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Index 



Black swallowtail, 450 

 Blastoderm, *38 

 Blastophaga grossorum, 



•487 

 Blattidse, Blatta (btalla, 



insect that shuns light), 



126 

 Blcpharoccra cafitata, 



cross-section of eyes of, 



*3I7 

 Blepharoceridae, Blepharo- 



ceriis (probably /iA'i?n/Joi', 



blcpharus, eye ; ».''pnf, 



ccras, divided), 304, 



3M- 

 Blissus Icucoptcrus, 211, 



*2I2 



Blister-beetle, 288 

 Blood, 17 

 Blow-Hies, 343 

 Blow-fly, *344 ; complete 



metamorphosis of, *4S ; 



compound eye of. *ii ; 



larva, pupa, and adult 



of, *302 

 Bluebottles, 343 

 Blue-striped looper, *3g8 

 Body-louse, *2i6 

 Body-wall, section of, *4 

 BuleototJienis bifurcus, 



289; larva of, *289 

 Boll-worm, cotton, 404 

 Bombidie, Bombus {itofijior, 



b m b u s , a buzzing 



noise), 518 

 Bombus, 518; aMnis, 519; 



calif ornicus, 519; cd- 



wardsii, 519; fcrviotus. 



519; sp., nest of, *5i9; 



sp., worker and queen, 



*5l8; tcrricola. 519 

 Bombycidse, B o m b y x 



(bombyx, silk), 369 

 Bombyliidae, Bombyllius 



(jSo/j^ivhoc. boDtbylius. 



humble-bee), 332, 333 

 Bombylius, 333 ; major, 



*3.M : sp., mouth-parts 



of. *334 

 Bombyx mori, 429; larvae 



of, 428 ; venation of, *420 

 Book-lice, 55 ; 11 1 

 Book-louse, *ii2 

 Book-worm, 271 

 Borcus brumalis, 2.36; cali- 



f ornicus. 236 ; nivoriun- 



dus, 236 ; unicolor, 236 

 Bot-flies, 232, 337 



I Bot-fly. larva of, *337; of 

 horse. *338 



Box-elder bug, *2I3 



Brachycera (/V'-Vf^ bra- 

 cliys, short; "'/'"f, ccras, 

 horn). 303, 327; division 

 into groups, 327 ; keys 

 to families of. 327, 332 



Brachyncmurus. 232 



Braconida;. Bracon (Fa- 

 bricius, etym. uncertain), 

 463 



Brain of locust, *22 



Braula ca'ca. 353 ; sp., *3S2 



Braulidae, Braula (Spai'/.n. 

 braula, louse), 351. 353 



Breathing of aquatic in- 

 sects, 20 



Breeding-cage, *64i ; lamp- 

 chimney, *642 ; s o a p - 

 box, *643 



Breeding-cages how to 

 make, 642 



Broad-winged katydid, 

 *i50, *i5i 



Brood-comb of honey-bee, 

 with young stages, *46 



B r u c h i d a:. B r u c h u s 

 {(ipoixo^ bruchus, a lo- 

 cust without wings), 

 277, 281 



Bruchus obtcctus, *28i ; 

 pisi, *28i 



Brush-footed butterflies, 

 450 



Bucculatrix pomifoliella, 

 *376 ; pupal cocoons of, 

 *375 



Buckeye butterfly, 455 



Bud-moth, 381 



Buffalo-gnats, 304, 313 



Buffalo-moth. *263 



Buffalo tree-hopper, 169 



Bug. pinning a, *637 



Bugs. 55. 163 



Buprestidse. Buprestis 

 {fJai'C, ios, ox,- TTpl/fieiv, 

 prcthcn, swell), 265, 266 



Buprestis. 267 



Burrower-bugs, 195, 215 



Burying-beetle. *26i 



Bumblebee, at clover-blos- 

 som, *5i8: guest, 519; 

 nest of, *5I9 



Bumblebee-like robber-fly. 

 *33i 



Bumblebees, 517 



Butterflies, 358, 439; key 



to families of, 441 ; 

 scales of. their structure 

 and arrangement, 589 

 Butterfly, part of wing of, 

 *590 



Cabbage-bug, harlequin, 

 214, *2I5 



Cabbage-butterfly, caught 

 by Asclepias, *574; Eu- 

 ropean, 445 ; northern, 

 445 ; southern. 445 



Cabbage maggot-fly, 345 



C a c cc c i a ccrasivorana, 

 ♦380 : venation of. *38o 



Caca-cia parallcla. *38o ; 

 pcrvadana, 380; rosa- 

 ccana, 380; obsolctana, 

 larva of, *364; obsolc- 

 tana. pupa and adults of, 

 *365 



Cwcilius. 113 



Caddis-flies. 23. 55, 240; 

 keys to families of, 244 



Caddis-worms, case-build- 

 ing of. 240 : fishing-net 

 of. *243 ; habits of. 241 ; 

 pupation of. 242; cases 

 of, *24i ; key to families 

 of, 244 



Ccrnonympha californica, 

 457 



Catandra granaria, 297 ; 

 or_v-<r. 297 



Calandridae, Calandra (F. 

 calandre, weevil), 294, 

 297 



Calcphilis cccnius. 444 



California flower-beetle, 

 279, *28o : parasitic fun- 

 gus of. *346 ; tachinid 

 parasite of. *346 



California honey-ant, im- 

 dcrgrnund nest of, *546 



California oak-worm moth, 

 *4o6 



California ringlet, 457 



California shield-backed 

 grasshopper. *I55 



Caligo sp.. *6i2 



Callimorphas, 414 



Calliplwra crythroccphala, 

 344 ; complete metamor- 

 phosis of, *45 ; com- 

 pound eye of, *33 ; larva, 

 pupa, and adult of, *302 



Callosamia angulifcra. co- 

 coons of, *423 ; proine- 



