INDEX 



Abdomen of insects, 33 



Acraina, 92, 146 



Adler on parthenogenesis, 206 



Agriopis, 129, 155 



Agriotypiis, 318 



Air-sacs, 52 



Alder-flies, 74, 314, 317 



Allen, Grant, 215 



Alternation of generation, 203 ct seq. 



Ammophila, 2*57 



Amphydasi.*, 139 



Anderson, Dr. J., 175 



Anergates, 297 



Anisopteryx, 245 



Anobiam, 81, 322 



Anomma, 184 



Anopheles, 325 



Anoplura, 74, 187 



Anosia, 276 



Ant-eaters, 244 



Ant-lion flies, 74, 75, 180 



44 Ant-rice," 299 



Antennae, 3, 31, 105, 110, 113 



Anthomyidce, 95, 320 



Anthononius, 83, 197 



Anthribidce, 83 



Ants, 96, 99 



— Amazon, 297 



— associated with plants and flowers, 

 206 et seq. 



— blind species, 296 



— cocoons of, 295 



— " compass," 306 



— courtship of, 261 



— driver, 184 



— food of, 294, 295, 298 



— food raids bj, 183 



— fungus-growing by, 300, 301 



— hibernation of, 295 



— * 4 honey-dew " obtained from aphides 

 by, 212 



— insect associates of, 295, 296 



— leaf -cutting, 152, 207, 300 



— Mexican " honey ants," 16, 294 



— nests of, 293 



— sense of smell, 113 



— slare-making habit of, 297 



— social life of, 293 ct teq. 



537 



Ants, "soldier," 294 



— "solitary," 99 



— South American tree - dwelling, 

 206 



— sting of, 169 



— "white." See Termites 



— wood, 293, 297 

 " Ants' eggs," 295 

 Anurida, 61 

 Apathus, 282 

 Apatura, 92, 135, 190 

 Aphcenogaster, 298 

 Aphides, 70, 72 



— fungi as enemies of, 250 



— life-cycle of, 209 



— mouth-parts of, 43 



— as prey of other insects, 177, 178, 

 267 



— relations with ants, 296 



— viviparity in, 18 

 Aphomui, 282 

 Apidtr. Bees, q.v. 

 Apis, 284 

 Apocrita, 97 

 Appendiculata, 30, 31 

 Apple aphid, 209 



Apple blossom weevil, 83, 197 



Apple sucker, 73 



Apple-trees, insect population of, 191 



Aptera, 59 



Aquatic insects, 9, 10, 310 



— breathing devices of, 312 et seq. 



— classification of, 317 



— eargs laid within eggs by, 318 



— gills of, 314 



— legs of, 54 

 Arachnida, 32 

 Arctiidce, 88 

 Argynnis, 17, 57 

 Aristida, 299 

 Aristolochia, 231 

 Aristotle's classification, 57 

 " Army worms," 275 



Arrowhead, fertilisation by insects of,. 



219 

 Arthropods, 31, 329 

 Arum, wild, fertilisation of, 232 

 Asealaphidcv, 75 



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