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INDEX. 



ovipositing, 5e,fig. ', Transformations 

 of, e2,_fig. 



Ichneumon Flies, A. 27 



Indicatur Major, Veill., A. 145 



Imago, A. 'li,fig. 



Impulsion of fluids into the wings, T. 

 341 



Instruction derivable from common 

 things, A. 1 



Insectiferous winds, T. 22 



Insects, extraordinary numbers and va- 

 rieties of, A. 3 ; may be studied in 

 every situation, 4 ; the study of, does 

 not narrow the mind, A. 7; injuries 

 and benefits I aused by, 9; study of, 

 fascinating to youth, 13 ; beauty of, 

 15 ; varieties in the economy of, 16 ; 

 states of, 17 ; produced from eggs, 

 17; in the perfect state, 22; with legs 

 on its back, T. 385; not killed by 

 severe trosls, 98 ; probably gnaw 

 through their egg-shells, 1:;'5; from 

 plants, difference of, 13/ ; muscular, 

 strength of, 179; newly transformed, 

 expansion of the body and wings in, 

 333; newly-evolved, discharges from, 

 350; peculiar locomotions of, 3/9; 

 imperfect, from fallen chrysalides, 

 349; peculiar motions of, 356 ; flight 

 of, 395 ; nest of, 399 ; have neither 

 hrain nor spinal chord, 400; day- 

 movements of, 400 ; supposed pulse 

 in, 401 ; have neither a proper heart 

 nor blood, 401 ; alleged discovery of 

 a circulation in, 402 ; torpidity of, in 

 Avinter, 40(5 



Instantaneous appearance of insects, 

 T. 19 



Instinct, infallibility of, questioned, T. 

 76; mistakes of, 77 ; irregular disclo- 

 sure of the different individuals of 

 the same brood, 315. 



Intestinal canals of caterpillar, pupa, 

 and butterfly, T. W\,Jigs.; worms, 

 239, Jjgs. 



Intestinal worms, mistakes of Linnaeus, 

 Dr. Barry, and Dr. J. P. Frank, re- 

 specting, T. 237 



Italian locust, T. 240 



Jaws of insects do not indicate their 



food, M. 144 

 Jet Ants or Kmmets, A. 279 

 Julus terrestris, T. 384, '6iHi,jigs. 



Kircher, curious experiment of, T. 2 ; 



recipe for the manufacture of 



snakes, 2 

 Knapp's opinion of the glow-worm, 



M. 222 



Labourers, duties of among termites, 



M.331 

 Laburnum, section of the bud of the, 



T. 136, jig. 

 Labyrinthic Spider's nest, A. 356 

 Lacerta agilis, Linn., T, 108 ; L. Gecko, 



Linn., 390 

 Lace-winged Flies and eggs, T. 45, 



.fe- ; fly and grub, 2/1,. /(^». 

 X,ackey Moth's eggs, arched form of, 



'!"• 86; transformations of, M. J4, 



Lady Birds, popular mistakes respect- 

 ing, T. 2(59 ; transformations of, 

 traced to the eggs, 270, Jig-*. ; migra- 

 tions of, M. 267 



Lamarck's classilicationj M. 389 



Lamia, M. 109 



Lampi/rh nodiluca, T. 39 ; M. 222 ; 

 L. Ilulica,T. 403 



Land crab, migrations of, M. 2/2 



Laniadce, JI. 159 



Language antennal, and objections to, 

 M. no, 113 



Lapidary Bees, A. 70 



Lapping insects, M. 170 



Laria fascelina, A. iiO; pupa of, T. 

 300, fig. 



Larvffi, coil of, in the body of a blow 

 fly, T. 110, fig.; growth, moulting, 

 strength , defence, and hybernation 

 of, 166 ; the moulting of, interrupted 

 by accidents, 170; means of escape of, 

 by spinning, 186 ; excrementitious 

 covering of some, 190; jaws or man- 

 dibles of, 202 ; proceedings of, at their 

 approaching transformation, 2/3 



Larva of the common gnat, A. 20, fg, 

 of the poplar beetle, 20, Jj^.; of i'i- 

 rex, 20,fgs. 



Lusiocampa quercus, A. 328; L, Rubi, 

 Schrank, M. 75, 76, fg. 



Latreille's opinion of smell, M. 62; ge- 

 ographical classification, M.391 



Laziness punished among ants, M. 305 



Leach's classification, M. 392 



Leaf gall of the dyer's broom, A. 379, 



Leaf galls of mountain ash, A. 390 

 Leaf mining Caterpillars, A. 233; 



maggots and fly, T. 70, fg. 

 Leaf roller, ingenious contrivance in a 



small, T. 324 

 Leaf rolling, method of, A. 1C5; pro- 

 bable mistake concerning, 166; leaves 



detached, formed into habitations, 16/ 

 Leaf rolling Caterpillars, A. 159; 



aphides, 394 

 Lecideu, A. 361 



Leg and pro-leg of a Caterpillar, mag- 

 nified, A. 307,. fe. 

 Legionary Ants, I\I. 342 

 Legs of the Bee for carrying propolis, 



&c., A. 110; of Spiders, i\I. 4 

 Lehmann's opinion of the palpi, xM. 10; 



opinion of smell, IM. 61 

 Leistiis fidvibatbus. M . 43, fgs. 

 Lemming Rat, migrations of, M. 271 

 Lemnochares holosericea, Latr., T. 383 

 Leptus aiitumnaUsjih., M. 27, Jig.; L, 



plialangii, M. 27 

 Lepus cuniciilus, M. 157 

 Lestris parasiticus, Boie, M. 114 

 Leucoma salicis, Stephens, A. 312; T. 



14, 150 

 Libcllu/a, Fabr., T. 164 

 iiieWiite, A.214 

 Libetlula vulgata, compound eye of, M. 



133, fig. 

 Libeltulidw, Leach, T. 160 

 LibelliUina, M'Leay, T. 46, 163, 285, 



335. 396 ; M.29, 42, 158 

 Light, effects of, on eggs, T. 120 

 Lilac-leaf rolling Caterpillar, A. 160; 



nest of, 161, .fe'.; W'Jj, .fig ^ 

 Lilac-tree Moth, A. \m, fig. 

 Limnoria, Leach, M. 168 

 Lime tree, shoot of, contorted by the 



Aphis tiliie, A. 39!i,,//g-. 

 Linaria vulgaris, M. 51 

 Linnseus's classification, I\I. 381 

 Localities of insects, M. 360 

 Locality system, M. 383 

 Local stations of insects, M. 264 

 Locusta, T. 143 ; L. ccerulescens, W. 



140; L. Italica, heach, T. 249; i,, 



migraioria,} ib., ti^ 



