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INDEX, 



Aranea aurantia, Oliv, M. M ; A. dia- 



detna, T. 359 ; A domestica, A. 357 ; 



368 ; A. holoserica, Linn., A. 364 ; 



A.obtectrix, Bechstein, A. 350; T. 



397; A. reticulata, A. 342 

 Arctia c«ja,Stei)h., T 69, 176,187, 193; 



A. villica, Steph , A. 3-2iy fig. 

 Argyromiges Rayella, Curt., A. 234 

 Argyritneta njuai/ca, Walck., A. 365; 



f. 382 ; 398 

 Aristotle's Classification, M. 381 

 Armadillo vulgaris,Cu\i6t, T. 183 

 Aroma, I\I..59 



Arrangements, systematic, ]M. 380 

 Arrangement of si)ecimens, M.379 

 Artichoke gall of the oak-bud, with 



gall-fly, A. 376,,ftg. 

 Asellus aijiuiticus,'Leach, T. 393 

 Ateucus, A. S49 

 Athulia, T. 218 

 Atropos lignariua. Leach, A. 304 ; A. 



pulsatorius, M. 102 

 Aurelice, A. 22 

 Aurella, A. 21 

 Azalea pontica, M. 3i,J!g. 



Balaninus Nitcttm, Germar, T. 242 

 Bark-grub, raised galleries of a, T. 245 

 Bark, mined in rays by beetle grubs, 



T. 245,.A'i'-.s. 

 Bark-mining caterpillars, A. 239 

 Baster's opinion of smell, M.61 

 Bat, guided by the touch of Its wings, 



M. 14 

 Battles of ants, ancient records of, M. 



335 

 Battles between queen bees, M. 311 

 Bazin's experiments on Aphides, M. 



236 

 Bedeguar of the rose, A. 375, Jig. ; one 

 of the bristles magnified, A 3J7, Jig. 

 Bee, cells strengthened by the grub of, 

 A. 140 ; hunting in America, A . 146 ; 

 and syrphus, comparative figures of, 

 T. 'iyjig. ; Swammerdam's account 

 of the wings of the, T. 343; tongue 

 of, adapted to the nectaries of flow- 

 ers, 172., /i^.; barges of Kgypt and 

 France, 262 ; caravans of Germany, 

 262; duels, 328; robbers, 329 

 Bees compared to mechanics, A. 25 ; 

 dissections of, by Mademoiselle Ju- 

 rine and M. Latreille, A. 102; di- 

 ■vision of the labour of, 112 ; Huber's 

 experiments with, 115; mathemati- 

 cal problem solved by, 121 ; symme- 

 try in the architecture of, explained, 

 133 ; Virgil's recei])t for making a 

 swarm of, T.3; cleanliness of, 6; 

 and wasps, parasites of, 6/; hyber- 

 nation of, 410 ; whether they per- 

 forate flowers, M. 175; pairing of, 

 253 ; migrations of, 283 ; wars of, 322 ; 

 goverimient of, 3li6 ; vision of, 1-21 

 Bees'-wax, erroneous account of the 

 Abb6 La Pluche concerning, A. 94 ; 

 conjectures of Reaumur concerning, 

 95 ; discovery of John Hunter con- 

 cerning, 96; experiments of Huber 

 respecting the formation of, 97 

 Beetles, A. 247 

 Beluslitma, M. 115 

 Beroe glubulosa, Lamarck, T. 353 

 Bibiofebrilis, feet of, T. 391,./i^.?. 

 Bihio Iwrtutanus, Meigen, T. 266, 267, 



.fe- 

 Birds, moulting of, T. 176 ; of prey, 

 peculiar faculty of, 351 ; smell in, 

 k. 51 



Black-vehied \vhite butterfly, disap-- 

 pearance of the, T. 214 



Blainville's opinion of smell, M. 63 



Blackheath, desti-uction of herbage on, 

 T.254 



Blaps tnorti.iaga, Fahr. T. 240, 241, 

 24-2 ; M. 53 



Blatta, T. 66; B. Orientalis, M. 149 ; 

 B. gigauteu, M. 1,53, figs. ; 153; B. 

 lapponica, M. i.52 



Blatlidw, Steph. M. 152 



Blennius ovo-viviparuus, Lacepede, T. 

 108 



Blight, popular errors respecting, T. 

 11; Dr. Good's account of, 12; 

 caused by an oak-leaf-roller, 203 ; 

 American, history ot^ M. 178 



Blind ants, A. 261 



" Blind as a beetle," origin of the pro- 

 verb, M. 15 



Blood, supposed formative of the, T. 

 132; supposed showers of, accounted 

 for, T. 351 



Blood-worm, T. 304 ; plumed appara- 

 tus in the, T. 305 ; remarkable evo- 

 lution of the, T. 319 



Blow fly (chequered), T. UO.fg.; Ab- 

 domen and young larvae, 100, ./i^t,--. ; 

 coil of larva?, WO. Jig. ; Large Grey, 

 with the abdomen and young mag- 

 gots, 111, fg. ; breathing apparatus 

 of the maggot, 111,,^^.; bellows ap- 

 paratus in the pupa of the, 321 ; 

 newly-hatched, 338, fig. 



Blue bottle, feet of, T. 391, Jgs. 



Boletopliila, T. 98 



Bombardier Beetle, its proceedings, M, 

 54, fg. 



Bombi, A. 36 



Bombus lapidaria, A. 70 ; B. muscorum, 

 Latr., 64 ; B. terrestris, ib. 69, 70; 

 M. 29 



Bomhylii, T. 4 ; M. 39 



Bumby.r mori, A. 315, 320 ; T.64 



Bonnet's experiments on aphides, M. 

 69 ; observations on hearing, M. 73 



Bonsdorf's opinion of the palpi, M. 10 



Boxes for collecting insects, M. 369, 

 fg.; 375, fig. 



Braces for setting, M. 3'7,fig. 



BrachiiiHS crepitans, M. 54 ; B. displo- 

 sor, "M. 55 



Bramble, pseudo gall of the, A. 397, 



f'g- 



Breeding-cage, Stephens's, M . 364 

 Rennie's, SI. 365, Jig. 



Breeze-fly's egg, hatching of the, A. 

 410,.^A'- 



Breeze-fly, ovipositor of, 403, ^^g-. ; ef- 

 fects produced by the, upon cattle, 

 A. 405; 412, ./i'^'. ; ovipositor, of the 

 rein-deer, observation of Linnseus 

 on the, A. 406; of man, 415; deli- 

 cacy of taste in, M. 26 



Brown Ants, proceeding of the, A. 253 



Brown-tail Moth, winter nest of the, 

 A. 330, ^g'. ; extraordinary ravages 

 of the, "T. 208; female, 83,^^.; 

 tweezers of, 84, fig. 



BrucliidiE, Leach, 'T. 233 



Brnchnn Pisi and B. Granarius, Linn., 

 T. 233 



Brunelli's experiments on Grasshop- 

 pers, iM.77 



Bryophila Perla, A. 183 



Buds of plants, dissection of, T. 136 



Butt-tip, ravages of tlie, T. 204 



Bitg, experiment with, by Bomare, M. 

 60; sucker of the black-horned, M. 



