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INDEX 



Cricket, Italian, the, 130-5 

 Appearance of, 130 

 Song of, 13 1-4 



D 



Dermestes, victims of ai lun, 

 232 



Dioscorides on the Cigale, 29 



Diptera, 168, 172 



Dog, its love of stenches, 233 

 Scent of the, 220-22 

 A trufHe-hunter, 218-20 



E 



Elephant-Beetle (Balaninus or 

 Acorn-Weevil), 238-57 

 Boring acorns, habit of, 



240-4 

 Eggs, method of laj'ing, 245, 



^54-7 

 Motives in boring, 246-50 

 Snout of, 238-9 

 Emperor ]Moth, see Great Pea- 

 cock Moth 

 Emfusa pauperata, see Mantis 

 Eucores, 176 



Golden Gardener, the, 102-19 

 Cannibal habits of, 111-19 

 Courtship of, 103-10 

 Ferocity of, 101-4, 108-10 

 Nutriment of, 102-10 

 Vermin killer, as a, 107 



Grandville, illustrates La Fon- 

 taine's fables, % 



H 



Halictus, 176, 178 

 Haricot bean, the, 283-9 

 Haricot-Weevil, the. see Weevil 



Hcrcilia, J.-M. dc, 287-90 

 Hydnocystus, a fungus, 228 

 Hymenoptera, habits of, 137-8 ; 



150, 162, 171-2, 175-6 

 La Fontaine, fable of the Cigale 



and the Ant, 3 



It Locust, Grey, the, 300-16 

 Larva of, 300 

 Metamorphosis of, 300-9 

 Wing, formation of, 309-15 



M 



Mantis, the Empusa pauperata, 



97 

 Mantis, the Grej', 96 

 Mantis, the Praying, 68-ioi 



Cannibalism of, 82-5 



Courtship, 79-83 



Hunter, as, 68-78 



Nest of, 86-IOI 

 Melolonthafullo, see Pine-cliafer 

 Minotaur, 225 



O 



Oak-Eggar. the, 202-16, 234-7 

 Experiments as to sense of 



smell in males, 208-15 

 Swirming of males during 

 the mating season, 204-15 

 Odynerus, 150-1, 172 

 Osmia tricornis, 173, 175 



Pea, ancestry of the, 258-9 

 Pea-Weevil, see Weevil 

 Peacock Moth, the Great, 179- 

 201, 234-7 

 Appearance of, 179 

 Experiments as to sense of 

 smell in males. 184-97 



