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EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



Metapodeon, the seventh segment 

 in insects, 145 ; figured, 137, M 



Metasternum, the under surface 

 of the metathorax, 146; figured, 

 133, H 



Metathorax, the fourth segment 

 in insects, 142 ; figured, 137, G 



Midas-flies, Midasites, an order of 

 Diptera, 223 



Millers, Arctiites, an order of Le- 

 pidoptera, 212 



Mimick-heetles, Histerites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 252 



Mind, its properties defined, 134 



Miuiatus, colour of red lead, 174 



Mole-cricket, Gryllotalpa, a genus 

 of Achetites, 265 ; figured, 264 



Molluscata, animals in which the 

 skin constitutes a soft contractile 

 undivided envelope, 202 



Moniliformes, (antennae) having 

 each joint oval or globose, re- 

 semhling a necklace, 156; fi- 

 gured, 156, 5 



Mordellites, an order of Coleopte- 

 ra, 247 



Mortar, its composition taught us 

 by bees, 88 



Moths attracted by flowers, 97; 

 by lamps, 98 ; by berries of the 

 yew, 99 ; and sugar, 99 



Moth-blights, Aleyrodites, an or- 

 der of Hemiptera, 268 



Moth-gnats, Psycodites, an order 

 of Diptera, 219 



Motion, its division into dominant 

 and subservient, 134 



Mouldiness in preserved insects 

 to be remedied, 123 



Mouth of insects, described and 

 figured, 159 



Muricatus, when the surface is co- 

 vered with pointed pustules, 1 76 



Muscites, an order of Diptera, 227 



Muscles of insects described, 178 



Musquitoes, Simuliites, an order 

 of Diptera, 218 ; history, 3 ; fi- 

 gured, 5 ; annoyance to man, 87 



Mutillites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 231 



Mycetoplillites, an order of Dip- 

 tera, 217 



Mymarites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 238 



Necked Capricorn beetles, liCptu- 

 rites, order of Coleoptera, 260 



Neckless Capricorn beetles, Ceram- 

 bycites, an order of Coleoptera, 

 260 



Necromorpha, insects in which the 

 pupa has the mouth and organs 

 of locomotion detached from the 

 body, but enveloped in a case 

 or sheath, for instance Hyme- 

 noptera and Coleoptera, 77 



Nepites, order of Hemiptera, 266 



Nerves of insects, 180 



Nervures of wings described, 167 



Nets useful to Entomologists de- 

 scribed, 91 



Neuroptera, the seventh class of 

 insects, distinguished by four 

 reticulated wings, 78 ; mode of 

 collecting 107; classification, 

 268 



Newport, Mr. on the hypothesis of 

 antennae being auditory organs, 

 141 



Niger, the colour of lamp black, 

 173 



Nigricans, an impure black co- 

 lour, 173 



Nitidulites, an order of Coleopte- 

 ra, 253 



Nitidus, shining and glossy, 176 



Niveus, the brilliant white colour 

 of snow, 175 



Noctuites, an order of Lepidoptera, 

 211 



Nocturnal lights, their use taught 

 us by the glowworm, 88 



Nomenclature, its importance, 135 



Notodonta, a genus of Notodon- 

 tites, figured 213 



Notodontites, an order of Lepi- 

 doptera, 213 



Notonecta, water-boatman, a genus 

 of Notonectites, figured, 267 



Notonectites, an order of Hemip- 

 tera, 267 



Notum, the upper surface of each 

 segment in an insect, 146 



Oak-gall flies, Cynipites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 239 



Obsoletus implies that a colour or 

 character is obscure and indis- 

 tinct, 175 



