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Index 



Eyes, compound and sim- 

 ple, 30; of May-flies, 

 *6o. ; of net -winged 

 midges, *3i6 



Eye - spotted bud - moth, 



Fabre, J. H., on instinctive 



behavior, 643 

 Fall canker-worm, 397 

 False crane-flies, 327 

 Family, 56 

 Feather-wings, 376 

 Femur, *3, *6 

 Feniseca tarquinius, 444 

 Fermenting fruit-flies, 349 

 Fertilization of egg, 14 ; 



of plants, 564 

 Fig-insect, *4&7 

 Figitidse (Ago, to attach by 



piercing), 475 

 Figs, caprification of, 487 ; 



on a branch, *488 ; show- 



ing effect of non-caprifi- 



cation and of caprifica- 



tion, *4&9 

 Filariasis and mosquitoes, 



632 



Filiform, 364 

 Fireflies, 265, 269 

 Fish-moth, *s8, *62; de- 



velopment of egg of, *4<D 

 Flannel-moths, 369 

 Flat-bug, 195, 208, *209 

 Fleas, 56 



Flesh-fly, 343- *344 

 Flies, 56; life-history of, 



302 ; mouth-parts o f , 



302; two-winged, 301 

 Flower-bug, 195, +209; in- 



sidious, 206 

 Flower-fly, 332, * 339 

 Flower, pistil and ovary, 



showing pollen tube, *5<J4 

 Flowers and insects, 502; 



colors of, developed for 



attraction o f insects, 



566; cross-pollinated by 



humming-birds, 573 ; en- 



tomophilous, 570 

 Food-habits of Hemiptera, 



164, 165 ; variety of, 8 

 Footman, banded, 410; 



painted, 409; pale, 410; 



striped, 409 



Footman-moths, 370, 409 

 Foot of house-fly, *34i 

 Forest-fly, *352 



Forest-moths, eight-spot- 

 ted, *4o8 



Forest tent-caterpillar 

 moth, *4I7 



Fork-tailed katydid, *I52 



Formica exsectoides, 545 ; 

 nitidriventris, 547; son- 

 guinea, 547 ; schaufussi, 

 547 ; subocnescens, 547 ; 

 subscricca, 547 



Formicina (see Formi- 

 coidea), 463, 539; key to 

 families of, 540 



Formicoidea, Formica 

 (formica, ant), 539 



Frenatae (f r e n u m , that 

 which holds things to- 

 gether), 368 



Frenulum, *376 



Fritillaries, 456 



Frog-hoppers, 170 



Froth production of frog- 

 hoppers, stages of, *I7I 



Fruit-worms, parasite of, 

 *485 



Fulgoridae (Fulgora, god- 

 dess of lightning), 166, 

 168 



Fungus attacking chinch- 

 bugs, 212 



Fungus, parasitic, of Cali- 

 f o r n i a flower-beetle, 

 *346 



Fungus - gnat, 304, 324, 

 *325 ; venation of wing 

 of, *325 



Gadflies, 328 



Galerucella luteola, stages 



of, *278 

 Galgulidse, Galgulus (gal- 



gulus, a small bird), 194, 



202 



Galgulus oculata, *2O2 



Gall, blackberry, 473 ; fi- 

 brous, of the California 

 live-oak, *472 ; of the 

 California white oak, 

 *473; rose, 473 



Galleria mcllonella, 379 



Gall-flies, 56, 463, 467; al- 

 ternation of generations 

 of, 469 



Gall-fly, *468; ovipositor 

 of, *468 



Gall-forming aphids, 180 



Gall-gnats, 304 



Gall-midge, 322 



Galls, 467 ; growth of, 474 ; 

 jumping, of the oak, 

 *473 ; made by a Cynipid 

 gall-fly, *46g; on leaf, 

 *47i ; on leaf of Califor- 

 nia white oak, *47o; on 

 twigs of California white 

 oak, *47i ; trumpet, on 

 leaves of California 

 white oak, *47o; variety 

 of, 470 



Ganglia, 21 



Gastropacha amcricana, 

 416, *4i8 



Gastrophilus e qui , 337, 

 *338 ; nasalis, 338 



Gelechia cerealella, 375 ; 

 gallce-solidaginis, 350 ; 

 pinifoliella, 376 



Genus, 56 



Geometer-moths, 396 



Geometra iridaria, 398 



Geometrid moth, larva of, 

 *395. *3Q6; larva of, in 

 protective position, *6o3 



Geometrid, venation of a, 

 *396 



Geometrina, Geometra (yn> 

 ge, earth ; fierpov, me- 

 trum, measure), 370, 

 396 



Geotrupes, 275 



Geotrupes excrementi, 

 275; opacus, 275; splen- 

 didus, 275 



Ghost-moths, 372 



Giant-skippers, 441 



Giebelia, 118 



Gills of young May-fly, 

 68 ; tracheal, 20 ; of May- 

 fly, nymph, *20 



Girdler, currant-stem, *465 



Gloveria arisonensis, base 

 of scale of, *59i ; scales 

 from wing of, *593 



Glow-worm, 269 



Goatweed-butterfly, 455 



Golden-eyed fly, *228 



Gomphidae, Gomphus 

 (yo//0of, gomphus, a fast- 

 ening), 92 



Gomphus cxilis, 92 



Goniodes, 118 



Goniocotes, 118; h o I o - 

 gaster, 119 



Goniotaulius dispcctus, 

 243 



Gopher crickets, 155 



