EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



287 



Terebella, the saw with which 

 many female insects bore holes 

 to deposit their eggs, 171 

 Termites, account of, 57 

 Testaceus, the colour of brick- 

 dust, 173 

 Tetanocerites, order of Diptera,227 

 Therevites, order of Diptera, 222 

 Thorax, the anterior mass in pe- 

 dunculated insects, 145 

 Thripsites, an aberrant order of 



insects, 270 

 Throat or pharynx, the anterior 

 aperture of alimentary canal, 159 

 Tibia, the third portion of the 



legs in insects, 169, a 3 

 Ticklers, Thripsites, au aberrant 



order of insects, 270 

 Tiger-beetles, Cicindelites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 256 

 Tiger-flies, Asilites, an order of 



Diptera, 223 

 Timber-beetles, Bostricites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 261 

 Tineites, order of Lepidoptera, 215 

 Tipulites, order of Diptera, 217 

 Tongue, lingua, an appendage 

 attached to the inner surface of 

 the labium in insects, 161 

 Tortoise-beetles, Cassidites, an or- 



der of Coleoptera, 259 

 Tortricites, an order of Lepidop- 

 tera, 214 

 Tortrix, a genus of Tortricites, 



figured, 214 

 Tracheae, the air tubes, which in 

 insects are the organs of respi- 

 ration, 192 

 Trogites, order of Coleoptera, 251 

 Tubulus, the oviduct of flies, 171 

 Turnip-fly, its ravages, 87 



Um and ms, usual termination to 

 English-latin words, 129 

 • Unguicula, sharp, curved claws at 

 the extremity of the tarsi in 

 insects, 170; figured, 169, a 5 



Ungula, the terminal joint of the 

 tarsus, 170; figured, 169 



Unicorn flies, Bombyliites, an or- 

 der of Diptera, 220 



Vanessa, a genus of Papilionites 

 211; figured, 112 and 113 



Variegated flies, Tephritites, an 



order of Diptera, 227 

 Veneer moths, Crambites, an order 



of Lepidoptera, 214 

 Ventriculus, the second portion of 

 the alimentary canal, 185 



Vermiculatus, when the surface is 

 covered with tortuous markings, 

 like worm-eaten wood, 176 



Verrucosus, a surface covered with 

 tubercles resembling warts, 176 



Vertebrata, animals having an in- 

 ternal bony skeleton, 202 



Vespites, an order of Hymenopte- 

 ra, 233 



Villosus, when the surface is co- 

 vered with long distinct hairs, 

 177, 



Violaceus, the colour of the purple 

 violet, 174 



Vitta, is a longitudinal coloured 

 stripe, 175 



Volucella, a genus of Volucellites, 

 figured, 226 



Volucellites, crder of Diptera, 226 



Walking stick, Phasma, figured, 

 138 



Walking leaf, Mantis, figured, 139 



Wasps, Vespites, an order of Hy- 

 menoptera, 233 



Water-beetles, carnivorous, Dytis- 

 cites, an order of Coleoptera, 

 255 



Water-beetles, herbivorous, Hy- 

 drophilites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 254 ; skeleton of, figured, 

 133 ; described, 149 



Water-boatmen, Notonectites, an 

 order of Hemiptera, 267 



Water-bugs, Hydrometrites, an 

 order of Hemiptera, 266 



Water-fleas, Gyrinites, an order of 

 Coleoptera, 255 



Water-scorpions, Nepites, an order 

 of Hemiptera, 266 



Wasp-flies, Conopites, an order of 

 Diptera, 221 



Wax produced by honey-bee, 87 



Wheat-flies, Cecidomyites, an or- 

 der of Diptera, 217 



Wings of insects, described, 165 



Wood-eaters, Xyleutites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 213 



