Index 



691 



Spermatheca, 14 



Spermatozoa (see Repro- 

 ductive organs) 



Speycria idatia. 456 



Sphtrrophlhalma aureola, 

 498: californica, 498; pa- 

 ciUca, *498 ; similima, 



*497 

 Spharageinon bolli, *I46; 



eollare, *I46 

 Sphccina ("iti'/i. sphex, a 



wasp), 463 

 Sphecitts speciosus, 500 

 Sphecoidea (sec Sphe- 



cina), 464 

 Sphenophorus, 297 

 Sphex ichneumonea. 499; 



occitanica. *492 

 Sphingicampa bicolor, 429 

 Sphingidae, Sphinx {a6i-)i, 



sphigx, sphinx), 369, 



431 



Sphinx, 437 ; chersts, larva 

 of, showing threatening 

 attitude, *6o6 ; gordius, 

 *436 



Sphinx-moth, 431 ; front 

 of head of, showing 

 frontal sclerites and 

 mouth-parts o f , *362 ; 

 mouth-parts of, *io; 

 pen-marked, larva of, 

 showing threatening as- 

 pect, *6o6 : sucking pro- 

 boscis of, *36o 



Sphyracephala brevicor- 

 nis. 347 



Spice -bush swallowtail, 

 450 



Spilosoma virginica, 412 



Spiracles, 7, 19 



Spittle-insects, 170; stages 

 of froth production, *ip 



Spondylidse, S p o n d y 1 i s 

 (a-ivdvlo^, spondylus, 

 a vertebra, a joint), 277, 



285 



Sporotrichum globulife- 

 rum, 212; sp., *346 



Spotted-winged locust, 

 *I4I 



Spotted wingless grass- 

 hopper. *i54 



Spreading-boards, how to 

 make, 638 



Spring azure. 443 



.Spring canker-worm, 397 



Springtail, American, 64; 

 pond-surface, *58 ; scales 

 of. *64 ; spotfed, *63 



Sprinkled locust, *I40, 142 



Spur, 232 



Squash-bug, *2I3; family, 

 195 



Squash-vine borer, 391 



Stable-fly, *342 



Stag-beetle, 272, *273 



Staphylinidas, Staphylinus 

 (aTaipvAivoc, stapliylinus, 

 a kind of insect ) , 258, 260 



Stapliylinus ciiinamopte- 

 rus. 261 ; inaculosus. 261 ; 

 loiiientosus, 261 ; viola- 

 ecus, 261 



Stegomyia. 305, 307; fas- 

 ciata, 308 



Stelidx, S t e 1 i s (aTe>.ic, 

 stelis, a parasitical 

 bee), 515 



Stciwbotlirus curtipcnnis, 

 ♦140. 142 



Stciiopclmatus sp., *IS6, 



■5" 

 Stcnopogon inquinatus , 



Stcphania picta, *I97 

 Stephanidae, Stephanus 



(ardpavo^, stephanus , 



crown), 463 

 Sternum {ventral wall of 



a body segment) 

 Sthcnopis argcnteo-maeu- 



latus, 373 

 Stigma (opaque spot, 



costal area of wing) 

 Stigmata. 19 

 Stilt-bugs, 195, 214 

 Sting of the honey-bee, 



460. *46i 

 Stink-hugs, 195. 214, *2IS 

 Stobera tricarinata. *i68 

 Stoinoxys calcitrans, *342 

 Stone-crickets. 155 

 Stone-flies, 53, 65, 70; life- 

 history of, 71 

 Stone-fly, *72; exuvia of 



nymph of. *7i ; young 



(nymph) of. *7I 

 Stratiomyia. 330 

 Stratiomyidse. Stratiomyia 



(aTpnTiuTn(:, stratiotes, 



a soldier ; /ivm, myia, a 



fly). 327. 329 

 Strawberry root - borer, 



*374 



Strepsiptera (urplipeiv, 



strephen, twist ; vtcjiuv, 



pterum. wing), 293 

 Striped ground-cricket, 



*I59 

 Stylopida;, Stylops (orW.of, 



stylus, a pillar ; <Ji/', ops, 



eye, face), 293, 294 

 Stylops. 294 



Subcosta (see Venation) 

 Sugar-beet midge, 345 

 Sugar-maple borer, *283 

 Sulphur - colored tortrix, 



*38o 

 Suture, *s 

 Sivalloiv-lailed butterAies, 



446, *447 ; butterfly, 



chrysalid of. *448 

 Swarming of honey-bees, 



525 

 Swifts. 368. 372 

 Sword-bearer, *I53 

 Sympathetic nervous sys- 

 tem. 23 ; of larva of 



harlequin-fly. *24 

 Syniphasis signata, *234 

 Syiiitliiirus aquaticus, 64 

 Synchlo'e sara, 446; genu- 



tai, 446 

 Synchlora glaucaria, 398 

 Synhalonia. 515 

 Syntomidse (prob. amrnfiia, 



syntomia, abridgment, 



shortness), 410 

 Syritta pipiens. 340 

 Syrphid, rat-tailed larva 



of. *340 

 Syrphidse, Syrphus ( <!i't>^oi, 



syrphus. a gnat), 332, 



339 

 Syrphus, 340; coniumax, 

 venation of wing of, 



*339 



Syrphus-flies, 339 



Sysspliinx heiligbrodti, 429 



Tabanida?. Tabanus (ta- 

 banus, a horse-fly), 327. 

 328 



Tabanus. 329 : lincola, *328 



Tachina-fly. 345. *346 



Tachinid parasite of Cali- 

 fornia flower-beetle. *346 



Tachinin.-e. 341. 345 



Tactile hair, innervation 

 of. *26 : sense, 26 



Tsnidia. *I9 



Txniopteryx. 73 



Tapestry-moth, 374 



