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INDEX. 



Apuleius, and the fable of Ciipiil and 



Psyche, 163, 174 

 Aschipasma, absence of elytra in, 43 

 Asilus flies, as locust enemies, 129 

 Ass, " the Golden," 163 

 Atrophy of wings of Mantida.-, 14 



B 



Bacillus, the genus, 76 

 Bacteria corniita, eggs of, 53 

 l^arber, Mrs., on " Voetgangers," 117 

 Bates, on Aellopos titan, its resemblance 

 to a humming-bird, 222 

 his encounter of hawk moths at sea, 



238 

 on the music of the Xanana, 148 

 Beauty of males of Psychid?e, probable 



cause of disappearance of, 214 

 Bee Hawk Moths, 222, 229 

 Bee-Robber, Death's Head Moth as a, 



236 

 Bees, Death's Head Moth and, 237, 238 

 that stridulous voice of Death's Head 

 Moth controls, 237 

 Boisduval on beauty of the Uraniidn?, 194 

 on division of Lepidoptera into 

 Rhopalocera and Heterocera, 185 

 Brachystola maff^na, the " buffalo-hopper " 



or " lubber grasshopper," 140 

 Bradley, Richard, en the Walking-Leaf 



Insects, 72 

 Brongniart, on the name Eumegalodon, 



159 



on post-embryonic development of 



Schislocerca peregrin a, i o i 

 on Protophasmida;, 78 

 Brough, Mr., on a species of Weta from 



Nelson, 158 

 Brunner, L., on colour difference of 

 Oedipodides correlative with 

 locality, 136 

 Buller, Sir \V., on the " Wetas," 157 



Butterflies, the most beautiful of all 



insects, 176 

 favourite resorts, 176, 17S 

 interesting habits, 178-180 

 like choice beds of flowers on the 



moist sand, 179 

 not only gregarious, but migratory, 179 

 of a cjuarrelsome disposition, 180 

 peculiarities of highest interest in, iSi 

 twilight flyers, 180 

 Butterfly life, immense variety of, in 



ecjuatorial zone, 176 



Calasymbolus and Faonias, extremely 



beautiful genera, 228 

 Callidryas gathering in dense masses on 



ground, 179 

 Caloptcnus spretus. See Rocky Moun- 

 tain Locust 

 Capsule, egg, of Mantis religiosa, de- 

 scription of, 17 

 consistency, 19 



explanation of manner of formation, 20 

 situation of the eggs ; the median 



chamber, 18 

 subsidiary parts, 19 

 Capsules, egg, of Mantid?e, 16 

 CarabidiT? as locust enemies, 129 

 Case Moths, in structure of female and 

 in habit the strangest and most 

 abnormal of all Lepidoptera, 204, 

 205 

 females have become degenerate, 204 

 214, 216, 217 

 Cases, larval, of Psychida;, 205 ; enlarge- 

 ment, repair, locomotion, temporary 

 suspension, complete withdrawal, 

 mode of moving and retaining posi- 

 tion within case, 209-211 

 abundance of, 214; singular rarity of 

 moths considering abundance of 

 cases, 215, 216 



