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Castnia, the genus, 1S7 



Fabricius on, 18S 

 Castniida% an abnormal collection of 

 pretty insects, 185, 187 

 and Uraniidce, 185 

 geographical range, 190 

 have most affinities with moths, 1S7 

 in some respects combine the 

 characters of both lepidopterous 

 divisions, 187-190 

 Caudal horn of Sphingidx-, 220, 226 

 Cave-dwellers, 156 

 Cecidomyia, galls of, on willows, 143 



eggs of Locustidie laid in, 143 

 Ceroys, a Peruvian, 65 



from Nicaragua, 65 

 Chxradodis, special Protective Resem- 

 blance of, 30, 3 1 

 where found, 31 

 CJutrocampa celcrio, 229 

 Chcerocampince, 222, 224, 225, 228, 229 

 chiefly remarkable for power of swift 

 and long-sustained flight, 233 

 Change of colour, in Phasmidx, 44, 57, 

 102 

 in Acridiida;, loi 

 Characteristics and habits of Phasmidii?, 



44 

 Phasmida; are herbivorous, 45 

 Phasmida; are sensitive to cold, 44 

 Ch yysiridia 7nadagascaricnsis, 200 

 Cladonotus luimbertiauiis, 134 

 Cocytius chieiitins, its long proboscis, 224 

 Colour changes in course of development 

 in Orthoptera, 102 

 of Schistocerca peregrina, loi 

 of some Phasmida; of the Phyllium 

 group, 57, 102 

 Community of Descent, Darwinian doc- 

 trine of, a strong argument in favour 

 of, 187 

 Conocephalides, 141, 159 



their head-ornament, 141 

 Coptopteryx females, 14, 24 



Cry, singular, produced by Death's Head 

 Moth, 233 ; theories to account for 

 phenomenon, 233-235 

 Cupid and Psyche, fable of, 163, 174 

 Cursoria and Saltatoria, the series, 8r 



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Dappula tcrtia, 2 1 3 

 Day- flying moths, 184 



migratory habits, 201 

 Death of Mantida, 17, 21 

 Death's Head Hawk Moth, 225, 230 ; 

 larva, appearance, food, 231, 232; 

 pupation, 232, 241-243 

 an object of alarm to the superstitious, 



235 

 as a bee-robber, 236 

 at sea, 238, 239, 241 

 is sluggish, 238 

 its cry, theories put forward to account 



for, 233, 234 

 its grim feature, 231, 233, 236 

 of superior dimensions, of nocturnal 



habit, 230, 231, 233. 235, 236, 23S 

 on rearing, 232, 242 

 sound emitted by pupa, 234; by larva, 



its nature and cause, 234, 235 

 that it is nomadic in habit, 239 

 times of appearance, 232, 241, 242 

 Defence, means of, 25, 48, 49, 66. 67, 



132, 136, 139, 153, 155, 157, 158 

 aquatic habits, 50 

 immobility, 45 



power of ejecting nauseous fluid, 49, 155 

 prickles and spines, 49 

 Defence, positive, of Locustidoe, 154 

 Deinacrida, the curious genu-^, 156 

 brouglii, 158 

 /u'teracanfha, 156 ; its size, 157 ; food, 



and other habits, 157 ; clicking noise 



produced, 157 

 mcgacephala, 157 



