INDEX. 



409 



toaulMtP, M. 8, 79 



Locust, T. 251, Jig.', migrations of, 



M.269 

 Locust Moth, singularity in the, T. 



323 

 Locusts, ravages of, T. 246 ; swarms of, 



in Southern Africa, T. :M7 ; do not 



chew the cud, M. 150 

 Lozntcenia ribeana, Steph., A. 160; T. 



21; L. rosana, ib., A. 163; T. 16 

 Loxia soda, Latr., A. 87 

 Loyalty of bees, M. 320 

 Lucnnus cervus, M. 10, Jig. 145 

 LumbricutlerruMt,T.J9; M. 2 

 Luminosity of the sea, M. 230 

 Luminous insects, M. 2-22 

 Lyconna pklceat, Fabr, T. 371 

 Lycteniedae, Leach, T. 279/280 

 Lycosa saccata. Latr., T. 104, 124, 382, 



'386 



Mac Leay's classification, M. 395 

 Macroglossa utetfatarum, M. 50, Jig. 

 Maggot, A. 20, fig. 

 Maggots, structure of, T. 1-28; of crane 



fltes, popularly called the grub, 252; 



voracity of, -252; of blow flies, vora- 



city of, 268 : of blow flies, instance of 



man being devoured by the, 268 

 Male ants, death of, M . 246 

 Male bees massacred, M. 259; some- 



times preserved, M. 261 

 Mallow butterfly of France, A. 169 

 Mamestra Bnuticar, Treitschke, T.213, 



M. ofcracea,213 



Manoeuvring of sanguine ants, M. 341 

 Mantis, A. 63 ; T. 143 ; cannibalism of, 



M.144; M.oratoria, Linn., M. 154; 



M. religion, M. 157, Jig. 

 Markwick fly, T. 261, fie. 

 Mary Riordan, extraordinary case of, 



by Dr. Pickells, T. 237 

 Mason-ants, A. 255 ; artificial hive for 



observing, 2'69,fig. ; nest, section of, 



XjO.fig. ; contrivance of to strengthen 



their nests, 271, fig. 

 Mason-bee, A. 34, fig. : nest of a, on the 



wall of Greenwich Park,33Jig. ; male 



and female, M. 213 

 Mason-bees' clay mine at Lee, A. 35, 



fig. ; labour estimated, 37; structures 



of; 41,. fig. ; restless disposition of, 42 ; 



and nest, 43, fig. 

 Mason-spiders, A. 360; nest of, 362, 



Maso 



ason -wasp, proceedings of a, at Lee, 

 A. 26: mandibles of, 27, fig.; cau- 

 tion of, outwitted by a fly, 28 ; struc- 

 ture of a, 29. fig. ; nest and cocoons 

 of, 29, fig., 81, fig. ; storing up live 

 caterpillars, 32 



Mason- wasps, A. 26, fig. 



Massacre of male bees, M. 259 



Maternal care of insects respecting their 

 eggs, T. 49 



Maxillary system, M. 388 



Meal-worm, the grub of Tenebrio moli- 

 tor, T. 234; and beetle produced from 

 it, 235, Jig-*. 



Meandrina cerebriformit, Parkinson, 

 T. 9 



Megachile, Latr., A. 33; M. centun- 

 cularis, 59; M. muraria, 35, 37; 38, 41 



Melitea cinxia, A. 172 



Melolontha rnficornis, Fabr., T. 231, 

 fig., 232; M. vulgaris, 225, 227; 348 



Mesenibrina meridiana, Meigen, T. 46 ; 



Merulidte, M. 1-24 



Metamorphosis, supposed animal and 



vegetable, T. I SI, Jig.; the term of, 



objected to, 258 

 Microgaater aphidum, Spinola, T. 65 



M. gl,>mrratu3,6l, 62.65 

 Midi;i>. delicacy of taste in, M. 23 

 Midges, oblique pace of, T. 3M4 

 Migrations in Palestine and Europe, 



T. 257; of insects, M. 77; destruc- 

 tive, M.269 



Mitita-a artemia, Ochs., M. 12 

 Mimosa pudica, M. 21 

 Mining-ants made slaves, M. 351 

 Mining-bees, A. 43; cell of, 43; their 



different proceedings in Britain and, 



in France, 44 

 M it -alnlix jatapa, M. 51 

 Mistakes' from hasty inferences, M. 2; 



from similarity, M.231 

 Modern system, M. 391 

 Moisture necessary to taste, M. 37 

 Mole-cricket, A. 242 ; with outline of 



ine of its hands, 243, fig. ; nest of, 



,, 



Molobrus, T. 367 

 Mormo maura, Ochs., A. 219 

 Mosses on walls, origin of, T. 27 

 Motacilla;, T. 363 

 Moth, winter nest of the brown- tailed, 



A. 330; winter nest of the golden- 

 tailed, 331; egg of the brimstone, t 1 . 



43, Jig. 



Moths, ingenuity of, T. 79 ; anal twee- 

 zers of, T. 84 ; male and female, M.214 

 Motion indispensable to life, T. 356 

 Mould in the heart of an apple, origin 



of, T. 30 

 Moulting or casting the skin, process of, 



in larvae, T. 169; position of the hairs 



in the, 173,figs. 

 Mouth system, M. 388 

 Muff-making caterpillars, A. 232,^.; 



tents of, 232 

 Muller's researches on insect vision, M. 



133 



Mullusbarbatua,M. 10 

 Multiplying eyes, M. 129 

 Musca Caesar, Linn, t.109; 3; car- 



miria, 196; 268; 321 ; domestica, A. 



415 ; T. '266 ; 347 ; 357 ; 388 ; M. 30; 



116; 193; vomitoria, ib. T. 76, 109; 



118; 126 ; 267; 232 

 Miucida,, Leach, T. 63; 177 ; 261 ; 282; 



M. 60; 115 

 Muscicapidce, M. 149 

 Muscles of the bee's tongue, M. \?2,fig. 

 Muscular strength of fleas, T.392 

 Museum beetle, grub of, T. 187, fig*. 

 Mutilla, T. 47 



Mygale avicularia, T. 394, 395 ; 397, 

 fig. ; camentaria, Latr. A. 361, 362, 

 fig. ; eyes of, 302 Ji.; parts of the foot 



and claw, M*,Jtg. 

 Mygale cratiens, A. 360 ; nidulans, 



VV'alck., 360 ; Sauvagesii, Latr. 363 

 Myrmeleonfurmicalen, Fabr., A. 22 ; 209 ; 



T. 334, 335 

 Myrmica rubra,A. 266 



Nais, T.237; water worms, 159 

 Names in natural history, use of names 



in, A. 12 

 Naturalists, different opinions of, A.75; 



discrepancies of opinions among, T. 



413 



Necklace beetle, A. 253 

 Necrophaga, M. 61 

 Necrophorus sepultor, De Jean, M. 46, 



" *. ; vespillo, A. 247 ; M. 66 

 contractus, Steph., T. 218 



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