EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



287 



Terebella, the saw with which 

 many female insects bore holes 

 to deposit their eggs, 171 



Termites, account of, 57 



Testaceus, the colour of brick- 

 dust, 173 



Tetanocerites, order of Diptera,227 



Therevites, order of Diptera, 222 



Thorax, the anterior mass in pe- 

 dunculated insects, 145 



Thripsites, an aberrant order of 

 insects, 270 



Throat or pharynx, the anterior 

 aperture of alimentary canal,159 



Tibia, the third portion of the 

 legs in insects, 169, a 3 



Ticklers, Thripsites, an aberrant 

 order of insects, 270 



Tiger-beetles, Cicinclelites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 256 



Tiger-flies, AsUites, an order of 

 Diptera, 223 



Timber-beetles, Bostricites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 261 



Tineites, order of Lepidoptera, 215 



Tipulites, order of Diptera, 217 



Tongue, lingua, an appendage 

 attached to the inner surface of 

 the labium in insects, 161 



Tortoise-beetles, Cassidites, an or- 

 der of Coleoptera, 259 



Tortricites, an order of Lepidop- 

 tera, 214 



Tortrix, a 'genus of Tortricites, 

 figured, 214 



Tracheae, the air tubes, which in 

 insects are the organs of respi- 

 ration, 192 



Trogites, order of Coleoptera, 251 



Tubulus, the oviduct of flies, 171 



Turnip-fly, its ravages, 87 



Um and w, usual termination to 

 English-latin words, 129 



Unguicula, sharp, curved claws at 

 the extremity of the tarsi in 

 insects, 170; figured, 169, a 5 



Ungula, the terminal joint of the 

 tarsus, 170; figured, 169 



Unicorn flies, Bombyliites, an or- 

 der of Diptera, 220 



Vanessa, a genus of Papilionites 

 211; figured, 112 and 113 



Variegated flies, Tephritites, an 

 order of Diptera, 227 



Veneer moths, Crambites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 214 



Ventriculus, the second portion of 

 the alimentary canal, 185 



Vermiculatus, when the surface is 

 covered with tortuous markings, 

 like worm-eaten wood, 176 



Verrucosus, a surface covered with 

 tubercles resembling warts, 176 



Vertebrata, animals having an in- 

 ternal bony skeleton, 202 



Vespites, an order of Hymenopte- 

 ra, 233 



Villosus, when the surface is co- 

 vered with long distinct hairs, 

 177, 



Violaceus, the colour of the purple 

 violet, 174 



Vitta, is a longitudinal coloured 

 stripe, 175 



Volucella, a genus of Volucellites, 

 figured, 226 



Volucellites, order of Diptera, 226 



Walking stick, Phasma, figured, 

 138 



Walking leaf, Mantis, figured, 139 



Wasps, Vespites, an order of Hy- 

 menoptera, 233 



Water-beetles, carnivorous, Dytis- 

 cites, an order of Coleoptera, 

 255 



Water-beetles, herbivorous, Hy- 

 drophilites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 254; skeleton of, figured, 

 133 ; described, 149 



Water- boatmen, Notonectites, an 

 order of Hemiptera, 267 



Water-bugs, Hydrometrites, an 

 order of Hemiptera, 266 



Water-fleas, Gyrinites, an order of 

 Coleoptera, 255 



Water-scorpions, Nepites, an order 

 of Hemipteia, 266 



Wasp-flies, Conopites, an order of 

 Diptera, 221 



Wax produced by honey-bee, 87 



Wheat -flies, Cecidomyites, an or- 

 der of Diptera, 217 



Wings of insects, described, 165 



Wood -eaters, Xyleutites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 213 



