ENGLISH INDEX, 



681 



Saprophagous insects, iv. 49 1 . 



Saw-flies , how they deposit their 

 eggs, i. 355 : their ovipositor, 

 355; iv. 160: vast flights of, 

 ii. 10: simulate death, ii. 233 : 

 eggs of, grow, iii. 91 : why hy- 

 menopterous, iv. 382,416 : their 

 scent organs, ii. 242, 248 : slimy 

 larvae of, 225. 



Saw-fly ', barley, i. 173: cherry, 

 197: gooseberry, 197: rose, 

 194, 355: turnip, 187; ii. 10. 



Schwenckfeeld, Dr., first faunist, 

 iv. 440. 



Scolechiasis, i. 99 ; iv. 232. 



Scorpion, terrific attitude of, i. 124 : 

 ferocity of, 279 : gills of, iv. 61 : 

 liver of, 123. 



, water, eggs of, iii. 94. 



Scripture (Holy), account of in- 

 sects, iv. 43 1 . 



Sculpture of insect integument, 

 uses of, iii. 396, 654. 



Seasons of insects, iv. 520. 



Secretions of insects : silk,iv. 136: 

 saliva, 137: varnish, 139: jelly, 

 139: oils, 139: milk, 134: ho- 

 ney, 140: wax, 141: poisons 

 and acids, 143 : odorous fluids 

 and vapours, 146 : phosphorus, 

 149: fat, 150. 



Semicomplete pupa, i. 67. 



Sensation, organs of, iv. 1. 



Senses of insects, whether seven, 

 iv. 241 : they have the ordi- 

 nary, 244: internal sense, 242; 

 sight, 242: hearing, 243: an- 

 tennae, whether organs of, 247 : 

 touch, 255 : smell, 257 : taste, 

 264. 



Sensorium, common, where re- 

 sident, iv. 1 9. 



Seven, a sacred number, iii. 15, 

 note; iv. 241: quinary groups 

 resolvable into, 409. 



Sheep, insects that infest, i. 157. 



Shell-fish, insects that infest, i. 166. 



Showers (bloody), produced by in- 

 sects, i. 34. 



Shrike. See Butcher-bird. 



Silk, i. 332. 



Silk-worms, kinds of, i. 834 : dis- 

 eases of, iv. 212 : not attacked 

 by ichneumons, 228 : how to 

 forward their exclusion, iii. 101. 



Skeletons (of small animals), how 

 to obtain, i. 258. note. 



Skin of insects, iii. 400. 



Skunk, ii. 238. 



Sleep of insects, iv. 199. 



Sloane (Sir Hans), encomium of, 

 iv. 446. 



Slugs (wheat) how best destroyed, 

 i. 181. note. 



Slug-worm, i. 198. 



Soap, manufactured from insects, 

 i. 316. 



Societies, of insects, imperfect, ii. 

 3 : perfect, 27. 



Society, Royal, iv. 446. 



, Linnean, iv. 459. 



, Zoological, 46O. 



Solomon, knew insects, i. 23 j ii. 46. 



Sow-bug, i. 140. 



Sparrows, number of caterpillars 

 they devour, i. 291. 



Species, iv. 405 : how to inves- 

 tigate, 563. 



Spectre, large egg of, iii. 90. 



Sphinx, why so named, ii. 234. 



Spider, amphibious, i. 470 : bird, 

 422; iii. 490: edible, i. 31O: 

 gossamer, ii. 330 : large field or 

 diadem, i. 405 : red, 203 : shep- 

 herd, ii. 305: small garden, i. 

 41 5: trap-door, 467:once tamed, 

 iv. 23. 



Spiders, hunters, i. 422 : swim- 

 mers, 424 : vagrants, 422 : wea- 

 vers or sedentaries, 403; iv. 31. 

 , affection for their eggs, i. 

 361 : webs, texture of and how 

 spun, 403, 420; iv. 129: won- 

 derful apparatus for spinning, 

 i. 403 : floating nest of, 423 : 

 nest under water, 470: web 

 destroyed by fluid emitted by a 

 caterpillar, ii. 245: sailing in 

 the air, 331 : effects of their 

 venom, i. 131: cruelty, 279: 



