NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN 



New York Entomological Society, 

 1G2. 



Orange argiope, an orbweaving 

 spider, chapter xvi., 241. 



Orliweaving spiders, habits of, 

 222. 



Osmia, wild bee, 156. 



Ovipositing by queen ants, 3G, 

 37. 



Ox warble or ox bot, 304. 



Panurginus comfositarum, 149. 

 Parasites of burrowing bees, 151, 



154, 155. 

 Parasol ants, 209. 

 Peckham, Professor and Mrs. 



George, 214. 

 Pepsis formosa, 2 IS. 

 Pheidole Pennsylvanicus, 95. 

 Phora cara, 154. 

 Pogonomyrmex barbatus, 5S, 85. 

 Pognnnmj/r77iex crudelis, 5S. 

 Pogoniinii/rmex occidentalis, 95. 

 Polycrgus lucidus, 71. 

 Polyergus rufescens, 70. 

 Potts, Mr. Edward, 34. 

 Prime, W. C, 28, 30. 

 Profile Lake, ants of, 28. 

 Pupa-cases of cicadas, 229. 



Queen ants, 33; laying eggs, 34. 



Riley, Professor, 305. 

 Robertson, Professor, 151. 

 Russell, B. S., 27. 



Sanderson, E. Dwight, 305. 

 Saltigrade spider, cocoon nest of, 



208. 

 Sanguine ants, 23. 

 Sanguine slaye-maker, 71. 

 Seven teen -year locusts (Cicada), 



228; mud-turrets of, 233, 235; 



burrows of, 233, 236; ascent 



from the ground, 236; egg 



trenches of, 238; music of, 238; 



emergence of, 239. 

 Shining slave-maker, 71. 

 Silk moth, 301. 

 Silliman, Professor Benjamin, 



196. 



Simon, M. Eugene, 205, 210, 224, 

 225. 



Slave-making ants, 21, 68; foray 

 of, 69, 71, 74, 75, 76. 



Sleep of ants, 66, 67. 



Smith, Professor, 166. 



Solidago, 149. 



Solomon's reference to ants veri- 

 fied, 72. 



Sphecius speciosus, 217. 



Spiders, chapter x., 182; balloon- 

 ing, 182; flying, 183; time of, 

 183; attitude in flight, 184, 

 187; manner of flight illus- 

 trated, 187; trial threads, 191; 

 gossamer showers, 191, 193; 

 descent of balloons, manner of, 

 195; silk used in birds' nests, 

 199; tent -making, 201, 203, 

 204; silk of, 205; leafy tentsof , 

 206; egg nests of, 206; social, 

 210; in wasps nests, 212, 213; 

 paralyzed by wasps, 215; secre- 

 tive habits of, 222; tiger, 225; 

 spinning organs of, 255. 



Sting of ants, 28. 



Surface, Professor H., 126. 



Swarming of ants, 20. 



Tailor bird, 200. 

 Tailoring animals, 197. 

 Tarantula-killer, 218. 

 Tarantula spider, 218. 

 Territelariaj, 223. 

 Tetamorium coespitum, 136, 293. 

 Texas, University of, 172. 

 Thompson, Rev. Dr., S3. 

 Thyridopteryx ephemerceformis, 



207. 

 Tongue used for cleansing, 55. 

 Trap-door spider, 221. 

 Treat, Mrs. Mary, 21, 225. 

 Tree hoppers, 260. 

 Trifoil spider, 201. 

 Trout devouring ants, 29. 

 Tunnel-weaving spiders, 224. 

 Turret spiders, 225. 



Venezuelan spiders, 205. 

 Vespa maculata, 218, 219. 

 Viereck, H. L., 149. 

 Virio, nest of, 199, 



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