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INDEX. 



lution of the chrysalis of, 275, ^^s. ; 



V. Atnlanta, A. 168; T. 14, 71, 273, 

 371 ; V. C. album, (59 ; V. In, A. 329 ; 

 T. 277, 294, 293; V. jwlijchlurns,m, 

 118; M. 44; V. Vrtica:, A. 329; T. 

 42, 69, 278, 312, 349, 350 ; M. 3H; 

 caterpillar of, T. 200, fig, ; intestines 

 of caterpillar of, 200, /;^r. ; suspension 

 of clirvsalides of, 276, figs.; V. Vr- 

 tica;, V. Atalanla, and V. lo, 35; V. 

 XJrticte, V lo, and V. Antiopa, 148; 

 V Urlicis and V /o, 310 



Vanessie, T. IM, 188, 350, 367 



Vapourer moth, eggs of the, on its co- 

 coon, T. 95, ,fiff. 



Various periods of its disclosure in the 

 same brood, T. 314 



Velia currens, Latr., T.382; V. rivu- 

 lorum, Latr.,382,J?^. 



Ve.ipa Britanriica, A. 71 ; V. crabro, 81 ; 

 V. vulgaris, 71, 81 



Vespidie, U . 167 



Vine-leaf-mining caterpillar, A. 238 



Viola tricolor, M. 146 



Viverra putorius, Linn., M. 55 



Virgil's receipt for malcing a swarm of 

 bees, T. 3 ; description of bee-battles, 

 M. 323 



Vision of insects, M. 118 



Volucella jdumata, Meigen, T. \iQ,Jig. 



VohicelUe, (Jeoffroi, T. 148, 395 



Voracity of grubs, maggots, and cater- 

 pillars, T. 19U; instances of human, 

 201 ; of the cockroach, M. 153 



Vulgar errors of insects being gene- 

 rated by putrefaction and by blight- 

 ing winds, T. 1 



Walking-leaf insect, T. Hi, fig. 



\Vall mason-bees of France, A. 38 



AVal I caterpillar, moss cell of a, A. 183 



Warrior ant (Termes bellicosus), A. 291 ; 

 in the winged state, A. 231, jig. ; used 

 as delicate food, 292 ; nest, royal 

 chamber of, 295 ; nest, nurseries in, 

 298; nest, galleries and covert ways 

 in, 298; dislike labour, M.353 



AVarsof insectcommunities, M. 322 



Wasp, paper made liy the, compared 

 with ouis, A. 85; card-making of 

 Cayenne, 87 ; fly {chrysoioxuni fas- 

 ciolatum), M. 9 1,, fig.; robberies, M. 

 331 ; structure of the tongue in the, 

 M.. 176 



"W'asps, paper fabricated by, A. 75 ; 

 rose-shaped nest of, 82, ,fig. ; verti- 

 cal nest of, 83, fig. ; and bees, rare 

 parasites of, T.67; government, H. 

 308 ; iiave no subordination of ranks, 

 307 ; wars of, 331 



Watch bees, M. 330 



A\'ater grubs, forms of, T. 154 



Water larva, syringe for res])iration in 

 the, T. 161 jcuri'ous mask of the, 163 



AVater larva;, breathing organs in, T. 

 136 ; telescopic-tailed, 168 



Water net, M. 369, fig. 



Water worms (iVnVi), T. 159; maybe 

 mistaken for larvae, \5Q,,fig. 



Wax-working bees, A. 91 ; abdomen, 

 104, Ji^.; curtain of, 114, Jif;-i 119. 

 .fe. ; commencing the first cell, 117, 

 Jig, 



^V3.x, pi-eparation ©f. A, 03 / secretion 



of, 116 



"Weather, whether predicted by spiders, 

 I\1.17; importance of in bee-swarm- 

 ing, 289 



Weevil of the apple-bud, T.243 



M'eevil-galls, A. 388 



Weevil-gall of the hawthorn, A. 389 



"Wheat, probable mistake respecting 

 the destruction of, T. 231 ; germina- 

 tion of a grain of, '259,, fig. 



Wheat-fly described by Mr. Sliireflf", T, 

 2CG ; transformations of, 260, figs. 



Whirlwig, account of the, by Kirby 

 and by Knapp, T. 368 



Whirlwig's eyes, remarkable structure 

 of the, T. 3;0 ; M. 128 



Whirlwig beetle, sailing of the, T. 381 



White ants or termites, structures of, 

 A. 288 ; extraordinary comparative 

 height of, 288 ; mining operations of, 

 289 ; queen distended with eggs, 295, 

 ,fig. ; turret nests of, 301, Jig.; of 

 trees and timber, 302 



Wild bees of -America, Ireland, and 

 Palestine, A. 143 



Wild honey-bees, A. 142 



Wildman's feats with bees, M. 320 



Willow, branch of, with seed spikes, A. 

 232,, fig.; leafbundler, 170; woody 

 gall of the, 3H6 



Winds, insectiferous, T. 32 



Wingless females, M. 215 



Wings of insects, air- tubes in the, T. 

 344, figs. ; of plumed moths, ver- 

 dures of, 345, figs. ; mechanism of, 

 396 ; organs of touch, M. 12 



AVing system, M. 



AV ire- worm, the grub of Hemirhipus 

 T. 229, 230. fig. 



Wolf-bug {Reduvius), dust mask of the, 

 T. 165 



Wood-ants, structures of, A. 272 ; nests, 

 materials employed in fabricating, 

 2/2 ; nest, coping of, 273 ; interior 

 structure of, 2/5 ; artificial hive for, 

 276, fig. ; proceedings at night-fall, 

 2/7 ; emigration of. Si. 2;8 



Wood-feeders, contrivance in the pupse 

 of, T. 322 



A\'orker ants guard the females, M.244 



Worker bee, A. 103, fig. 



Working ants, imperfect females, M. 

 242 



' Worm i' the bud,' the, traced to its 

 egg, T. 20 



Xenos, T. 67. 



Xylocopa. T. 50 ; X. violacea, A. 47, 49, 

 52; M.51,95 



Yellow ants, winter nest of, A. 256 ; of 

 a non-migratory disposition, M. 278 



Yponomeuta euonymella, T. 20/ ; Y. pa- 

 ddl'i, A. 329 ; T. '05: M . 25 ; en- 

 campment of, T. 206, fig. 



Yuux, iurquilla, M. 124 



Zabrus, T. 233 ; Z. giblms^ Steph.,T. 



231..fe- 

 Zantheumia Solalilialis, Leach, T. 228 ; 



348 

 Ziinb(bree2e-lly ?) of Africa, A. 415 



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