GENERAL INDEX. 



Acarus domesticus, remarks upon, 

 290. 



telarius, of Linnaeus, 294. 



Animals, their habits and instincts 



much varied, 7. 



history of those most fami- 



liar to us not always the 

 best understood, 12. 



remarks on the sounds of, as 



indicating the progress of 

 the seasons, 16. 



apparently in the enjoy- 



ment of much happiness, 

 notwithstanding the dan- 

 gers to which they are ex- 

 posed, 22. 



how the balance amongst dif- 



ferent species is kept up, 22. 



their instincts strong evidence 



of a Creator's care, 24. 

 moral lessons to be reaped 

 from observing their in- 

 stincts, 25. 



distinguish others of their 



own species more by the 

 smell than by the sight, 52. 



different instances of their 



deviating from their usual 

 food, 54. 



Anihomyia panicularis, notice of a 

 case in which large numbers 



of the larvae were expelled 



from the human intestines, 



278. 

 Anthomyia, a species of, affected in 



a peculiar way, 280. 

 Aphides^ immense swarm of, 283. 

 Apion flavipes, resorts in great 



numbers to evergreens in the 



autumn, 243. 

 Apkocus hypnorum, found in large 



quantities in a puddle, 319. 

 Argulusfoliaceus, notice respecting, 



296. 

 Ash-rods, much resorted to by 



wasps, to obtain materials for 



their nests, 257. 



B. 



Barbastelle, one taken on wing 



during day, 60. 



Bat, great, withdraws earlier than 

 the common species, 57. 



long-eared, devoured by a cat 



in one instance, refused in 

 another, 54. 



long-eared, appears to retire 



early like the noctule, 59. 



long-eared, the sexes at cer- 



tain periods keep separate, 

 59. 



