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EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



Ant-beetles, Clerites, an order of 

 Coleoptera, 249 



Ant-lion, its history, 14 ; la. fi- 

 gured, 14 



Ant-lion flies, Leptites, an order of 

 Diptera, 222 



Antennae or cranial feelers, sup- 

 posed by some to be also the or- 

 gans of smell or hearing, 140 ; 

 different forms figured, 156, 157 



Anterior, English-Latin word for 

 anterior, 129 



Anthicites, an order of Coleoptera, 

 248 



Anthracites, order of Diptera, 221 



Anthribites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 262 



Apathites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 237 



Apatura, a genus of Papilionites, 

 211; figured 85 



Aphidivorous flies, Syrphites, an 



order of Diptera, 226 

 -^Aphites, order of Hemiptera, 268 



Apites, order of Hymenoptera, 236 



Apology for the entomologist, 85 



Aptera, a name formerly used for 

 Crustacea, Arachnida, Myria- 

 poda, &c., now confined to those 

 hexapod insects which have no 

 wings, 203 



Arctia, a genus of Arctiites, 212; 

 figured, la. 8 



Arctiites, order of Lepidoptera, 212 



Argenteus, of a white metallic 

 colour, like silver, 175 



Arthrium, the fourth joint of the 

 tarsi of insects, 170 



Articulata, (lacinia) is united to 

 the disk of the feeler jaw by a 

 distinct and free joint, instead 

 of a fixed sutural line, 163 



Asilites, an order of Diptera, 223 



Asper, when the surface is rough 

 or uneven, 176 



Asticta, a genus of Allantites, fi- 

 gured, 243 



Ater, the colour of liquid ink, 173 ; 

 sometimes aterrimus, 173 



Attenuantes, (antennas) gradually 

 tapering to the apex, 155; fi- 

 gured, 155, 1 



Aureus or golden yellow, the colour 

 of the orange, 174 



Badius or bay, the colour of a bay 

 horse, 173 



Balaninus, a genus of Curculi- 

 onites, figured 263 



Bald-headed flies, Cyrtites, an or- 

 der of Diptera, 219 



Bee, honey, history of, 33 ; the 

 queen, 34 ; the drones, 34 ; 

 queen's laying eggs, 35 ; swarm- 

 ing, 36 ; combs, 37 ; honey, 39 ; 

 figured, la. pu. im. 40 



Bee, mason, Melliturgites, an or- 

 der of Hymenoptera, 236 



Bee, cuckoo, Apathites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 237 



Bee, carpenter, Osmiites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 234 



Bee, social, Apites, an order of 

 Hymenoptera, 236 



Bee, burrowing, Andrenites, an 

 order of Hymenoptera, 235 



Bee-flies, Volucellites, an order of 

 Diptera, 226 



Bee, flov/er, Panurgites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 235 



Bee-house, on an improved con- 

 struction, figured, 33 



Bee-parasites, Stylopites, an aber- 

 rant order of insects, 271 



Beetles, Coleoptera, the fourth 

 class of insects, 246 



Bell-moths, Tortricites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 214 



Bibionites, order of Diptera, 218 



Bifida, (ligula) having a deep 

 notch down its centre, 160 



Bifurcae, (antennae) when com- 

 posed of three joints, of which 

 the apical one is bent double, and 

 attached by its centre to the se- 

 cond joint, 157; figured, 157, 15 



Bird, Rev. C. S., on the capture 

 of moths at night by means of 

 a sinumbra lamp, 98 



Bird's-beaked flies, Empites, an 

 order of Diptera, 224 



Blade, lacinia, extreme portion of 

 maxillae, 162; figured, 159, o 4 



Blapsites, order of Coleoptera, 247 



Blattites, order of Orthoptera, 265 



Blister-fly, Cantharis, a drug of 

 great value, 86 ; figured, 248 



Blister-beetles, Cantharites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 248 



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