IFDEX. 



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reproduction, 103, 161, 177; eats 

 grass and earth, 204 ; Egyptian, 

 226 ; attacks the ass, bull, and fox, 

 232 ; near the lake Maeotis, 254. 



Aw/cog, a kind of spider, Aranea ta- 

 rantula, Struck, 259. 



Avpa, a fish, Trigla Lyra, 95. 



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MnTa, a crustacean, Maia Squinado, 

 77,81,217. 



Matvie, sprat or sardine, Sparus 

 mcena, fiaividia, 157, 158, 159 ; 

 when the males are called tragi, 

 228 ; gregarious, 234. 



MoXaKta, the class of cephalopod 

 mollusks, one species which occu- 

 pies a shell is probably Caraarina 

 mediterranea, Spratt's Lycia, 8, 

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

 110, 121, 154; why they imbibe 

 water, 196; carnivorous, 198, 

 199 ; best for food when they 

 have ova, 228. 



MaXKo/cpavev, perhaps Loxia 

 pyrrhula, Schneider, 248. 



MaAaKoVrpaica, crustaceans, 10, 73, 

 77 ; reproduction, 106, 120 ; im- 

 bibe water, 196 ; omnivorous, 198; 

 best for food when they have ova, 

 228. 

 iVof, a sea-fish, 159, 218. 



, a fabulous animal, 30. 

 probably blackcap, 

 Parus ater, or Muscicarpa atrica- 

 pilla, 202; food, eggs, nest and 

 tongue, 246 ; in the autumn called 

 Sycalis, 276. 



MXavaitro, called also lagopho- 

 nos, an eagle, Aquila melanaetus, 

 Falco fulvus, 251. 



MsXavovpof, a sea- fish, Sparus me- 

 lanurus, 199. 



MeXaypc, Guinea fowl, Meleagris 

 Numidica, 139. 



MAiXturog, plant, Melilotus ofiici- 

 nalis, 266. 



MAirra, bee, Apismellifica, 3, 5, 7, 

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



sleep, 98 ; larva are called nyro- 

 pliae, 124; reproduction, 127; 

 drones, chiefs, also called mothers 

 and kings, 28 ; three kinds of bet s, 

 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. 



Me/i/3pde, an inferior kind of an- 

 chovy, Clupea sardina, 158. 



Mc'poj//, bee- eater, Merops Apiaster, 

 L. or Congener, L. 138, 245, 265. 

 /}, a plant, medick grass, 

 Medicago sativa, 71, 207, 268. 

 , a gregarious fish, 234. 

 , plant, poppy, 268. 



, cockchafer, Melolon- 

 thus aurata, 9, 88, 89, 125. 



, a fish like the Scarus, said 

 to ruminate, Scarus Cretensis, 279. 



MtXroe, vermilion, 139. 



Mirw, a substance used by bees to 

 cover crevices in their hives, 261. 



M6p/iipo, a sea-fish, Sparus rnor- 

 myrus, 159. 



Mop^vof, another name of the plan- 

 gus, Fulco nsevius, 251. 



MvyaXiJ, shrew mouse, Sorex 

 araneus, 223. 



Muia, house fly, Musca domestioa, 

 9, 83, 89; reproduction, 106, 

 108, 126 ; omnivorous, 208. 



Mvwv, a sea fish, perhaps some 

 kind of mullet, 109, 159. 



MvoOijpai o0t, serpents that hunt 

 mice, attacked by the weasel, 238. 

 sea-lamprey, Muraena 

 helena, Strack, 8, 37, 40, 61; 

 reproduction, 103, 109 ; food, 

 199 ; near the shore, 211 ; hyber- 

 nates, 213 ; seizes the conger by 

 the tail, 235. 



Mvpivos or Maplvof, a sea-fish, 

 218. 



MvpfjnjZ, ant, Formica, 4; winged 

 and wingless, 73, 93, 108 ; repro- 

 duction, 131 ; industry, 258, 260. 



Mvppivn, myrtle, Myrtus communis, 

 266, 268. 



