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INDEX. 



Sound emitled by larva of, 234 ; its 

 nature and cause, 234, 235 

 by pupa of, 234 

 Special Protective and Aggressive Re- 

 semblance, beautiful examples of, 

 30, 35, 52, 60, 67, 132. 135, 154, 1S3 

 Spectre, the pink-winged, 64 

 Sphingida^ their aniennx, 185, 219 

 have their metropolis in the tropics, 22S 

 occasional visitors from sunny climes, 



229 

 pupation of, 220, 224, 225, 227 

 sub-families of, 220 ; Macroglos^imv;, 

 Choerocampina;, Ambulicina;, Sphin- 

 gina>, Manducina-, Smerinthina, 220 

 the natural position of the, 226 

 SphinginK, extraordinary length of 



tongue, 224 

 Sphinx-like attitude of larvK of Si)hin- 



gidae, 220 

 Spiders as locust-enemies, 12; 

 Si)ine, posterior, or caudal horn of larva 



of Sphingida, 220, 226 

 Stauronolns inaroccanus, method of 

 hatching, 99; the ampulla. 99, 100 

 egg-parasites of, 98 

 Stenobothrus, music of, 89-91, 138, 140 



ears of, 92 

 Slridulating apparatus in Acridiida, 89. 

 135. 137 ; in the female, 90, 91, 138 

 Slridulation of Acridiida, 88, 135, 137 

 during flight, 91 

 of Locustida, 147 

 specially characteristic of male, 90, 



135. 138, 147 



Superstitions, relating to Death's Head 

 Moth, 235 

 to Mantida, 3 



Swainson on migration of Day-flying 

 Moths, 201 



Symbols of Psyche, 163, 176 



their conspicuous beauty and abun- 

 dance, 176 



Synemon, the genus, 19G 



Tachina-flies, as locust-enemies, 114, 130, 



131 

 annoyances of, as one of llie causes of 



locust migration, 1 14 

 Tanana, its extraordinary music, 148 ; 



kept in cages for sake of its song, 



148, 153 

 Tegmen of the female Phyllium, an ex- 

 ceptional structure, 70 

 Tegmina in Phasmida-, usually of small 



size or absent, 42, 43 

 attached to posterior part of meso- 



thorax, 4:, 43 

 Tettigides, 132-134 

 Tettix, the genus, 134, 140 

 Tibial ears, 145 



two principal kinds, 145 ; siructure, 



145, 146; function, 146 

 Tiger-beetles as locust-enemies, 129 

 Trathypetra bufo, Trimen on, 139 

 Trap-door spiders as locust-enemies, 129 

 Trimen on Trachypetra bufo, 139 

 Tropidoderus, 47, 64 

 Tryxalides, 133, 155 



resemblance to, of slender stick-like 



forms in the genus Pcringucyella, 155 

 Twilight fliers, butterflies as, 180 

 Tyndall on sound, 94 



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Urania l/oisdiivalii, one of the most 

 beautiful Lepidoptera known, 195, 

 196 

 egg-laying, larva, imago, 197-199 

 inhabits Cuba, 195, 197, 199 

 braziliensis, its migration, 200, 201 

 fulgens, its migration, 200, 201 

 lei his, 200 

 sloanits, 200 



Uraniida, the brilliant, 185, 194 



proved to belong to the Heterocera,i94 



