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EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



Caudae, caudulse, tail-like appen- 

 dages, as in cockroaches and 

 crickets, 171 



Cebrionites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 250 



Cecidomyites, an order of Diptera, 

 217 



Cellulae, the divisions into which 

 membranaceous wings are divi- 

 ded by the nervures, 167 ; fi- 

 gured, 168, h k m 



Cephites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 245 



Ceramby cites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 260 



Ceraphron, a genus of Proctotru- 

 pites, figured, 238 



Cerebroidae, the knots in which the 

 diffused brain of insects is cen- 

 tred, 182 



Cetoniites,an order of Coleoptera, 

 251 



Chalcidites, an order of Hyme- 

 noptera, 238 ; directions for 

 capturing, 104 



Chalybeus, steel blue colour, 175 



Chameleon-flies, Stratiomites, an 

 order of Diptera, 225 



Chrysalis, the quiescent state some 

 insects assume when full fed, 2; 

 figured, 196 



Chrysidites, an order of Hyme- 

 noptera, 237 



Chrysomelites, an order of Cole- 

 optera, 258 



Chrysotoxites, an order of Dip- 

 tera, 225 



Cicadites, order of Hemiptera, 267 



Cicada, a genus of Cicadites, 267 ; 

 figured, 272 



Cicindelites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 256 



Cimicites, order of Hemiptera, 266 



Cinereus, the blue grey colour of 

 ashes, 175 



Circulation of blood, 186 



Clap-net described, 93; figured, 91 



Clarke, Mr., on the hypothesis of 

 antennae being auditory organs, 

 141 



Classification of insects, 199 



Clavigerae, (antenna?) terminating 

 in a gradual club, 157; figured 

 157, 16 



Clearwings, JEgeriites, an order of 

 Lepidoptera, 213 



Clerites, order of Coleoptera, 249 



Click -bee ties, Elaterites, an order 

 of Coleoptera, 250 



Clothes-moths, Tineites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 215 



Clypeus, a portion of the skull 

 immediately covering the mouth, 

 155 ; figured, 153, ae 



Coccinellites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 257 



Coccineus, the colour of the blos- 

 som of the horse-shoe geranium, 

 174 



Coccites, order of Hemiptera, 267 



Cochineal, a valuable die, is an 

 insect found in Mexico, 86 



Cockchafers, Melolonthites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 251 



Cockroaches, an order of Orthop- 

 tera, 265 



Coeca, small purses or minor sto- 

 machs thrown off from the prin- 

 cipal one, 186 



Coleoptera, the fourth class of in- 

 sects, distinguished by having 

 the fore wings hard, crustaceous, 

 not used in flying, 77 ; mode 01 

 collecting, 105 ; classification, 

 246 



Collection of insects, 97 



Colour in insects, 172; nomencla- 

 ture of colours, 173 



Compositus, (ventriculus) a sto- 

 mach having a long pear-shaped 

 cell for the reception of blood 

 sucked from animals, 1 85 



Conopites, order of Diptera, 221 



Conops, a genus of Conopites, 

 figured, 222 



Convoluta, (lacinia) is rolled up 

 below the head like the main- 

 spring of a watch, figured, 162 



Corcula, the reservoirs in the dor- 

 sal channel through which the 

 blood of insects flows, 187 



Coriaceae,(proalae) when composed 

 of a tough substance which 

 bends without breaking, but 

 never folds, 166 



Coriaria, (lacinia) long, leathery 

 and flexible, as in bees, 162; 

 figured, 161,w4 



