EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



Abbreviations : — la. larva ; pu. pupa ; im. imago : where neither of these is used the 

 figure is that of the imago. 



Abbreviatus, when apparently un- 

 naturally shortened, as the wing'- 

 cases of Staphylinites, 256 



Abdomen, the portion of an insect 

 comprising all the segments be- 

 yond the podeon or peduncle, 

 145 ; figured, 145, M to Z 



Aberrant orders of insects, 270 



Accrescentes, (antennas) gi'adually 

 increasing in thickness towards 



. the tip, 156 ; figured, 156, 3 



Acheta, a genus of Achetites, 265; 

 figured la. pu. im., 73 



Achetites, an order of Orthoptera, 

 265 



Aculeus or sting of female bees, 

 &c., 171; figured, 145, Z 



Adermata, (pupa) when the prior 

 skin is thrown off, and the \vings, 

 antennae, &c., of the future 

 imago appear through the case, 

 78 ; figured, 196 



iEgeria,a genusof jEgeriites,213; 

 figured, la. and pu. 213 ; im., 

 208 



.3Egeriites, an order of Lepidoptera, 

 213 



JE neus, bright brassy or gold green 

 colour, 175 



Aheneus, bright brassy or gold 

 green colour, 175 



AlsB, wings of insects, 165; fig. 168 



Albidus, a dirty impure white, 175 



Albus, pure white, 175 



Aleyrodites, an order of Hemip- 

 tera, 268 



Allantites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 242 



Allux, the third joint in the tarsi 

 of insects, 170 



Alti cites, order of Coleoptera, 258 



Alucita, a genus of Alucitites, fi- 

 gured, 215 



Alucitites, an order of Lepidop- 

 tera, 215 



Amorpha, insects in which the 

 pupa is provided neither with 

 mouth nor organs of locomotion, 

 and bears no resemblance to the 

 perfect state, for instance Lepi- 

 doptera and Diptera, 76 



Anatomy, internal, of insects, 178 



Andrenites,an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 235 



Anisomorpha or Neuroptera, in 

 which the metamorphosis is va- 

 rious, 78 



Annulata, a province of animals 

 in which the body is transversely 

 divided into rings, 202 



Anobium, death-watch, a genus of 

 Ptinites, figured, 248 



Anopheles, a genus of Culicites, 

 figured, 219 



Ant, yellow, history of, 41 ; its 

 hillock described, 42 ; larvae, 44 ; 

 pupae, 45 ; final escape of males 

 and females, 47; foundation of 

 new colonies, 49 ; figured taking 

 their flight in autumn, 41 



Ant, slave, 50 



Ant, white, history of the, 57; 

 their hills, 58 ; structure of nest, 

 61 ; subterranean passages, 63 ; 

 winding road and bridges, 64 ; 

 labourers, soldiers, kings and 

 queens, 65 ; oviposition of 

 queens, 68 ; wild bulls stand 

 on hills, 72 ; figured, la. pu. im. 

 57 ; their hills, 72 



