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Index 



anatomy of, *I3; larva 

 of, *6o5 ; mimicry of, by 

 viceroy butterfly, *6lo; 

 part of wing of, show- 

 ing scales. *36o; vena- 

 tion of wings of, *37l ; 

 venation of, *ll 



Moniliform, 258 



Monobia quadridens, 502 



Monohammus, 285 



Moiwmorium minutum, 

 *536; pharaonis, S41 



Monoslcgia roscr. 466 



Monterey-pine midge, *324 



Morpho sp., base of scale 



of, *59i 



Mosquito, auditory organ 

 in antenna of, *29 ; beak 

 of, *302 ; female, mouth- 

 parts of, *30i ; head and 

 mouth-parts of, *7 ; life- 

 history of, *305 : mala- 

 ria-carrying. *3o8 



Mosquitoes, 304 ; and ele- 

 phantiasis, 633 ; and fila- 

 riasis, 632; and malaria, 

 617; and yellow fever, 

 630; eaten by dragon- 

 flies. 81 ; methods of 

 fighting, 309 



Moth, ommatidia of, *3i 



Moth-fly, 319, *320; larva 

 and pupa of, *320 ; 

 mouth-parts of, *320 



Moth-like flies, 304 



Moths, 56, 358; and but- 

 terflies, single scale 

 from, *589; and wasps, 

 showing mimicry. *6o8 ; 

 key to superfamilies and 

 families of, 367; scales 

 of, their structure and 

 arrangement, 589; wood- 

 nymph, 407 



Moulting. 43 



Mourning-cloak. 455 



Mouth-parts. 6 ; head of 

 larva of net-winged 

 midge showing forma- 

 tion of adult, *3i8; head 

 of larva of black-fly 

 showing developing, 

 ♦314 ; developing, of tus- 

 sock-moth, *.363 : devel- 

 opment of. of Corydalis 

 cornula, *227 ; of bee- 

 fly. *334 ; "f dance-fly, 

 *335 ; of Cicada, *g ; of 



Dixa sp., *3I9; of dob- 

 son-fly, *6; of Eristalis 

 sp., *340; of female 

 black-fly, *3I3; of fe- 

 male net-winged midge, 

 *3i6; of a female mos- 

 quito, *30i ; of a female 

 punkie, *3ii ; of Hemip- 

 tcra, *l64; of honey-bee, 

 *7. *459; of honey-bee, 

 development, *46o; of 

 horse-fly, *329; of house- 

 fly. *8, *30i ; of Hynien- 

 optera. 460 ; of larva of 

 black-fly, *3I3; of larva 

 of net-winged midge, 

 *3I7; of larva of wasp, 

 *46i ; of Lcpidoptera, 

 *362 ; of a long-tongued 

 bee, *5I2; of mosquito, 

 *7; of moth-fly, *320; 

 of mud-wasp, *46o; of 

 net-winged midge, *g ; 

 of robber-fly. *33i ; of a 

 short-tongued bee. *5ii; 

 of sphin.x-moth. *lo: of 

 thrips, *8, *22o; variety 

 of. 8 ; of w asp, devel- 

 opment of, *46o, *46l 



Mud-nest, vase, of Eume- 

 ncs sp., *499 



Mule-killer, 76 



Murgantia histrionica, 214, 

 *2I5 



Musca domcstica, *34l, 

 342 ; larva of. *342 ; 

 mouth-parts of, *8, *30i ; 

 pupa in puparium of, 

 *342 



Muscardine, 412 



Muscid, aquatic, *348 



Muscidae, Musca (fH'ia, 

 inyia. a fly), 332 



Muscinae, 341, 342 



Muscle, degenerating, 

 from pupa of giant 

 crane-fly, *50 ; degen- 

 erating, of tussock-moth, 

 *5o; developing, in pupa 

 of honey-bee, 51 ; struc- 

 ture of, *I3. *I4 



Muscles, arrangement of, 

 in maxillary proboscis 

 of milkweed butterfly, 

 *36i ; attachment of, to 

 body-wall, *4 : of leg, 

 *5 ; of wing, *5 



Muscular system, 13 



Mutillidae, Mutilla (m«- 

 tilo, to crop short), 497 



Mycetophilidae, Myceto- 

 phila (Mi'KTio, myces, a 

 fungus ; il»/.of, philus, 

 loving), 304, 324, *32S; 

 venation of wing of, *32S 



Mydns lutcipcniiis, 330 



Myodocha serripes, 21 1 



Myopa, 337 



Myopsocus, 113 



Myriapoda, 3 



Myrmecocystus melliger, 

 545 



Myrmecophila, 161 ; tie- 

 brasccnsis. *l62 



Myrmccophily, 552 



Mrymeleon, 232 ; adult, 

 *23i ; sp., larva and 

 sand-pit of, *230 



Myrmeleonidae, Myrme- 

 leon {uipiijii, myrmex, 

 ant; \iuv. Icon, lion), 

 224, 230 ; key to subfam- 

 ilies of, 231 



Myrinica brevinodcs, 544 



Myrmicidae, M y r m i c a 

 {uvn/irii, myrmex, ant), 

 540, 541 



Mystacides, 243 



Mytilaspis pomorum, 189 



Mycus ccrasi, 174 



Nabids. N a b i s (nabis, 



camelopard). 195 

 Xabis fusia, *205 

 Xathalis iolc, 446 

 Naucoridse, N a u c o r i s 



(I'arf, naus. ship ; »<i(«f, 



coris, a bug). 194. 199 

 Necrobia ritfipcs, 270; vio- 



lacea. 270 

 Nccrophorus marginatus, 



*26l 



Xectar. 566 



Nectar-drinking, adapta- 

 tion of insects for, 569 



Negro-bug, flea-like, 215 



Negro-bugs, 195 



Ncmatocera (I'wn, nema, 

 thread ; «f/'ac, ccras, 

 horn), 303; key to fam- 

 ilies of, 304 



A'cmatus crichsonii, 466; 

 zmtricosus, 466 ; larva 

 of. *465 



Ncmobius fascialus, form 



