INDEX 



84o 



Moths, courtship of, 238 



— distinguishing characters of, 85 



— drinker, 88 



— dun-bar, 190 



— eggar, 88 



— eggs of, 13 



— emperor, 90, 143 



— fig, 87 



— flour, 8>. 



— gipsy, 88, 192 



— goat, 87, 103, 1,93 



— hawk, 51, 89, 103, 163, 166, 221, 223 



— hook-tip, 88 



— humming-bird hawk, 222 



— lackey, 88 



— lappet, 88, 139 



— light affecting, 120, 121 



— lobster, 162 



— march, 245 



— mouth-parts of, 43 



— owl, 88, 190 



— pearl, 87 



— peppered, 139 



— pine-shoot. 87 



— processionary, 90, 274 



— prominent, 8*9 



— protective resemblance in, 129 



— "pug," 89 



— puss, 89, 143, 163 



— reed, 87 



— saturnid, 90, 143, 333 



— sense of smell in, 141 



— silk, 89, 333 



— swift, 86, 193, 250, 258 



— tiger, 88 



— tortrix, 87 



— tussock, 88 



— vapourer, 88, 146 



— wainscot, 275 



— wood leopard, 87 

 Moulting of insects, 15, 16 

 Mouth-parts of insects, 3, 6, 21, 41, 59 

 Movement of insects, 5 



— of pupa, 25 

 Midlenhoff, quoted, 285 



Midler, Dr. Fritz, quoted, 159, 160, 255 



Midler, Johannes, 106 et seq. 



Musca domestica, house-fly, q.v. 



" Muscardine," 251 



Muscidcr, 94 



Muscular strength of insects, 6 



Mussel scale insect, 23, 73, 168 



Mutations, 154 



Mutillida, 99 



Mycetophilida, 93 



Mymarina, 318 



Myrmtcocystus, 294 



MyrmtUonida, 180 



Mytilaspis, 73, 168 



Nagana, 328 



Xanosdla, 12 



Nasturtium, Indian, fertilisation by in- 

 sects, 221 



Natural selection affecting insects, 35, 

 154, 207 



Necrophorus, 79, 188, 272 



Nectar, 214 



Xematus, 199, 200 



Nemeohius, 90 



Nemobius, 65 



Xemopteridw, 75 



Nepa, 177 



Nepidw, 313 



Nervous system of insects, 5, 102 



Nervules in wings, 45 



Nervures in wings, 45 



Neuroptera, 59, 74, 317 



Xeuroterus, 205 



Nicotiaua, fertilisation by insects, 223 



"Niggers," 179 



Xoctuidce, 88 



" Nose-horns " of pupae, 91 



Xotodontidtv, 89 



Xotonecta, 177 



Xotoneclidce, 310 



Nut weevil, 83, 198 



NycteribiidcE, 95 



" Nymph " stage of insects, 19, 22, 26 



XymphalidcE, 91 



Nympkcdwnce, 91 



Oak, galls produced by insects on, 202 



— insect population of, 191 

 Ocelli, 104 



Ocypms, 79, 164 



Odonata, 68, 317 



Odontitis, 88 



Odontoptera, 139 



Odynerus, 269 



CEstridce, 94, 266, 323 



Orchids, fertilisation of, 232, 233, 242, 



Orchis, fertilisation by insects, 232 



— self-pollination, 243 

 Orders of insects, 40 

 Orgyia, 88 



Origin of species, 37, 39 

 Ormerod, Miss, 323 

 OrniihopUra, 91 

 Orthoptera, 62, 59, 91, 104 

 Orthorrhapha, 93 

 Osmylus, 76 

 Otiorkynckus, 165 

 Ourapteryx, 132 

 Ovipositor, 15, 96 



Pain, immunity of insects from, 115 

 i'alpr of insects, 41, 113 



