INDEX. 



317 



reproduction, 103, 161, 177; eats 

 grass and earth, 204 ; Egyptian, 

 226 ; attacks the UBS, hull, and fox, 

 232; near the lake Maeotis, 254. 



Aviecf, a kind of spider, Aranea ta 

 rantula, Strack, 259. 



\i-pa, a fish, Trigla Lyra, 95. 



M 



MoTa, a crustacean, Maia Squinado, 

 77, 8), 217. 



Moivif, sprat or sardine, Sparus 

 mcona, fiaii tim, 1-57, 158, 159; 

 when the males are called tragi, 

 228 ; gregarious, 234. 



MnXa nia, tbc class of cephalopod 

 mollusks, one species wliich occu 

 pies a sliell is probably Camarina 

 nifditerrain a, Spr alt s Lycia, 8, 

 10, 19, 73,87; reproduction, 105, 

 110, 121, 154; why tbey imbibe 

 water, 196; carnivorous, 198, 

 199 ; best for food wLen they 

 have ova, 228. 



Mf/Aoicnirpai i&amp;gt;(;, perhaps Loxia 

 pyrrhula, Schneider, 248. 



Ma^atcoarpaKa, crustaceans, 10,73, 

 77; reproduction, 106, 120; im 

 bibe water, 196; omnivorous, 198; 

 hi st for food when they have ova, 

 2 - 8. 



Mapivnf, a sea-fish, 159, 218. 



Maprt^ood, a fabulous animal. 30. 



MfAnytopv^of, probably blackcap, 

 Parus Hter, or Muscicarpa atrica- 

 pilla, 202; food, eggs, nest and 

 tongue, 246 ; in the autumn called 

 Sycalis, 276. 



MfXavaitrof, called also lagopho- 

 nos, an eagle, Aquila melanattus, 

 Falco CulvuB, 251. 



MtAavorpof, a sea-fish, Sparus nie- 

 lunurus, 199. 



MfXioypif, Guinea fowl, Meliagvis 

 iS umidica, 139. 



MiAiXu&amp;gt;ro. plant, Melilotus offii i- 

 nalis, 266. 



MAirra, bee, Apis mellificn, 3, 5, 7, 

 8, 9, 64, 88, 89, 93, 95; they 



sleep, 98 ; larva are called nym- 

 pliip, 124; reproduction, 127; 

 drones, chief s, also called mothers 

 and kings, 28 ; three kinds of bets, 

 ib. ; life, 130; white bees in 

 plants, and other kinds, ib. ; food, 

 208; hybernate, 213; change 

 their skins, 216; diseases, 225; 

 industry, 258; habits, 260. 

 t/j/3pc, an inferior kind of an- 

 chovy, Clupea sardina, 158. 

 i poi//, bee-eater, Merops Apiaster, 

 L. or Congener, L. 138, 245, 26.5. 

 jdiir;), a plant, medick giass, 

 Medicago saliva, 71, 207, 268. 

 fjKaiv, a gregarious fish, 234. 

 I JKMV, plant, poppy, 268. 

 j/XoXoySi/, cockchafer, Melolon- 

 thus aurata, 9, 88, 89, 125. 

 qpvZ, a fish like the Scarus, said 

 to ruminate, Scarus Cretensis, 279. 

 iXrof, vermilion, 139. 

 irvf, a substance used by bees to 

 cover crevices in their hives, 26;. 

 of, a sea-fish, Sparus mor- 

 myrus, 159. 



og, another name of the plan- 

 gus, Falco naevius, 251. 



MvyaXq, shrew mouse, Sort-x 

 araneus, 223. 



Mvia, house fly, Musca domestica, 

 9, 83, b9 ; reproduction, 106, 

 108, 126; omnivorous, 208. 



i\li o&amp;gt;v, a sea fish, perhaps some 

 kind of mullet, 109, 159. 



MvoOiipai O&amp;lt;/&amp;gt;HC, serpents that hunt 

 mice, attacked by the weasel, 23. 



Mvfiatva, sea-laiiiprcy, Murajna 

 helt-na, Struck. 8, 37, 40, bl ; 

 reproduction, 103, 109; food, 

 199 ; near the shore. 21 1 ; hyber- 

 nates, 213 ; seizes the conger by 

 the tail, 235. 



M/piyoc or MopTi/of, a sea-fish, 

 218. 



Mi &amp;gt;p^i)g, ant, Formica, 4; winged 

 and wingless, 73,93. 108; repro 

 duction, 131 ; industry, 258, 2bO. 



Munjuivq, myrtle Myrtus cuiumuni*, 

 266, 268. 



