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EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



Echinatus, when the surface is co- 

 vered with pustules produced 

 into spines, 176 



Economy of space taught us by 

 the bee, 87 



Egg laid by the parent insect, 1 



Egg-parasites, Mymarites, an or- 

 der of Hymenoptera, 238 



Eggars, Bombycites, an order of 

 Lepidoptera, 212 



Elater, a genus of Elaterites, 250 ; 

 figured, la. 137 



Elaterites, order of Coleoptera, 250 



Elytra, fore wings of Coleoptera, 

 166; figured, 133, e 



Emperor butterfly, figured, 85 



Emperor-moths, Phalaeiiites, an 

 order of Lepidoptera, 212 



Empites, an order of Diptera, 224 



Endomychites, an order of Cole- 

 optera, 257 



Ennaton, the ninth segment in in- 

 sects, 145; figured, 137, Q 



Ephemerites, an order of Neurop- 

 tera, 269 



Epicranium, upper surface of the 

 skull, 155 



Epipharynx, synonymous with 

 lingua, 161 



Ermine moths, Yponomeutites, an 

 order of Lepidoptera, 214 



Evaniites, an order of Hymenop- 

 tera, 239 



Expansio, English-Latin word for 

 expansion, 129 



Eyes of insects described, 158 



Falcata, (lacinia) acute and bent 

 over towards the opposite laei- 

 nia, 163 



Falciformes, ( mandibulae ) when 

 long and curved in the 'shape of 

 a sickle, 164 



False legs of insects, certain pre- 

 hensile appendages on the lower 

 segments of the body, 137 



False wasps, Crabronites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 233 



False weevils, Salpingites, an order 

 of Coleoptera, 262 



Fascia, a broad transverse stripe, 

 175 



Fasciatus, having a broad trans- 

 verse stripe, 177 



Feeler-bearer, palpi fer of maxil- 

 lae, 162 



Feeler-jaws, maxillae the lower 

 pair of jaws in insects, 161 



Femur, the second joint of the legs 

 in insects, 169 ; figured, 169, a 2 



Fennel, Mr. on a mode of pre- 

 serving caterpillars, 119 



Ferrugineus, the colour of rust, 

 174 



Filiformes, (antennae) of uniform 

 substance throughout, 156, fi- 

 gured, 156, 2 



Fimbriatae, (antennas) setaceous, 

 and each joint furnished on 

 each side with a single hair, 1 57 

 figured, 157, 10 



Fisherman's flies, how to be ob- 

 tained, 108 



Flabelliformes, (antennse) having 

 long thin processes lying flat on 

 each other, like the folds of a 

 fan, 156, figured, 156, 8 



Flat-bodied beetles, Cucujites, an 

 order of Coleoptera, 261 



Flavus, pure unmixed yellow co- 

 lour, 174 



Flea-beetles, Alticites, an order of 

 Coleoptera, 258 



Fleas, Pulicites, an aberrant order 

 of insects, 272 



Flies, Muscites, an order of Dip- 

 tera, 227 



Flower-bees, Panurgites, an order 

 of Hymenoptera, 235 



Foliolae, appendages of the telum 

 of insects, 171 



Food for birds and fish, insects a 

 principal article of, 87 



Forceps, an instrument for cap- 

 turing insects, described and fi- 

 gured, 94 ; an appendage to the 

 telum of the earwig, 171 



Forficulites, an order of Orthop- 

 tera, 264 



Formicites, an order of Hyme- 

 noptera, 231 



Fractae, (antennas) have one joint, 

 usually the second from the 

 base, very long, and the remain- 

 ing joints attached to it at an 

 angle, 157, figured, 157, 11 



Frog-hoppers, Cicadites, an order 

 of Hemiptera, 267 



