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INDEX 



Eumenes dimidiatipennis, 189; nest 

 construction, 190 



Fabre, experiments on spider's snare, 

 142, 143 ; observations on tarantula, 

 153 ; observations on aminophila, 

 191 



Feigning death, in spiders and insects, 

 158, 159; in butterfly, 159, 160 



Flying-squirrel, lameness, 240 ; func- 

 tion of tail, 241-243 



Geology, of Hazara, 280-297 



Glow-worm (see Lampyris) 



Gnophus acciptraria, protective colora- 

 tion, 203 



Gnophus variegata, 205 



Gonepteryx rhanini, sexual excitement, 

 198 



Harvesting ants, nature of formicary, 

 ii ; appearance of ants, 12 ; altitu- 

 dinal distribution, 12 ; excavation of 

 formicary, 13 ; emergence of sexual 

 forms, 13 ; gathering of seeds, 15, 

 16 ; division of labour, 16 ; rejection 

 of moist seeds, 17 ; conveyance of 

 leaf-like seeds, 17 ; effect of sun, 

 cold, heat, 17; effect of shade, rain, 

 18; cessation of work, 19; division 

 of labour, 19 ; duties of soldiers, 

 20 ; duties of special workers, 22 ; 

 instances of division of labour, 23 ; 

 sense of smell, 24, 25, 26; pugnacity 

 of soldier, 25 ; funereal duties, 27 ; 

 experiments on sense of direction, 

 28-30 ; power of communication, 

 31, 32 ; play and sport, 33 ; defence 

 of nest, 34; tender emotions, 35; 

 economy in collected grain, 35 ; 

 migration, 36 ; experiments on in- 

 stinct, 37 ; errors in instinct 38 ; 

 hostility to comrades, 38 ; poverty of 

 intelligence, 39, 40 ; example oi 

 folly, 41 ; life of socialism, 42, 



Himalayan granite, 281-283 



- whistling thrush, nest of, 266, 



267 

 Hippasa, entanglement in circular 



snare, 143 



ffippasa olivacea, 151 (see Sheet- 

 building spiders) 

 Hive-bee, resemblance to pohstes, 181 ; 



attacks by V. magnified, 182, 183; 



inability to perforate corolla of 



flowers, 1 88, 189 

 Humble-bees, fertilizing flowers, 185- 



189 



Impatiens scabrida, fertilized by 



humble-bees, 187 



Infra-Trias, series in Hazara, 284, 285 

 Instinct, in harvesting ants, 15 ; in- 

 stances in harvesting ants, 37, 38 ; 

 in spiders, 113, 114; of geometrical 

 spiders, 125-139 ; of hippasa, 152, 

 153; force in hippasa, 155, 156; 

 blunderings of, 156-158 ; of bees 

 and wasps, 177-195 ; of monkeys, 

 245-247 ; in bulbuls, 260, 261 ; in 

 birds, 261 ; of paradise flycatchers, 

 263 ; of barbel, 267 ; of martins, 

 267, 268 



Junonia orithya, sexual excitement, 



197 

 Jurassic, of Hazara, 286, 291 



Kallima iiiachus, 199-201 

 Kashmir martin, nest of, 267, 268 

 Kites, tumbling in air, 270 ; circling 

 flight of, 272-279 



Lammergeyer, tumbling in air, 270, 



271 

 Lanipyris, habits of, 218 ; luminosity, 



219-223 ; experiments on, 220-222 ; 



attack on snails, 223-225 

 Leaf-cutting bees, construction of nest, 



189 

 Leopard, contentment, 248 ; fear, 249 ; 



anger, rage, 251 ; distress, 252 ; 



eagerness, 253, 254 ; attention, 255, 



256 ; affection, 256-258 

 Libythea myrrha, feigning death, 159, 



160-208; resemblance to leaves, 199 



Mammals, of Hazara district, 239-258 

 Megachi/e cedhalotes, construction of 



nest, 189 

 Melanitis, resemblance to leaves, 200, 



20 1 ; contrast with dophla, 202 

 Merops persicus, capturing butterflies, 



208 

 Messor barbarus (see Communicating 



ants) 

 Migration, of acantholepis, 21, 7678 ; 



of harvesting ants, 36 ; of myrmeco- 



cystus, 53 ; Q{ phidole ants, 73, 74 

 Mimicry, digger-wasps and camponotus 



compressus, 183 ; bombus and bom- 



bylius, 184 



Molpastes (see Bulbul). 

 Monkey, force of instinct, 1 57 ; Bengal 



monkey, 243-247 

 Moth, prey of asitid, 168 ; protective 



coloration, 203-207 ; enemies of, 



207 



