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Index 



Black swallowtail, 450 

 Blastoderm, *38 

 Blastophaga grossorum, 



* 4 8 7 

 Blattidae, Blatta (blatta, 



insect that shuns light), 



126 

 Blepharocera capitata, 



cross-section of eyes of, 



*3i7 



Blepharoceridae, Blepharo- 

 cerus (probably fihKftapov, 

 blcpharus, eye ; Ktpaf, 

 ceras, divided), 304, 



3I4- 



Blissus leucopterus, 211, 



*2I2 



Blister-beetle, 288 

 Blood, 17 

 Blow-flies, 343 

 Blow-fly, *344; complete 



metamorphosis of, *45 ; 



compound eye of, *33 ; 



larva, pupa, and adult 



of, *3O2 



Bluebottles, 343 

 Blue-striped looper, *398 

 Body-louse, *2i6 

 Body-wall, section of, *4 

 Boleototherus bifurcus, 



289; larva of, *28g 

 Boll -worm, cotton, 404 

 Bombidae, Bombus (dopfiof, 



b o m b u s , a buzzing 



noise), 518 

 Bombus, 518; affinis, 519; 



calif ornicus, 519; ed- 



wardsii, 519; ferviotus, 



519; sp., nest of, *5i9; 



sp., worker and queen, 



*5i8; terricola, 519 

 Bombycidae, B o m b y x 



(bombyx, silk), 369 

 Bombyliidae, Bombyllius 



(f$ofilivXt6s, bombylius, 



humble-bee), 332, 333 

 Bombylius, 333 ; major, 



*334 ; sp., mouth-parts 



of, *334 

 Bombyx mori, 429; larva; 



of, 428 ; venation of, *420 

 Book-lice, 55 ; in 

 Book-louse, *H2 

 Book-worm, 271 

 Boreus brumalis, 236 ; cali- 



f ornicus, 236 ; nivoriun- 



dus, 236; unicolor, 236 

 Bot-flies, 232, 337 



Bot-fly, larva of, *337; of 

 horse, *338 



Box-elder bug,'*2i3 



Brachycera (/3paxi>f, bra- 

 chys, short; /"'pac, ceras, 

 horn), 303, 327; division 

 into groups, 327 ; keys 

 to families of, 327, 332 



Brachynemurus, 232 



Braconidae, Bracon (Fa- 

 bricius, etym. uncertain), 



463 



Brain of locust, *22 



Braula caeca, 353 ; sp., *352 



Braulidse, Braula (fipav'/M, 

 braula, louse), 351, 353 



Breathing of aquatic in- 

 sects, 20 



Breeding-cage,*64i ; lamp- 

 chimney, *642 ; soap- 

 box, *643 



Breeding-cages how to 

 make, 642 



Broad-winged katydid, 

 "150, *isi 



Brood-comb of honey-bee, 

 with young stages, *46 



Bruchidae, Bruchus 

 (fifjovxof, bruchus, a lo- 

 cust without wings), 

 277, 281 



Bruchus obtectus, *28i ; 

 pisi, *28i 



Brush-footed butterflies, 

 450 



Bucculatrix pomifoliclla, 

 *376 ; pupal cocoons of, 

 *375 



Buckeye butterfly, 455 



Bud-moth, 381 



Buffalo-gnats, 304, 313 



Buffalo-moth, *263 



Buffalo tree-hopper, 169 



Bug. pinning a, *637 



Bugs, 55, 163 



Buprestidae, Buprestis 

 (flovc, bos, o .r / Kpi/Qeiv, 

 prethen, swell), 265, 266 



Buprestis, 267 



Burrower-bugs, 195, 215 



Bury ing-beetle, *26i 



Bumblebee, at clover-blos- 

 som, *5i8; guest, 519; 

 nest of, *5i9 



Bumblebee-like robber-fly, 



*33' 



Bumblebees, 517 

 Butterflies, 358, 439; key 



to families of, 441 ; 

 scales of, their structure 

 and arrangement, 589 

 Butterfly, part of wing of, 

 *590 



Cabbage-bug, harlequin, 

 214, *2i5 



Cabbage-butterfly, caught 

 by Asclepias, *574 ; Eu- 

 ropean, 445 ; northern, 

 445 ; southern, 445 



Cabbage maggot-fly, 345 



C a c ce c i a ccrasivorana, 

 *38o ; venation of, *38o 



Cacacia parallela, *38o ; 

 pervadana, 380 ; rosa- 

 ceana, 380 ; obsolctana, 

 larva of, *364 ; obsolc- 

 tana, pupa and adults of, 

 *365 



Caecilius, 113 



Caddis-flies, 23, 55, 240; 

 keys to families of, 244 



Caddis-worms, case-build- 

 ing of, 240 ; fishing-net 

 of, *243 ; habits of, 241 ; 

 pupation of, 242 ; cases 

 of, *24i ; key to families 

 of, 244 



Cccnonympha calif arnica, 

 457 



Calandra granaria, 297 ; 

 oryccn, 297 



Calandridae, Calandra (F. 

 calandre, weevil), 294, 

 297 



Calephilis ccenius, 444 



California flower-beetle, 

 279, *28o ; parasitic fun- 

 gus of, *346; tachinid 

 parasite of, *346 



California honey-ant, un- 

 derground nest of, *546 



California oak-worm moth, 

 *4o6 



California ringlet, 457 



California shield-backed 

 grasshopper, *I55 



Caligo sp., *6i2 



Callimorphas, 414 



Calliplwra erythroccphala, 

 344 ; complete metamor- 

 phosis of, *45 ; com- 

 pound eye of, *33 ; larva, 

 pupa, and adult of, *3O2 



Callosamia angulifcra, co- 

 coons of, *423 ; prome- 



