EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



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Blood of Insects, its circulation 

 described, 187 



Bloody-nosed beetles, Chrysome- 

 lites, order of Coleoptera, 258 



Bombardier-beetle, Bracbinus, a 

 genus of Carabites, figured, 256 



Bombiliites, order of Diptera, 220 



Bombus, a genus of Apites, 236, 

 figured in the imprint at the end 

 of the book, 288 



Bomby cites, an order of Lepidop- 

 tera, 212 



Bombylius, a genus of Bomby- 

 liites, 220 ; figured, 220 



Books, Entomological, recommen- 

 ded, 124 



Borborites, order of Diptera, 228 



Bots or breeze-flies, (Estrites, an 

 order of Diptera, 222 



Bostricites,an order of Coleoptera, 

 261 



Bowerbank, Mr., on the circula- 

 tion of blood in insects, 188 



Boxes useful to entomologists, 92 



Brachinus, Bombardier, a genus 

 of Carabites, figured, 256 



Braconites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 240 



Brain of insects more diffused 

 than in higher animals, 181 



Breeze-flies, history of, 25 ; of the 

 horse, 26 ; of the sheep, 29 ; of 

 the ox, 30 ; la. pu. im. figured 

 25 ; (Estrites, a natural order 

 of Diptera, 222 



British Museum, the great im- 

 provement in the entomological 

 department noticed, 129 



Bronzeus, English-Latin word for 

 a bronze colour, 129 



Brunneus, English-Latin word for 

 the colour brown, 199 



Buprestites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 250 



Burnet moths, Glaucopites, an or- 

 der of Lepidoptera, 213 



Burnished parasites, Chalcidites, 

 an order of Hymenoptera, 238 



Burrowing bees, Andrenites, an 

 order of Hymenoptera, 235 



Butterflies, Papilionites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 211 



Byrrhites, an order of Coleoptera, 

 "252 



Cabinets, directions for choosing 

 and constructing, 120 



Caddew-flies, Ephemerites, an or- 

 der of Neuroptera, 269 



Ceeruleus, blue, the colour of the 

 sky, 174 



Caesius, an impure greyish blue 

 colour, 174 



Calcaria, the stiff spines with which 

 the tibia in most insects is fur- 

 nished, 169 



Canaliculatus, when the impressed 

 lines on elytra, &c., are coarse 

 and deep, 176 



Canus, the colour of grey hair, 175 



Cantharis, Blister-beetle, a genus 

 of Cantharites, figured, 248 



Cantharites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 248 



Capitatae, ( antennas ) when the 

 knob is abrupt and strongly 

 marked, 157; figured, 157, 17 



Caput, the head or first segment 

 of insects described, 140 ; fi- 

 gured, 153, also 137, A ; (femo- 

 ris) is the portion of the femur 

 immediately adjoining the coxa, 

 169 



Carabites, order of Coleoptera, 255 



Carinatus, when the surface of 

 elytra, &c., has elevated promi- 

 nent lines, few in number, 1 76 



Carnivorous water-beetles, Dytis- 

 cites, order of Coleoptera, 255 



Carpenter-bees, Osmiites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 234 



Carrion-beetles, Silphites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 253 ; la. pu. 

 im. figured, 53 



Cassida, a genus of Cassidites, fi- 

 gured, 259 



Cassidites, order of Coleoptera, 259 



Castaneus, the colour of a horse 

 chestnut, 173 



Catenatus, when the surface be- 

 tween impressed lines on elytra, 

 &c., is divided into oblong ele- 

 vations, and is supposed to re- 

 semble a chain, 177 



Caterpillar, the first stage of an 

 insect's life, 2 ; figured, 1 7, b c 

 d, 82, 90, 130 



Cattle attacked by the breeze-fly, 

 run headlong over the fields, 32 



