INDEX 



175 



Paralysis, artificial of spiders, 56 



meaning of, 51 

 Paralyzed provender, 46, 52 

 Pennsylvanicus, Camponotus, no, 115 

 Phalangidea, 120 



Philanthus gibbosus, life history of, 85 

 Plants, fertilization by insects, 148, 149 

 Plexippus, Anosia, 167 

 Podium rufipes, 33 

 Polistes, pallipes, 95, 101, 138 

 Polyergus rufescens, 112 

 Pontius rapae, 99 

 Provender, paralyzed, 46 

 Pupation, process of, 35 



controlled, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 

 Pustulata, Winthemia, 4, 89 



Rapae, Pontius, 99 



Roaches, wood, 34, 122, 123 

 anatomy of, 51 

 nervous system of, 51 



Rozites gongylophosa, 115 



Rufescens, Polyergus, 112 



Rufipes, Podium, 33 



Sandwich Islands, 169 



Sanguinea, Formica, 112, 134 



Sarcophagidae, 129, 133 



Sceliphron fistulare, 60 



Sight of insects, 125 



Some insect experiments, 134 



South America, 118, 165, 166, 167, 169 



South Orkneys, 169 



South Victoria Land, 169 



Span-worms, 123 



Speciosus, Sphecius, 91, 136 



Sphecid's duty, the, 91 



Sphecius speciosus, 91, 136 



Spittle bug spittle, 151 



Spittle, how produced, 152 



Sphex, 62 



Spiders, drassid, 25, 104 



anatomy of, 47 



nervous system of, 47 



orb-building, 103 



platform-building, 103, 104 

 Spilographa, 78 

 Spring-tails, 169 



Tachina, red-tailed, 89 



Tachininae, 89 



Thecla butterflies, 165 



Thread-legged bug, the life of, 154 



Thysanura, 169 



Trailing a bee to its lair, 160 



Tree cricket, 125 



Trepetidae, 78 



Trypoxylon, cinereohirtum, 27 

 leucotrichium, 40 



U 



Undesirables, Nature's way with, 147 



Vanessa, 168 

 Vermilion-nut, 77 



W 



Wasps, Accuracy of in finding nests, 62, 63, 64 

 ancestral form of, 36 

 appendages, use of pupal, 75 

 Black reed, life history and habits of, 27, 



28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 49 

 Blue huntress, life history and habits of, 68, 



69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 747 75, 76 

 Blue mud-dauber, experiments on, 140, 141 

 Cannibal, life history and habits of, 85, 86, 



87, 88, 89, 90 



cannibalistic instincts of, 87, 88 

 characters, acquired pupal, 75 

 digger, Great golden, 91 

 egg film, osmosis of, 65 

 food, substitution of young wasp's, 55 

 Forest shell, life history and habits of, 53, 



54, 55, 5<S, 57, 5, 59 

 Long black reed, 62 

 One-banded dauber, Life History and habits 



of, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 

 Paper, effect of cold on, 101 



experiments on, 138, 139 



food of young, 96 



method of paper making, 96, 97 



parasite of young, 97 



life history and habits of, 138, 139 

 Prey, artificial paralysis of, 56 



capture of, 70 



stinging of, 47 



provisions, significance of choice of, 42 

 Provender, preparation of, 47 



pupae, appearance of pigment in, 58 



cause of dull color of, 58 

 Lumberess, 50, 51, 52 

 Mason, 68 



Red-legged digger, 62 

 Roach-killer, 33, 39, 49, 52 

 sentinels of, 100 

 Solitary, food of young, 55 



peaceful nature of, 91 

 Sphecid, experiments on, 136, 137 



life history and habits of, 91, 92, 93, 94 

 method of carrying prev, 92, 93 



toilet of, 94 



squeaking, interpretation of, 28 

 sting poisons, effects of, 47, 48 



