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INDEX. 



ovipositing, 38, fig. ; Transformations 



of, 62, fie. 



Ichneumon Flies, A. 27 



Indicator Major, Veill., A. 145 



Imago, A. %2, fig. 



Impulsion of fluids into the wings, T. 

 341 



Instruction derivable from common 

 things, A. 1 



Insectiferous winds, T. 22 



Insects, extraordinary numbers and va- 

 rieties of, A. 3 ; may be studied in 

 every situation, 4 ; the study of, does 

 not narrow the mind, A. 7; injuries 

 and benefits c aused by, 9 ; study of, 

 fascinating to youth, 13 ; beauty of, 

 15; varieties in the economy of, 16; 

 states of, 17 ; produced from eggs, 

 17; in the perfect state, 22; with legs 

 on its back, T. 385; not killed by 

 severe frosts, 98 ; probably gnaw 

 through their egg-shells, 125 ; from 

 plants, difference of, 137 ; muscular, 

 strength of, 179 ; newly transformed, 

 expansion of the body and wings in, 

 333; newly-evolved, discharges from, 

 350; peculiar locomotions of, 3?9; 

 imperfect, from fallen chrysalides, 

 349; peculiar motions of, 356 ; flight 

 of, 395 ; nest of, 399 ; have neither 

 brain nor spinal chord, 400; day- 

 movements of, 400 ; supposed pulse 

 in, 401 ; have neither a proper heart 

 nor blood, 401 ; alleged discovery of 

 a circulation in, 402 ; torpidity of, in 

 winter, 406 



Instantaneous appearance of insects, 

 T. 19 



Instinct, infallibility of, questioned, T. 

 76; mistakes of, 77 ; irregular disclo- 

 sure of the different individuals of 

 the same brood, 315. 



Intestinal canals of caterpillar, pupa, 

 and butterfly, T. 201, Jig*. ; worms, 

 239, Jlgt. 



Intestinal worms, mistakes of Linnaaus, 

 Dr. Barry, and Dr. J. P. Frank, re- 

 specting, T. 237 



Italian locust, T. 240 



Jaws of insects do not indicate their 



food, M. 144 



Jet Ants or Emmets, A. 279 

 Julus terrestris, T. 384, 386, Jigs. 



Kircher, curious experiment of, T. 2 ; 



recipe for the manufacture of 



snakes, 2 

 Knapp's opinion of the glow-worm, 



M.222 



Labourers, duties of among termites, 

 M.331 



Laburnum, section of the bud of the, 

 T. 136, Jig. 



Labyrinthic Spider's nest, A. 356 



Lacerla agilis, Linn., T. 108 ; L. Gecko, 

 Linn., 390 



Lace-winged Flies and eggs, T. 45, 

 fig.; fly and grub, 2/1,^*. 



Lackey Moth's eggs, arched form of, 

 T. 86 ; transformations of, M. 74, 

 jigs. 



Lady Birds, popular mistakes respect- 

 ing, T. 269; transformations of, 

 traced to the eggs, 270, Jigs.; migra- 

 tions of, M . 267 



Lamarck's classification, M. 389 



Lamia, M. 109 



Lampyris nocliluca, T. 39; M.222; 

 L. Ilalica,T. 403 



Land crab, migrations of, M . 272 



Laniadte, M. 159 



Language antennal, and objections to, 

 M. 110, 113 



Lapidary Bees, A. 70 



Lapping insects, M. 170 



Laria fascelina, A. 20; pupa of, T. 

 300, fig. 



Larvae, coil of, in the body of a blow- 

 fly, T. 110, Jig.; growth, moulting, 

 strength, defence, and hibernation 

 of, 166 ; the moulting of, interrupted 

 by accidents, 170 ; means of escape of, 

 by spinning, 186 ; excrementitious 

 covering of some, 190; jaws or man- 

 dibles of, 202 ; proceedings of, at their 

 approaching transformation, 2/3 



Larva of the common gnat, A. 20, Jig. 

 of the poplar beetle, 20,Jjg-.; of Si- 

 rex, 20, figs. 



Lasiocampa quercus, A. 328 ; L. Rubi, 

 Schrank, M. 75, 76, fig. 



Latreille's opinion of smell, M. 62; ge- 

 ographical classification, M. 391 



Laziness punished among ants, M.305 



Leach's classification, M. 39-2 



Leaf gall of the dyer's broom, A. 379, 



Leaf galls of mountain ash, A. 390 



Leaf mining Caterpillars, A. 233; 

 maggots arid fly, T. 70, fig. 



Leaf roller, ingenious contrivance in a 

 small, T. 324 



Leaf rolling, method of, A. 165; pro- 

 bable mistake concerning, 16G; leaves 

 detached, formed into habitations, 167 



Leaf rolling Caterpillars, A. 159 j 

 aphides, 394 



Lecidea, A. 361 



Leg and pro-leg of a Caterpillar, mag- 

 nified, A. 307, fig. 



Legionary Ants, M. 342 



Legs of the Bee for can 

 &c., A. 110 ; of Spiders, M. 4 



Lehmann's opinion of the palpi, M. 10; 

 opinion of smell, M. 61 



Leistusfulvibatbus, M. 43, figs. 



Lemming Rat, migrations of, M. 271 



Lemnochares holoscricea, Latr., T. 383 



Leptus autumnalis, ib., M. 27, fig. ; L. 

 phalangii, M. 27 



Lepus cuniculus, M. 157 



Lestris'parasiticus, Boie% M. 114 



Leucoma salicis, Stephens, A. 312; T. 

 14, 150 



Libellula, Fabr., T. 164 



Libellula;, A. 214 



Libellula vulgata, compound eye of, M. 

 133, fig. 



Libeltulidce, Leach, T.I 60 



Libellulina, M'Leay, T. 46, 163, 285, 

 335,896; M.29, 42, 158 



Light, effects of, on eggs, T. 120 



Lilac -leaf rolling Caterpillar, A. 160; 

 nest of, 161,. fig.; 162, fig, 



Lilac-tree Moth, A. 160, fig. 



Limnoria, Leach, M. 168 



Lime tree, shoot of, contorted by the 

 Aphis tilia, A. 39,'i, fig. 



Linariavidgaris,M..5l 



Linnaeus's classification, M. 381 



Localities of insects, M. 360 



Locality system, M. 383 



Local stations of insects, M. 264 



Locusta, T. 143 ; L. ccerutescens, M. 



. 140; L. Ita/ica, Leach, T. 249; t,, 

 migraloria, ib., i-itS 



