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INDEX. 



EphemeriJa;, T. 285 ; 373; M. 205; cho- 

 ral assemblies of, T. 3; 3 



Epipone nidulans, Latr , A. 83 



Erinaceus Europccus, T. 187 



Eriogaster lanestris, A. 327; T. 314, 

 315 ; experiment with, A. 327 



Eriosomamali, Leach, M. 178, 179, fig. 



Eriosoma populi, Leach, A. 392, 393 



Eristalis tenax, Fabr., T. 184 ; 322; and 

 E. apiforrnis, Meigen, T. 5 



Ermine moths, encamping caterpillars 

 of the, T. 205 



Error of Gcedart and of De Mei con- 

 cerning the production of bees, T. 5 



Error of Virgil and Columella ex- 

 plained, T. 4 



Eudidia glyphica, Ochsenheim, T. 147. 



Eumenes, A. 52 



Euonymus, T. 207 



Euplocamiu granella, T. 221 



Euplocami and Tineas, destruction of 

 grain by, T- 221 



Eurytoma stigma, Steph., T. 60 



Evania apendigaster, T. 66, .fig. 



Evolution of some insects, fixed me of 

 the day for the, T. 316 



Exotic plants sometimes selected by in- 

 sects as food for their young, T. 69 



Expeditions of ants to capture slaves. 

 M. 342 



Experiments on the gnat's life-boat of 

 eggs, T. 75 ; on the wolf spider, by 

 Swammerdam, Bonnet, and J. R , 

 105; showing the embryo butterfly in 

 the caterpillar, 134 



Eyes, multiplying, M. 129 



Fabricius's geographical classification, 



M.384 



F alco ossifrqgus, T. 361 

 Falco tinnuncidus, T . 361 

 Fat, a probable defence against cold, T. 



195 

 Fecundity of insects compared with 



other animals, T . 46 

 Feet of flies, apparatus in the, T. 390 

 Feligmaniculutus,Temm., M. 191 

 Female ants take off their own wings, 



M. 246; their authority, 302 

 Female insects short-lived, M. 218 

 Field-cricket, A. 244 

 Fishes, smell in, M. 51 

 Fire-fly of the West Indies, M. 228, fig. 

 Ffea, leaping muscles of the, T. 392,,/?g-. 

 Fleas made to draw miniature coaches, 



T. 180; M. 188; sucker of, 189; pre- 

 vention of, 191 

 Flies (Muscidee), parchment-like pupa 



case of, T. 282 



Fly, curious procedure in, M. 37 

 Fasnusjaculator, M. 107 

 Folded wings of some two-winged flies, 



T. 338 

 Food, effects of, on bee grubs and 



plants, M. 315 



Food, growing, plan of supplying, M.365 

 Food of insects, M. 142 

 Foot of the fly, supposed springs in the, 



T. 388 



Forceps, French, M. 373, Jigs. 

 Foreign ants, A. 284 

 ForficUa auricularia, Linn., T. 102: 



342; M. 145 

 Formica brunnea, A. 258; M. 113; 



F. caca, M. 118 ; F. ccespitum, Latr., 



A. 256, 257; T. 192; F. Jlava, A. 



256 ; 270 ; 283; T. 113 ; 192 ; 330 ; 409; 



F. fastens, M. 56 ; F. fuliginosa, A. 



, A, see j m, 



T. 410 ; M. 56 F.fusca, F. lnmnect> 

 and F.rufa,A. 257 ; F. nigra, A . 283 , 

 F. rufa, Latr. A. 262; 272 ; 2b9; 

 T. 377; 407; M. 56 

 Formicaries, glazed artificial, A. 269 

 Formicary, for experiments, A. 2/6 

 Formicidae, Leach, M. 170 

 Fox-moth and caterpillar, M. 76, figs. 

 Franklin's experiment on ants, M. 57 

 Fringilla Moris, Temminck, T. 35 

 Fringilla domestica, Linn., T. 35 

 Frogs, snails, &c. supposed showers of, 



T. 23 



Fruit grubs, T. 242 



Fulgora lanternaria, Linn., M. 229, fig. 

 Fulgoridie, M. 85 



GadusMorkua, M. 10 



Gallerue, bee-hives injured by, T. 222 



Galleria cereana, G. alvearia, Fabr., T. 



222, 223 

 Gall flies, experiments with, A. 384; 



structure off A . 370 

 Gall-fly, ovipositor of the, A. 372, Jig. 

 Gall insects, T. 88 

 Galls, opinions concerning the cause of, 



A. 373 



Gammasus Baccarum, Fabr., T. 386 

 Garnmasus Coleoptratorum, Fabr., M. 29 

 Gamma moth, alarm caused in France 

 by the, T. 211 ; calculation of the fe- 

 cundity of the, T . 212 ; transforma- 

 tion of, T. 2 12, ./?*. 

 Gastrophaca quercijolia, T. 293 

 Gasterophilut eyui, Leach, A. 407 

 Gastervphilus hcemorrhoidalis, Leach, 



A. 409 



Gelis agilis, Thunberg, T. 65 

 Gcometra illunaria, T. 35 

 Geometric spiders, A. 358 

 Geometrid<e, Steph., T. 147 

 Geotrupes stercorarius, A. 249 : M. 9 : 



42 ; 65 : 95 



Gerris locustris, Latr., T. 382 

 Glanville-Fritillary, nest of, A. 172 

 Glasses useful as insect cages, M. 362 

 Glires, M.I 57 



Glow-worm, supposed final cause of its 

 light, M. 222 ; male and female, 224, 

 jigs. ; head of the, 224,,/jg-.; male, lu- 

 minous, 225 ; time of appearance of 

 the, 227 



Gnat, remarkable evolution of the, T. 

 317, 318, .fig. ; dancers in winter, T. 

 363; bites,danger of, M.I 93 ; sucker of, 

 195,Xi.'.; its mode of sucking, 196, Jigg. 

 Gnats, forming their egg-boats T. 74, 

 fig. ; magnified view of, T. 75,Jig. ; 

 aquatic grubs of, T. 155, Jig. ; male 

 and female, 197, Jigs. ; Irish, Spen- 

 ser's description of, M . 200 

 Goat-moth caterpillar escaping from a 



drinking-glass, T. 178, Jig. 

 Godart's opinion of the pairing of aphi- 

 des, M 234 



Goerius olens, Steph., A. 14 ; M. 68, fig. 

 Golden-tail moth, winter nest of the, 

 A. 331 ; female of, T, 83, Jig.; twee- 

 zers of the, T. 84,^. 

 Goldsmith, misstatement of, T. 177; 



mistakes gnats for aphides, M. 241 

 Gonepteryx rliamui, T. 399; 406; chry- 

 salis of, 300,,/jg-. 

 Gordii aquatici, Linn., T. 23 

 Gordius aquaticus, Linn., T. 3 

 Gould's observations onfemaleants, M. 

 242 



overnment of insect communities, M 



