INDEX 



6oi 



Argiva, 414 



Argynnls, larvae, 354 ; A, paphia, andro- 

 coiiia, 332 



Ariji/romoeba sinuata, 76 ; ^4. tri/asciata, 

 486 



Arista, 442 



Army-worm, 416 



Aroiiiia moschata, 188 



Arthrojjterus, 214 



Asclera caerulca, 267 



Ascodipiteron, 520 



Asemorhoptrum lippulum, 160 



Asilidae, 491 



Asilus, 492 ; ^4. crahroniformis, 441 



Asparagus-beetle, 281 



Asjiidiott's caineUiai', 592 ; A. nerii, 595, 

 development of, 596 



Aspidiphorus, 246 



Asj)idomorphu, pupa, 283, 284 



Association, of Anergatcs aud Tetra- 

 moriuin, 160 ; of auts and other Insects 

 etc., 180 f. ; of Formica and Formi- 

 coxenus, 159 ; of Strongylognathns and 

 Tetramorium, 162 ; of Tomognathus a.ud 

 Lepitothorax, 161 



Astata hoopis, 119 



Astatides, 119 



Asteidae, 50^ 



Astomella lindeni, 490 



Astynomus, 285 



Atemeles, 225 ; and ant, 182 



Athericerous, 441 



Atherix, 481 ; .4. i7)/.s, 480 



Athous rhomheus, 257 



Atractocerics, 254 



Atrophy of mouth and stomach, 310 



.I^^rt, 137, 164 u., 165, 502 



Attucus, 373 ; A. atlas, 373 



Attelabides, 291 



Attini, 158, 159, 165 



Attitude, 381, 384, 385, 388, 412, 413, 

 425, 429 



Atylutusfulvus, 483 



Antocrates aenea, 275 



Antome7-is, 373 



Axiu, 598 



Azfeca, 158 



Azygos oviduct, 321 



Badciinia exdamationis, 365 



Barrett, on increase of melanism, 414 



Basket-worms, 393 



Bat-parasites, 521, 560 



Bataillon, on metamorphosis, 306 



Bates, H. W., on classification of butterflies, 



344 ; on homoeochroniatism, 351 ; on 



Megacephala, 201 

 Batesian mimicry, 337, 339 

 BaJhyscia, 221 

 Beak, 532 



Beauregard, on vesicating Insects, 275 

 Beaver, Insect on, 219, 221 



Becher, on mouth of Diptera, 444 n. 



Bed-bug, 559 ; enemy of, 558 



Beddard, on animal coloration, 339 n. 



Bee (i.e. honey-bee) — see Apis mellijica 



Bee-louse or -tick, 520 



Bees, 10 f. 



Bees born of carcases, myth, 499 



Bees' nest beetle, 235 



Bees, stylopised, 300, 303 



Beetles, 184 f. 



Bellesme, on buzzing, 19 



Belostomidae, 534, 565 



Bembecidae, 482 



Bembecides, 119 f. 



Bcmbex, 509 ; B. rostrata, 4, 120, 120 f. ; 



B. sjnnolae, 130 n. 

 Benchucha bug, 559 

 Berosits, 218 

 Berytidae, 548 



Bihio, 475, 476, 477 ; B. marci, 477 

 Bibiouidae, 475 

 Birds and butterflies, 338 

 Biscuit-weevil, 247 

 Bitoma crcnata, 233 

 Bittacnmoipha, VIZ 

 Black-fly, 530 



Blanchard, on flies attacking man, 517 n. 

 Blepharoceridae, 464 

 Blind beetles, 205, 221, 233 

 BUssus levcopterus, 548 

 Blister-beetles, 269 



Blochmann, on founding new nests, 145 

 Blood-sucking, Diptera, 457 ; Mosquitoes, 



467 

 Blood- worms, 468 

 Blow-flies, 511 

 Blue-bottles, 511 

 Bogus Yucca-moth, 433 

 Boletophila luminosa, 463 

 Boll-worm, 416 

 Bombardier-beetles, 201 

 Bombus, 53 f. ; insect in nest of, 22i ; fleas 



in nests of, 525 ; parasite of, 94, 497 ; 



proboscis of, 13 f., 14 ; B. agrorum, 54 ; 



B. lapidarins, 54 ; B. nuiscorum, 57 ; B. 



rariabilis, 60 

 Bombyces, 367 

 Bombycidae, 36S, 375, 406 

 Bonibyliidae, 485 

 Bombylius major, 488 

 Bomhyx mori, 375 ; B. yamamai, 325 

 Book-worm, 247 

 Borboridae, .504- 

 Borborus, 505 



Borocera madagascariensis, 405 

 Bostrichidae, 246 

 Bot-flies, 514 

 Brachelytra, ^34 

 Brachycera, 441, 454 

 Brachycerides, 291 

 Brachyscelides, 592, 598 

 Brachytarsus, 290 



