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GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Low forms of life unaffected by 



climate, 24. 

 Lunate, semicircular. 

 Lunulate, crescent-shaped. 



Macropis, general observations on, 



222. 



geography of, 68. 



native species, 221. 



scientific description of, 220. 



strong analogy to the Scopu- 



lipedes, 222. 

 Maculae indicantes, 13. 

 Mahomet prescribes honey, 91. 

 Males, how to be united to their 



partners, 179. 

 Mandibles, 30, 40. 



used for boring, 44. 



Marginal cells of wings, 45. 



Marginate, edged with a ridge. 



Mason bees, 296. 



Maxilla?, 30, 31. 



Maxillary palpi, 30, 32. 



number of joints invariable in 



Andrenidae, 32. 

 number of joints variable in 



the Apidse, 32. 

 Megachile, general observations 



on, 272. 

 geography of, 74. 



infested by Coelioxys, 275. 



list of native species, 271. 



natural history of, 273. 



scientific description of, 269. 



Melecta, general observations on, 



255. 



geography of, 72. 



list of native species, 255. 



parasitical on Anthophora, 



240. 



scientific description of 255. 



very pugnacious, 258. 



Melittobia, a parasite upon An- 

 thophora, 241. 

 Meloe proscarabseus, parasitical 



on bees, 110. 



said to infest Andrena, 209. 



Mesothorax, 26, 44, 

 Metallic colouring of bees, 248. 

 Metathorax, 26. 

 Metropolis, 128. 



Miltogramma, parasitical upon 



Collates, 190. 

 Mode of killing coloured insects, 



253. 

 Moniliform, bead-like. 



antennae, 129. 



Monodontomerus, parasitical on 



Anthophora and Osmia, 302. 

 Moths help to fertilize flowers, 13. 

 Motives for new arrangement, 1 63. 

 Mouth, organs of = trophi = ciba- 



rial apparatus, 163. 

 Mucronated, having one or more 



short stout processes. 

 Mutilla, parasitical on bees, 117. 



Names usually given from a sexual 

 peculiarity, 232. 



Natural history, attractions of, 141. 



modes ot treating, 140. 



Natural system, 139. 



Nature, its large operations, 8. 



Nectaria of plants indicated to bees 

 by a difference of colour, 12. 



Nervures of wings, 44. 



Nomada, general observations on, 

 252. 



geography of, 72. 



intermittent appearance of 



N. Fabriciana, 230. 



list of native species, 250. 



scientific description of, 249. 



sexcinr-ta infests Eucera, 235. 



the bees infested by them, 



253. 



Nomenclature simplified by Lin- 

 naeus, 130. 



Nudipedes, = cuckoo-bees or para- 

 sites, 116, 167, 249. 



Nylander's mode of determining 

 the species of Ccelioxys, 268. 



Obsolete, more or less inapparent. 

 Ocelli = simple eyes = stemmata, 



26, 27. 

 Oman, no bees in the province of, 



84. 

 Osmia, general observations on, 



296. 



geography of, 76. 



list of native species, 295. 



