INDEX. 



AGE.of flies, 202 

 Aglossa ctiprealis, 115 



,, pinguinalis, in 

 Anobium domesticum, 5 

 ,, paniceum, 13 

 Antennae as organs of smell, 190 

 Anthrenus muscewum, 28 

 Ants' "eggs," 58 

 Atropos divinatoria, 304 

 Attagenus pellio, 27 



BACON BEETLE, 22 



Bed-bug, as medicine, 302 ; breathing 

 organs, 295 ; contrasted with flea, 

 2 75 5 etymology of name, 274 ; ex- 

 termination of, 298 ; fecundity, 296 ; 

 food of, 293 ; importation of, 273 ; 

 life history, 290; mouth organs, 

 278 ; scent glands, 288 ; wings, 283 



Beetles in food, 53 ; in mummies, 



21, 26 



Bird-lice, 341 



Black beetle (see Cockroach) 



Blaps mucronata, 33 



Blatta germanica, 146 



Blow-fly, antennae, 188; balancers, 

 183 ; bristles, 188 ; eyes, 186 ; feet, 

 182 ; head, 185 ; proboscis, 191 ; 

 wings, 176 



Bluebottle (see Blow-fly) 



Body-louse, mouth organs, 328 



Book-louse, 304; systematic position 



Buffalo gnats, 246 



CALLIDIUM VIOLACEUM, 50 



Calliphora erythrocephala, 176 

 ,, vomitoria, 176 



Cellar beetle, 33 



Ceratopogon, 246 



Chigoe, 270 



Chironomi, 246 



Churchyard beetle, 33 



Cimex lectularius, 275 



Clothes moths, 91 



Clothilla pulsatoria, 314 

 picea, 314 



Cluster- fly, 210 



Cockroach, breathing of, 139; diges- 

 tive system, 134; egg-sac, 126; 

 habits, 118 ; heart and circulation, 

 142 ; importation of, 117 ; legs, 131 ; 

 life history, 121; mouth organs, 

 128 ; nervous system, 144 ; sexes,i2o. 



343 



Corynetes violaceus, 26 



Crab-louse, 339 



Cricket, auditory organ, 155; chirp- 

 ing, 147, 153; file and drum, 153; 

 mouth organs, 149 ; wings, 151 



Croton-bug, 146 



Cryptophagus (genus), 31 



Culex (genus), 224 



Culices in paper, 237 



Culwidce, 223 



Cyrtoneura stabulans, 204 



DEATH-WATCH, 7, 310 

 Dermestes lardarius, 22 

 ,, vulpinus, 25 

 Ditch skater, 286 



EARWIGS, 156 ; forceps of, 158 ; habits, 

 164 ; life history, 163 ; parasites in, 

 168 ; systematic position, 169 ; wings, 

 J 59 



Eggs of flies, 198, 214, 215, 217 



Empusa muscce, 204 



Endrosis fenestrella, 103 



FlLARTA SANGUINIS-HOMINIS, 236 



Flea, antennae, 254 ; digestive system, 

 256; legs, 251; life history, 259; 

 mouth organs, 252 ; systematic posi- 

 tion, 249 



Fleabanes, 263 



Flea's leap, 264 



Fleas on sea-shore, 263 



Flesh-fly, 197, 198, 214 



Flies in Iceland, 241 



Fly -bug, 301 



Food, beetles in, 53 



Foreign Ptini in collections, 17 



Forfaula auricularia, 156 



French longicorn in willow basket, 48 



Fungus, parasitic, on fly, 203 



GlBBIUM SCOTIA S, 20 



Gnat-bite, 242 



Gnathocerus cornutus, 39 



Gnats, '225; life history, 229; mouth 



organs, 226; swarms of, 236; in 



paper, 237 



Gold fringe moth, no 

 Gracilia pygmcea, 47 

 Grease moth, 112 

 Greenbottle fly, 206 

 Gryllus domesticus, 149 



