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Index 



Eyes, compound and sim- 

 ple, 30; of May-flies. 

 ♦69 ; of net - w i n g e d 

 midges. *3i6 



Eye - spotted bud - moth, 

 *38l 



Fabre, J. H., on instinctive 

 behavior, 643 



Fall canker-worm, 397 



False crane-flies, 327 



Family, 56 



Feather-wings, 376 



Femur, *3, *6 



Fciiiscca tarquiiiius. 444 



Fermenting fruit-flies, 349 



Fertilization of egg, 14; 

 of plants, 564 



Fig-insect, *487 



Figitidx (figo, to attach by 

 piercing). 475 



Figs, caprification of, 487; 

 on a branch, *488 ; show- 

 ing effect of non-caprifi- 

 cation and of caprifica- 

 tion. *489 



Filariasis and mosquitoes, 

 632 



Filiform, 364 



Fireflies, 265, 269 



Fish-moth, *sS. *62: de- 

 velopment of egg of, *40 



Flannel-moths, .369 



Flat-bug, 195, 208, *209 



Fleas, 56 



Flesh-fly, 343. *344 



Flies, 56; life-history of, 

 302; mouth-parts of, 

 302; two-wingfd, 301 



Flower-bug, ig5,*209; in- 

 sidious, 206 



Flower-fly, 332, *339 



Flower, pistil and ovary, 

 showing pollen tube, *564. 



Flowers and msects, 502; 

 colors of, developed for 

 attraction o f insects, 

 566: cross-pollinated by 

 humming-birds, 573 ; en- 

 tomophilous, 570 



Food-habits of Hemiptera, 

 164, 165 ; variety of, 8 



Footman, banded. 410; 

 painted, 409; pale, 410; 

 striped, 409 



Footman-moths, 370, 409 



Foot of house-fly, *.34i 



Forest-fly, *352 ' 



Forest-moths, eight-spot- 

 ted, *4o8 



Forest tent-caterpillar 

 moth, *4I7 



Fork-tailed katydid, *I52 



Formica cxscctoidcs, 545 ; 

 nitidrivcntris, 547; san- 

 guinca, 547 ; schaufussi, 

 547 : suba-ncsccns, 547 ; 

 subscricca. 547 



Formicina (see Formi- 

 coidea), 463, 539; key to 

 families of, 540 



Formicoidea, Formica 

 (formica, ant), 539 



Frenatx (f r c n u in , that 

 which holds things to- 

 gether), 368 



Frenulum, *376 



Fritillaries. 456 



Frog-hoppers. 170 



Froth production of frog- 

 hoppers, stages of, *i7i 



Fruit-worms, parasite of, 

 *485 



Fulgoridse (Fulgora, god- 

 dess of lightning), 166, 

 168 



Fungus attacking chinch- 

 bugs. 212 



Fungus, parasitic, of Cali- 

 f o r n i a flower-beetle, 

 *346 



Fungus - gnat. 304, 324, 

 *325 ; venation of wing 

 of. *325 



Gadflies, 328 



Galcnicclla lutcola, stages 

 of, *278 



Galgulidx, Galgulus (ga/- 

 gulus. a small bird), 194, 

 202 



Galgulus oculata, *202 



Gall, blackberry, 473; fi- 

 brous, of the California 

 live-oak. *472 ; of the 

 California white oak, 

 *473; rose, 473 



Gallcria mcUonclla. 379 



Gall-flies, 56, 463, 467 ; al- 

 ternation of generations 

 of, 469 



Gall-flv, *468; ovipositor 

 of, *468 



Gall-forming aphids, 180 



Gall-gnats, 304 



Gall-midge, 322 



Galls, 467 : growth of, 474 ; 

 jumping, of the oak, 

 *473 : made by a Cynipid 

 gall-fly, *469; on leaf, 

 *47i ; on leaf of Califor- 

 nia white oak. *470 ; on 

 twigs of California white 

 oak, *47i ; trumpet, on 

 leaves of California 

 white oak, *470 ; variety 

 of, 470 



Ganglia. 21 



Gastropacha amcricaiia, 

 416, *4i8 



Gastrophilus equi, 337, 

 ♦338; nasalis, 338 



Gelcchia cercalcUa, 375 ; 

 gallcc-solidaginis. 350 ; 

 pinifolicUa. 376 



Genus. 56 



Geometer-moths, 396 



Gcomctra iridaria. 398 



Geometrid moth, larva of, 

 *395. *.?96 : larva of, in 

 protective position. *6o3 



Geometrid, venation of a, 

 *396 



Geometrina. Geometra ()^, 

 gc. earth ; iiirpov, mc- 

 trum, measure), 370, 

 396 



Geotrupes, 275 



Geotrupes excrementi, 

 275 ; opacus, 275 ; splen- 

 did us, 27s 



Ghost-moths. 372 



Giant-skippers, 441 



Giebelia, 118 



Gills of young May-fly, 

 68 ; tracheal. 20 ; of Nlay- 

 fly. nymph. *20 



Girdler. currant-stem. *465 



Glorcria ari:oiici:sis, base 

 of scale of. *59i ; scales 

 from wing of. *593 



Glow-worm. 269 



Goatwccd-butterfly. 455 



Golden-eyed fly. *228 



Gomphidx. G o m p h u s 

 (yn/ipo^, gomphus, a fast- 

 ening), 92 



Gomphus cxilis, 92 



Goniodes, 118 



Goniocotes, 118; holo- 

 gastcr, 1 19 



Goniotaulius dispectus, 



243 

 Gopher crickets, 155 



