ENGLISH INDEX. 
681 
Saprophagous insects, iv. 491. 
Saw-flies, how they deposit their 
eggs, i. 355 : their ovipositor, 
355; iv. 160: vast flights of, 
ii. 10: simulate death, ii. 233 : 
eggs of, grow, iii. 91 : why hy- 
menopterous, iv. 382, 416: their 
scent organs, ii. 242, 248 : slimy 
larvae of, 225. 
Saw-fly, barley, i. 173: cherry, 
197: gooseberry, 197: rose, 
194,355: turnip, 187 ; ii. 10. 
Schwenckfeeld, Dr., first faunist, 
iv. 440. 
Scolechiasis, i. 99; iv. 232. 
Scorpion, terrific attitude of, i. 124 : 
ferocity of, 279 : gills of, iv. 61 : 
liver of, 123. 
, water, eggs of, iii. 94. 
Scripture (Holy), account of in- 
sects, iv. 431. 
Sculpture cf insect integument, 
uses of, iii. 396, 654. 
Seasons of insects, iv. 520. 
Secretions of insects : — silft,iv. 136: 
saliva, 137: varnish, 139: jelly, 
139: oils, 139: milk, 134: ho- 
ney, 140: wax, 141: poisons 
and acids, 143: odorous fluids 
and vapours, 146: phosphorus, 
149: fat, 150. 
Semicomplete pupa, i. 67. 
Sensation, organs of, iv. 1 . 
Senses of insects, whether seven, 
iv. 241 : they have the ordi- 
nary, 244: internal sense, 242; 
sight, 242: hearing, 243: an- 
tenna;, whether organs ot, 247 : 
touch, 255 : smell, 257 : taste, 
264. 
Sensorium, common, where re- 
sident, iv. 19. 
Seven, a sacred number, iii. 15, 
note ; iv. 24 1 : quinary groups 
resolvable into, 409. 
Sheep, insects that infest, i. 157. 
Shell-fish, insects that infest, i. 1 66. 
Showers (bloody), produced by in- 
sects, i. 34. 
Shrike. See Butcher-bird. 
Silk, i. 332. 
Silk-worms, kinds of, i. 334 : dis- 
eases of, iv. 212 : not attacked 
by ichneumons, 228 : how to 
forward their exclusion, iii. 101. 
Skeletons (of small animals), how 
to obtain, i. 258. note. 
Skin of insects, iii. 400. 
Skunk, ii. 238. 
Sleep of insects, iv. 199. 
Sloane (Sir Hans), encomium of, 
iv. 446. 
Slugs (wheat) how best destroyed, 
i. 181. note. 
Slug-worm, i. 198. 
Soap, manufactured from insects, 
i. 316. 
Societies, of insects, imperfect, ii. 
3 : perfect, 27. 
Society, Royal, iv. 446. 
, Linnean, iv. 459. 
, Zoological, 460. 
Solomon, knew insects, i. 23; ii. 46. 
Soiv-bug, i. 140. 
Sparrows, number of caterpillars 
they devour, i. 291. 
Species, iv. 405: how to inves- 
tigate, 563. 
Spectre, large egg of, iii. 90. 
Sphinx, why so named, ii. 234. 
Spider, amphibious, i. 470: bird, 
422; iii. 490: edible, i. 310: 
gossamer, ii. 330 : large field or 
diadem, i. 405 : red, 203 : shep- 
herd, ii. 305 : small garden, i. 
41 5: trap-door, 467: once tamed, 
iv. 23. 
Spiders, hunters, i. 422 : swim- 
mers, 424 : vagrants, 422 : wea- 
vers or sedentaries, 403; iv. 31. 
, affection for their eggs, i. 
361 : webs, texture of and how 
spun, 403, 420 ; iv. 1 29 : won- 
derful apparatus for spinning, 
i. 403 : floating nest of, 423 : 
nest under water, ^70 : web 
destroyed by fluid emitted by a 
caterpillar, ii. 245 : sailing in 
the air, 331 : effects of their 
venom, i. 131 : crueltv, 279: 
