GENERAL INDEX. 



389 



Cockroach, 114 



egg-case of, 115 



larvae of, 56 

 Coleoptera (see Beetles), 63 



table of, 103 



antennae, 65 



legs, 35 



wings, 41 



larva, 56, 98 



pupae, 57 



Concealment, self, of larvae of aspa- 

 ragus beetle, 99 

 bloody-nosed beetle, 100 

 caddis, 146, 147 

 clothes-moths, 279 

 ,, tortoise beetles, 10 

 Convolvulus hawk-moth, 269 

 Copper butterfly, 2o5 

 Corn weevil, 90 



Courtiliere, 118 



Cranefly, 350 

 Creaking beetle, 94 

 Cricket, 114, 116 



musical instrument of, 43 



song sharp before rain, 119 

 Cuckoo bees, 224, 244 

 Cuckoo spit, 296 

 Currant moth, 273 

 DADDT-LONGLEGS, 350 

 /Dagger moth, 294 

 JJDeath's-head moth, 269 



feeds on bees, 249 

 Destruction of trees by wood-boring 

 beetles, 91 



of crops by turnip-fly,. 

 Devil's coach-horse, 75 



larvae, 99 



Diamond beetle, 89 

 Dragon -flies, 127 



eyes, 27 



flight, 128, 130 



metamorphosis, 131 



wings, 45 



larva, mouth of, 131 



nker moth, 270 

 Dronefly, 360 



early life of, 46 

 Dung-beetle, 77 

 Dungfly, 366 



EARTH-MEASURING caterpillar, 272 

 Earwigs, 109 



eyes, 27 



Earwigs, larvae, 56 



pupae, 58 



wings, 43 



destroy bees, 249 



good mothers, 111 

 Eggs of lacefly, 139 



of whirligig beetle, 71 

 insects grow, 163 



,wk-moth, 269 

 moth, 271 

 a, 276 

 Enemies of aphides, 303 



of bees, 249 

 EriuliM ffiotb, 271 

 Eyes of insects, 25 



bipartite, 70, 308 



of larvae, 27 



of whirligig beetle, 70- 

 Feet of insects, 38 

 Jigure ef 6 moth, 293 



Fireflies, 301 



superstition concerning, 12 

 Fleas, 53, 329 



legend concerning, 331 

 Flies, 332 



mouth of, 34, 336 



wings of, 46, 54 



larvae, 337 



pupae, 57, 353 



worship of, 1 



Flight of insects in connexion with 

 their vision, 26 



butterflies, 266 



dragon-flies, 128 



gnats, 349 



syrphidse, 361 

 Flower-flies, 366 

 " Footman," 293 

 Forest-fly, 372 

 Formic acid, 198 

 Fritillary, 263 

 Froghopper, 296 

 GADFLY, 355, 369 

 Gallflies, 172 



gnats, 344 

 Galls, 173 



Galls of Hymenoptera harbouring 

 other insects, 1 76 



formed by Dipterous flies, 341 



344 



Gall-like excrescences formed by 

 saw flies, 163 



