INDEX. 



409 



I 



LncusHila, M. n, 79 



Locust, T. 231, Jig.; migrations of, 



M. 269 

 Locust Moth, singularity in the, T. 



323 

 Locusts, ravages of, T. 246 ; swarms of, 



in Southern Africa, T. "i-iy ; do not 



chew the cud, M. 150 

 Lozotwnia ribeana, Stejih., A. 160; T. 



21 ; L. rosana, ih , A. 193; T. 13 

 Lnxia socio, Latr., A. 87 

 Loyalty of bees, M. 320 

 Lucanus cervus, M. 10, Ji^'. ; 145 

 Lurnhricus terreafris, T. 76; M. 2 

 Luminosity of the sea, M . 230 

 Luininous insects, M. 2-22 

 Lijcaina jikla-us. Fain- , T. 371 

 Lycwniedie, Leacli, T. 2/9,280 

 Lycasa saccata, La.tr., T. 104, 124, 332, 



386 



Mac Leay's classification, M. 395 _ 



Macro/^lossa stellatarum, M. 50, Jig. 



Maggot, A. 20, fe. 



J\iai;gots, structure of, T. 128; of crane 

 flies, popularly called the grub, 252; 

 voracity of, 25?; of blow flies, vora- 

 city of, 268 : of blow tlies, instance of 

 man being devoured by the, a68 



Male ants, death of, M. 243 



Male bees massacred, M. 259; some- 

 times preserved, M. 261 



Mallow butterfly of France, A. 169 



Mamestra Brus-i'iae, Treitschke, T.213, 

 SI oleraceUf-Zl'S 



Manoeuvring of sanguine ants, M. 341 



Mantis, A. 63 ; T. 143 ; cannibalism of, 

 M.144; M.onitoria, Linn., M. 154; 

 M. relif;iosa, iM. 157 , Jig. 



Markwick fly, T. 261, jig. 



Mary Riordan, extraordinary case of, 

 by"Dr. Pickells, T. 237 



Mason-ants, A. 2.55 ; artificial hive for 

 observing, 2h'9,/r(sf.; nest, section of, 

 270,,^^'. ; contrivance of to strengthen 

 their nests, 271-, Jig- 



Mason-bee, A. 34, fig. : nest of a, on the 

 wall of Greenwich Park,33,Jii'. ; male 

 and female, .M. 213 



Mason-bees' clay mine at Lee, A. 35, 

 Jig ; labour estimated, 37; structures 

 o£ 41,.^^. : restless disposition of, 42; 

 and nest, 43, Jig. 



Mason-spiders, A. 360; nest of, 362, 



Mason-wasp, proceedings of a, at Lee, 

 A. 26; mandibles of, '27,. fig-: «;au- 

 tion of, outwitted by a fly, 28 ; struc- 

 ture of a, 29. fig. ; nest and cocoons 

 of, 29,.^g-., 31, Jii,'. ; storing up live 

 caterpillars, 32 



Mason-wasps, A. 96, Jig. 



Massacre of male bees, M. 2.59 



Maternal care of insects respecting their 

 eggs, T. 49 



Maxillary system, M. 388 



Meal-worm, the grub of Tenehrio moli- 

 tor, T . 234 ; and beetle produced from 

 it,235,J?g'j. 



Meandrina cerebriformis , Parkinson, 

 T. 9 



Megachile, Latr., A. 33 ; M. centun- 

 cularis, 59; M. muraria, 35, 37; 38, 41 



Melitea ciiixia, A. 172 



Meloloiitha rnjicomis, Fabr., T. 231, 

 Jig., 232; M. vulgaris, 225, 227; 348 



Mesemhrina meridiatia, Meigen, T. 46 ; 



Merulid(S, M. 124 



Metamorphosis, supposed animal and, 



vegetable, T. IHl, fig.; the term of, 

 objected to, 2,58 

 Mici-ogaster aphidum, Spinola, T. 65 



M. glinneratus,6\, 62,65 

 Midge, delicacy of taste in, M. 25 

 Midges, oblique pace of, T. 384 

 Migrations in Pale.itine and Europo, 

 T. 25'; of insects, M. 77; destruc- 

 tive, M.269 

 Militwa artemis, Ochs., M. 12 

 Jlimn.sa intdica, M. 21 

 Mining ants made slaves, M. 351 

 Mining-bees, A. 43; cell of, 4<: theiif 

 dittereut proceedings in Britain and 

 in France, 44 

 Mirabili.i jalapa, IM. 51 

 Mistakes' from hasty inferences, M. 2; 



from similarity, M. 231 

 Modern system, M. 391 

 Moisture necessary to taste, M. 37 

 Mole-cricket, A. 242 ; with outline of 

 one of its hands, 243, Jig. ; nest of, 

 244, fig. 

 Molobrus, T. 367 

 Mormo maura, Ochs.. A. 219 

 Mosses on walls, origin of, T. 27 

 MitlacMce, T. 363 



ftloth, winter nest of the brown-tailed, 

 A. 330; winter nest of the golden- 

 tailed, 331 ; egg of the brimstone, T. 

 43, Jig. 

 Moths, ingenuity of, T. 79 ; anal twee- 

 zers of, T. 84 ; male and female, M.214 

 Motion indispensable to life, T. 3.56 

 Mould in the heart of an apple, origin 



of, T. 30 

 Moulting or casting the skin, process of, 

 in larvfe, T. 163 ; position of the hairs 

 in the, \'S,Jigs. 

 Mouth svslem, M. 388 

 IMutf-making caterpillars, A. 232,^^.; 



tents of, 232 

 M uller's researches on insect vision, M. 



]33 

 Miillns barbatus, M. 10 

 Multiplying eyes, M. 129 

 Miisca 'Coesar, Linn, T. 109; 3; caf- 

 naria, 196; 268; 321 ; domestica, A. 

 415 ; T. 266 ; 347 : 357 ; 388 ; M. 30; 

 116; 193; vomitoria, ib. T. 76, 109; 

 118; 126 : 267; 232 

 Muscida; Leach, T. 63; 177 ; 261 ; 282; 



M. 66; 115 

 Muscicapidae, M. 149 

 Muscles of the bee's tongue, IM. 1 72, Jig-. 

 ;\Juscular strength of fleas, T,392 

 Museum beetle, grub of, T. W7,Jigs. 

 Mutilla, T. 47 



Alygale avicidarict, T. 394, 395 ; S97, 



Jig.; ctementaria, Latr. A. 361, 362, 



\fig. ; eyes of, 362,^g-.; parts of the foot 



and claw, '6G-i,Jig. 



Mt/gale ciatiens, A. 360; nidulans, 



VV'alck,, 360 ; Sauvagesii, I^atr. 363 

 Mijrmeltimj\irmicalet>,Vdi\>r., A, 22 ; 209 ; 



T. 334, 335 

 Myrjnica rubra. A, 266 



Nais, T. 237 ; water worms, 159 

 Names in natural history, use of names 



in, A. 12 

 Naturalists, difFerent opinions of, A. 75 ; 



discrepancies of opinions among, T. 



413 

 Necklace beetle, A. 253 

 Necrophaga, M. 61 

 Necritphonis sepultor, De Jean, M. 45, 



,figs. ; vespilh, A. 247 : M. 66 



liedyus contractus, Steph.,T. -18 



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