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INDEX. 



Ephemerida;, T. 285 ; 373 ; M. 205 ; cho- 

 ral assemblies of, T. 3;3 



Eyijione iddulans, Latr , A. 83 



Erinaceus Europusus, T. 187 



Eriogaster lanestris, A. 327; T, 314, 

 315 ; extjeriment with, A. 327 



Eriusomamali, Leach, M. 178, 179, fig. 



Eriosoma yojiuli. Leach, A. 392,393 



Erislalis lenaXy Fabr., T. 18-1 ; SAA ; and 



E. apifhrmis, Meigen, T. 5 

 Ermine moths, encamping caterpillars 



of the, T. 2115 



Error of Goedart and of De Mei con- 

 cerning the production of l)ees, T. 5 



Error of V'irgil and Columella ex- 

 plained, T. 4 



Euctidiii glyphica, Ochsenheim, T. 147. 



Ewnenes, A. 52 



Euonymus, T. 207 



Euplocamus graiiella, T. 221 



Euptucami and Tinece, destruction of 

 grain by, T. 221 



Euiytoma stigma, Steph., T. CO 



Evania apciiiiigaster, T. 66,./?^'. 



Evolution of some insects, fixed me of 

 the day for the, T 31G 



Exotic plants sometimes selected by in- 

 sects as food for their young, '1'. 69 



Expeditions of ants to capture slaves, 

 M 342 



Experiments on the gnat's life-boat of 

 eggs, T. 75 : on the wolf spider, by 

 Swammerdam, Bonnet, and J. II , 

 105; showing the embryo butterfly in 

 the caterpillar, 134 



Eyes, multipljing, M. 129 



Fabrlcius's geographical classification, 



M.384 

 Falco ossijiagiis , T. 361 

 Falco tinnuHcuhis, T 361 

 Fat, a probable defence against cold, T. 



195 

 Fecundity of insects compared with 



other animals, T. 4(j 

 Feet of flies, apparatus in the,T. 390 

 Felis municulatus, Temm., M. 191 

 Female ants take off their own wings, 



M 246; their authority, 31)2 

 Female insects short-lived, M. 218 

 Field-cricket, A. 244 

 Fishes, smell in, M. 51 

 Fire-fly of the West Indies, M. 228, Jig-. 

 Flea, leaping muscles of ihe, T.ii9-2,Jlg. 

 Fleas made to ilraw miniature coaches, 



T. 180; M. IH8; sucker of, 189 ; pre- 

 vention of. 191 

 Flies (Mtmcidie), parchment-like pupa 



case of, T. 282 

 Fly, curious procedure in, M . 37 

 Fwiivii,jaculatur,M. 107 

 Folded wings of some two-winged flies, 



T. 338 

 Food, effects of, on bee grubs and 



plants, M. 315 

 Food, growing, plan of supplying, M.365 

 Food of insects, .Ai. 142 

 Foot of the fly, supposed springs in the, 



T. 388 

 Forceps, French, M. 373, figs. 

 Foreign ants, A. 284 

 Forfictla auricularia, Linn., T. 102; 



342; M. 145 

 Formica briiiinea, A. 258; M. 113; 



F. cceca, M. 118 ; F. cwspititm, Latr., 

 A. 256, 257 ; T. 192 ; F. Jlava, A. 

 356 ; 270 ; 283; T. 113 ; 192 ; 330 ; 409; 

 F. fattens, M. 56 ; F. fuliginosa, A. 

 mi M.i9i F.fumt A, iW} 283i 



T. 410 ; IVr. 5S ; F.fasca, P. hnmnea, 

 and F. rufa, A. 2.57 ; F. nigra, A. 283, 

 F. rufa, Latr. A. 262; 272 ; 289; 

 T. 377; 407; M. 56 

 Formicaries, glazed artificial, A. 269 

 Formicary, for experiments, A. 276 

 I'Ormicidie, I>each, M. 170 

 Fox-moth and caterpillar, M. 76, Jigs, 

 Franklin's experiment on ants, M. SJ 

 Friiigilla chloris, Temminck, T.35 

 Friiigil/a ditmistica, Linn., T. 35 

 Frogs, snails, &c. supposed showers of, 



T. 23 

 Fruit grubs, T. 242 



Fu/gora lunfernaria, Linn., M. 2<S,9,fig. 

 Fuigoridcs, j\l. 85 



Gadiis Morhiiu. M. 10 



Gulletiie, bee-hives injured by, T. 222 



Gulletia cereaua, G. alveuria, Fabr., T. 

 222, 223 



Gall flies, experiments with, A. 384; 

 structure of, A . 370 



Gallfly, ovipositor of the, A, 372, fg. 



Gall insects, T. 88 



Galls, opinions concerning the cause of, 

 A. 373 



Gammasus Baccarum, Fabr., T. 386 



Gammasus Ciileoptratomm , Fabr., M.29 



Gamma moth, alarm caused in France 

 by the, T. 21 1 ; calculation of the fe- 

 cundity of the, T.212; transforma- 

 tion of, T. •2l-Z,fgs. 



Gaslrophaca qnerciJoHa, T. 293 



Gustcrophilus equi. Leach, A. 407 



Gasteruphilus luemorrhoidalis. Leach, 

 A. 409 



Gelis agili.1, Thunberg, T. 65 



Geometra illitnaria, 'V . 35 



(jeometric spiders, A. 358 



Geometridie, Steph., T. 147 



Geolrupes stercurarius, A.2i9; M. 9; 

 42 ; 6.7 ; 95 



Gerris locnstris, LatV., T. 382 



Glanvilie-Fritillary, nest of, A. 172 



Glassesuseful as insect cages, M. . 362 



Glires, M. 157 



Glow-worm, supposed final cause of its 

 light, INI. 222 ; male and female, 224, 

 Jigs. ; head of the, 2-H,jig ; male, lu- 

 minous, 225; time of appearance of 

 the, 227 



Gnat, remarkable evolution of the, T. 

 317, ii\8, , fig.; dancers in winter, T. 

 363; bites, danger of, M . 1 93 ; sucker of, 

 195,_;ii,'.;its mode of sucking, 190, Jigs. 



Gnats, forming their egg-boats T. 74, 

 fg. ; magnified view of, T. 7^,fg. ; 

 aquatic grubs of, 'V . \5b, ,fig.\ male 

 and female, 197, Jigs. : Irish, Spen- 

 ser's description of, M.200 



Goat-moth caterpillar escaping from a 

 drinking-glass, T. 178, Jig, 



Godart's opinion of the pairing of aphi- 

 des, M 234 



Goiirius oleiis, Steph., A. 14; M. 6S,fg, 



Golden-tail moth, winter nest of the, 

 A. 331 ; female of, T, 83, Jig-. ; twee- 

 zers of the, T. 84,J(g. 



Goldsmith, misstatement of, T. 177; 

 mistakes gnats for aphides, I\I. 241 



Goiiepleryx rliamni,T.3Qi); 406; chry- 

 salis of, 30i),Jig. 



Giirdii aqnatici, Linn., T. 23 



Gordius aquaticus, Linn., T. 3 



Gould's observations on female ants, M, 

 242 



Government of insect commumties, M, 

 29^ 



