A. 388 



Weevil-gall of the hawthorn, 

 A. 389 



Wheat, probable mistake re- 

 specting the destruction of, 

 T. 231 ; germination of a 

 grain of, 259, Jig. 



Wheat-fly described by Mr 

 Shireff, T. 256 ; transforma- 

 tions of, 260, Jigs. 



Whirlvvig, account of the, by 

 Kirby and by Knapp, T. 368 



Whirlwig''s eyes, remarkable 

 structure of the, T. 370; M. 

 128 



Whirlwig beetle, sailing of the, 

 T. 381 



White ants or termites, struc- 



tures of, A. 



; extraordi 



na Y comparative height of, 

 2P.8 ; mining operations of, 

 289; queen distended with 

 eggs, 295, Jig. ; turret nests 

 of, 301, %.; of trees and 

 timber, 302 



Wild bees of America, Ireland, 

 and Palestine, A. 143 



Wild honey-bees, A. 142 



Wildman's feats with bees, M. 

 320 



Willow, branch of, with seed 

 spikes, A. 232, ^'g.; leaf- 



