Index 



683 



March-fly, *326 

 Margarodcs fonnicarum, 



igo 

 Maritime locust. *i47 

 Marsh-treader, *ig7, 198 

 Marsh-treaders, 194 

 Mantinba mudcsta, 437 

 Masaridx, M a s a r i s 



(fiaaaofiai, masaomcc, to 

 chew), 498 

 Mason-bees, 514 

 Mason-wasps, 498 

 May-beetles, 275 

 May-flies, 53, 65 ; about 

 electric lamp. *66 ; gills 

 of nymph of, 68; life- 

 history of, 67 

 May-fly. *68 ; compound 

 eye of. *i2 ; nymph of, 

 showing tracheal gills. 

 *20 ; section through 

 head of male. *6<j ; young 

 nymph of, *67 

 Maxillse (sec m u t li - 



parts) 

 Meadow-browns, 457 

 Meadow grasshopper, 



*I53. *I54 

 Mealy-winged flies, 166, 



190, *!93; respiratory 



system of. *I9 

 Meat-safe live-cage, *643 

 Mecoptera ("^xof, mcciis, 



length; Trrepdv, ftcnim. 



wing), 223, 235; key to 



genera of, 235 

 Media (see venation) 

 Mediterranean flour-moth, 



*377. 379 

 Megachile, 514; anthra- 



ciiia. nest of, *5I4 

 Megachilidse. Megachile 



(/ic-joc, megas. great ; 



^fi^C, clielus, lip). 514 

 Megatopyge c r is p a t a , 



scales, from wing of. 



*593 ; opercularis, 383 

 Megalopygids ( p r o b . 



fifyuc, m c g a s , great ; 



T"/'?. pygc, rump), 369, 



383 

 Megathyma yuccff, 441 

 Megathymidse ( p r o b . 



/iiyci. me gas , great ; 



8w/i(if, thymus, spirit). 



441 

 Mcgilla maculata. *286 ; 



vittgera, *286 



Melanactcs piceus, 268 



Melaiioplus atlanis, 133, 

 *I37, 141; bivittatus, 

 ♦138, 141 ; diffcrentialis, 

 *I37, 141 ; fcmur-rubrum, 

 *I35. 140; development 

 of. *42 ; nervous system 

 of head of, *23 ; postem- 

 bryonic development of, 

 *125; spretus, 133, 136 



Melipona, 520 



Melissodes, 515 



Melittia ceto, 391 



Melitcea chalccdon, 457 



Mcloc aiigustieollis, 293 



Meloida;, Meloe (Lin- 

 nc-eus, — etym. uncertain), 

 288, 289 



Melophagus ovinus, 351, 

 *352 



Membracidae, Membracis 

 (jif//dpn;, inembrax, a 

 kind of cicada), 166, 168 



Membrane of wing (outer 

 half of forc-iving, Hc- 

 teroptcra, *I96) 



Meinythnis polistiformis, 

 .391' 



Menopon pallidum, *II9 



Merisus destructor, *478 



Merope. 236 



Mesoehorus agilis, para- 

 sitizing Xytiiia sp.. *486 



}lcsothcmis simpticicollis, 



Mesobregma ciiicta, *I47 



Meso-thorax, 7 



Metal-marks. 444 



Metamorphosis. 35 ; com- 

 plete. 41 ; complete, of 

 blow-fly, *45 ; complete, 

 of honey-bee. *46 : com- 

 plete, of monarch but- 

 terfly. *44 ; complete, 

 significance of. 51 ; in- 

 complete. 41 ; incom- 

 plete, of a dragon-fly, 

 *83 ; incomplete, of as- 

 sassin-bug. *43 ; incom- 

 plete, of Mclanoplus fc- 

 mur-rubrum, *I25; of 

 Hemiptera, 164 



Metapodius fcmoratus, 

 214 



Meta-thorax, 7 



.1/ I' t c r u s hyphantria, 

 '485 : parasitizing Xy- 

 lina lacticincrca, '487 



Mexican jumping bean- 

 moth. 382, *383 



Microccntrum taunfolium, 

 *I5I, 152; retinervis, 152 



Micropterygidae, Microp- 

 teryx (fiiKimc, micrus, 

 small ; irrj/wf, pteryx, 

 wing), 368, 370, 371 



Micropteryx sp., venation 

 of wing of, *372 



Microdon muiahilis, +340 



Microiiius sp., *229 



Micropyle, 15; of various 

 eggs, *37 



Midaidae, Midas (/'"'ar. 

 midas, a destructive in- 

 sect in leguminous 

 plants), 330 



Midas-flies. 330 



Midge, larva of, *3li; 

 male, *3io; pupa of, 

 *3ii 



Midges, 304, 310 



Migratory locusts, 133 



Milkweed-bug. 21 1 



Milkweed-butterfly, ar- 

 rangement of pharynx, 

 oesophagus, etc.. in head 

 of, *,l6i ; cross-section 

 of sucking proboscis of, 

 *36i ; part of maxillary 

 proboscis of. showing 

 arrangement of muscles, 

 *36i 



Milyas ductus, 204 



M i m e s i d se, M i m e s a 

 (/iifiTiaig, mimesis, imi- 

 tation). 502 



Mimicry. 609; of monarch 

 butterfly b y viceroy, 

 *6io ; of wasps by moths, 

 *6o8 



Mining-bees, 513 



Mochlonyx culiciformis, 

 auditory organ in an- 

 tenna of, *29 



Mode of pinning beetle, 

 *637 



Modest sphinx. 437 



Mole-cricket. long-winged, 

 161 ; northern. 161 ; Por- 

 to Rican. *i6i 



Monarch butterfly. *45i ; 

 complete metamorphosis 

 of. *44 : development of 

 color-pattern in pupal 

 wings of. *596; external 

 parts of, *6; internal 



