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INDEX. 



Aranea aurantia, Oil*. M. 17 ; A. dia- 



dema, T. 359 ; A. domestica, A. 357 ; 



868; A. holoserica, Linn., A. 364; 



A.obtectrix, Bechstein, A. 350; T. 



397 ; A. reiiculata, A. 342 

 Arctia ca;a,Steph., T. 69, 176,187, 193; 



A. villica, Steph., A. 324, Jig. 

 Argyromiges Rayella, Curt., A. 234 

 Argyroneta aquatica,Wa.lck. t A. 365; 



f. 382 ; 398 



Aristptle's Classification, M. 381 

 Armadillo vulgaris,Cu.vier, T. 188 

 Aroma, M.59 



Arrangements, systematic, M. 380 

 Arrangement of specimens, M.379 

 Artichoke gall of the oak-bud, with 



gall-fly, A. 378, Jig. 

 Atelhiy aquaticus. Leach, T. 3S3 

 Ateucus,A.$'i9 

 Athalia, T. 218 

 Atropot lignaritu, Leach, A. 304; A. 



nultatoriiu, M. 102 

 Amelia, A. 22 

 Aurelia, A. 21 

 Azalea pontica, M. 34, fig. 



lialaninus Nucum, Germar, T. 242 



Bark-grub, raised galleries of a, T. 245 



Bark, mined in rays by beetle grubs, 

 T. 245,JZ ff . 



Bari-mining caterpillars, A. 239 



Easter's opinion of smell, M.61 



Bat, guided by the touch of its wings, 

 M. 14 



Battles of ants, ancient records of, M. 

 335 



Battles between queen bees, M. 311 



Bazin's experiments on Aphides, M. 

 236 



Bedeguar of the rose, A. 375, Jig. ; one 

 of the bristles magnified, A. 377, Jig. 



Bee, cells strengthened by the' grub of, 

 A. 140 ; hunting in America, A . 146 ; 

 and syrphus, comparative figures of, 

 T. 4,Jig. ; Swammerdam's account 

 of the wings of the, T. 343; tongue 

 of, adapted to the nectaries of flow- 

 ers, 1/2,. /Z#.; barges of Egypt and 

 France, 262 ; caravans of Germany, 

 262; duels, 328; robbers, 329 



Bees compared to mechanics, A. 25 ; 

 dissections of, by Mademoiselle Ju- 

 rine and M. Latreille, A. 102 ; di- 

 vision of the labour of, 112 ; Huber's 

 experiments with, 115; mathemati- 

 cal problem solved by, 121 ; symme- 

 try in the architecture of, explained, 

 133 ; Virgil's receipt for making a 

 swarm of, T.3; cleanliness of, 6; 

 and wasps, parasites of, 67 ; hyber- 



nation of, 410 ; whether they per- 

 forate flowers, M. 175; pairing of, 

 253 ; migrations of, 283 ; wars of, 322 ; 

 government of, 306 ; vision of, 121 



Bees' -wax, erroneous account of the 

 Abbe" La Pluche concerning, A. 94 ; 

 conjectures of Re"aumur concerning, 

 95 ; discovery of John Hunter con- 

 cernig, 96; experiments of Huber 

 respecting the formation of, 97 



Beetles, A. 247 



Belostoma, M. 115 



Btroe globulosa, Lamarck, T. 353 



B'biofebrilis, feetjof, T. 391, Jig*. 



JBihio hortulanus, Meigen, T. 266, 267, 



sBf- 



Birds, moulting of, T. 17<} ; of prey, 

 peculiar faculty of, 361 ; smell in, 

 M.51 



Black-Veined white butterfly, disap- 

 pearance of the, T. 214 



Blainville's opinion of smell, M. 62 



Blackheath, destruction of herbage on, 

 T.254 



Blap* mortisaga, Fabr. T. 240, 241, 

 242 ; M.53 



Blatta, T.66; B. Orientalis, M. 149 ; 

 B. gigantea, M. 152, Jigs. ; 153 ; B. 

 lapponica, M. 152 



Blattidce, Steph. M. 152 



Blennius ovo-viviparous, Lacep6de, T, 

 108 



Blight, popular errors respecting, T. 

 11; Dr. Good's account of, 12; 

 caused by an oak-leaf-roller, 203 ; 

 American, history of> M. 1?3 



Blind ants, A. 261 



" Blind as a beetle," origin of the pro- 

 verb, M. 15 



Blood, supposed formative of the, T-. 

 132 ; supposed showers of, accounted 

 for, I 1 . 351 



Blood-worm, T. 304 ; plumed appara- 

 tus in the, T. 305 ; remarkable evo- 

 lution of the, T. 319 



Blow-fly (chequered), T. l\0,fig.; Ab- 

 domen and young larvae, 100, .fig. 

 coil ot'larvae, 110, j?g. ; Large Grey, 

 with the abdomen and young mag- 

 gots, 111, fig. ; breathing apparatus 

 of the maggot, 111, Jig. ; bellows ap- 

 paratus in the pupa of the, 321 $ 

 newly-hatched, 338, fig. 



Blue-bottle, feet of, T. 391, figs. 



Boletophila, T. 98 



Bombardier Beetle, its proceedings, M. 

 54,^. 



Bombi, A. 36 



Bombus lapidaria^ A. 70 ; B. tmwcorum, 

 Latr., 64 ; B. terrestris, ib. 69, 70; 

 M. 29 



Bombylii, T. 4 ; M. 39 



Bombyxmori,A.Z15, 320 ; T.64 



Bonnet's experiments on aphides, M. 

 69 ; observations on hearing, M. 73 



Bonsdorf 's opinion of the palpi, M. 10 



Boxes for collecting insects, M. 369, 

 Jig.; 375, Jig. 



Braces for setting, M. 377, Jig* 



Brachinus crepitans, M. 54 ; B. displo- 

 *or, M. 55 



Bramble, pseudo gall of the, A. 397, 

 fig. 



Breeding-cage, Stephens's, M. 364 

 Rennie's, M. 365, Jig. 



Breeze-fly's egg, hatching of the, A. 

 4 10, fig. 



Breeze-fly, ovipositor of, 403, Jig. ; ef- 

 fects produced by the, upon cattle, 

 A. 405; 412, Jig. ; ovipositor, of the 

 rein-deer, observation of Linnaeus 

 on the, A. 406; of man, 415; deli- 

 cacy of taste in, M. 26 



Brown Ants, proceeding of the, A. 253 



Brown-tail Moth, winter nest of the, 

 A. 330, fig. ; extraordinary ravages 

 of the, T. 208; female, 83, fig.} 

 tweezers of, 84, Jig. 



Bruchidce, Leach, T. 233 



Bruchus P.isi ^ and B. Granarius, Linn., 

 T. 233 



Brunelli's experiments on Grasshop- 

 pers, M-77 



Bryophila Perla, A. 183 



Buds of plants, dissection of, T. 136 



Buff-tip, ravages of the, T. 204 



Bug, experiment with, by Bomare, M. 

 60; sucker of the black-horned, M, 



