Index 



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March-fly, *326 

 Margarodes formicarum, 



190 



Maritime locust, *I47 

 Marsh-treader, *IQ7, 198 

 Marsh-treaders, 194 

 Marumba modesta, 437 

 Masaridae, M a s a r i s 

 (//acrdo^ai, masaomce, to 

 chew), 498 

 Mason-bees, 514 

 Mason-wasps, 498 

 May-beetles, 275 

 May-flies, 53, 65; about 

 electric lamp, *66; gills 

 of nymph of, 68; life- 

 history of, 67 

 May-fly, *68 ; compound 

 eye of, *32 ; nymph of, 

 showing tracheal gills, 

 *2O ; section through 

 head of male, *6g ; young 

 nymph of, *67 

 Maxillae (see mouth- 



parts) 



Meadow-browns, 457 

 Meadow grasshopper, 



*I53, * : 54 

 Mealy-winged flies, loo, 



190, *I93 ; respiratory 



system of, *I9 

 Meat-safe live-cage, *643 

 Mecoptera (wof, mecus, 



length ; nrep6v, pterum, 



wing), 223, 235; key to 



genera of, 235 

 Media (see venation) 

 Mediterranean flour-moth, 



*377, 379 

 Megachile, 514; anthra- 



cina, nest of, *5i4 

 Megachilidae, Megachile 



(jj-eyas, megas, great ; 



#/io?, chelus, lip), 514 

 Megalopyge crispata, 



scales, from wing of, 



*593J opercularis, 383 

 Megalopygidae ( p r o b . 



/zeyaf , m e g a s , great ; 



irvyij, pyge, rump), 369, 



383 



Megathyma yucca, 441 

 Megathymidae ( p r o b . 

 megas, great ; 

 thymus, spirit), 

 441 



Megilla maculata, *286 ; 

 vitigera, *286 



Melanactes piceus, 268 



Melanoplus atlanis, 133, 

 *I37, 141 ; bivittatus, 

 *I38, 141 ; differentialis, 

 *I37, 141 ; femur-rubrum, 

 *i35, 140; development 

 of, *42; nervous system 

 of head of, *23 ; postem- 

 bryonic development of, 

 *I25; spretus, 133, 136 



Melipona, 520 



Melissodes, 515 



Melittia ceto, 391 



Melitcea chalcedon, 457 



Meloe angusticollis, 293 



Meloidae, Meloe (Lin- 

 naeus, etym. uncertain), 

 288, 289 



Melophagus ovinus, 351, 

 *352 



Membracidae, Membracis 

 (jue/ufjpa^, membrax, a 

 kind of cicada), 166, 168 



Membrane of wing (outer 

 half of fore-wing, He- 

 teroptera, *ig6) 



Memythrus polistiformis, 



39i 



Menopon pallidum, *H9 



Mcrisus destructor, *478 



Merope, 236 



Mesochorus agilis, para- 

 sitizing Xylina sp., *486 



Mesothemis simplicicollis, 

 97 



Mesobregma cincta, *I47 



Meso-thorax, 7 



Metal-marks, 444 



Metamorphosis, 35 ; com- 

 plete, 41 ; complete, of 

 blow-fly, *45 ; complete, 

 of honey-bee, *46 ; com- 

 plete, of monarch but- 

 terfly, *44 ; complete, 

 significance of, 51 ; in- 

 complete, 41 ; incom- 

 plete, of a dragon-fly, 

 *83 ; incomplete, of as- 

 sassin-bug, *43 ; incom- 

 plete, of Melanoplus fe- 

 mur-rubrum, *I25 ; of 

 Hemiptera, 164 



Metapodius femoratus, 

 214 



Meta-thorax, 7 



Meteorus hyphantrice, 

 *485 ; parasitizing Xy- 

 lina lacticinerca, ^487 



Mexican jumping bean- 

 moth, 382, *383 



Microcentrum laurifolium, 

 *i5i, 152; retinervis, 152 



Micropterygidae, Microp- 

 teryx (piicpof, micrus, 

 small ; n-Tepvf, pteryx, 

 wing), 368, 370, 371 



Micropteryx sp., venation 

 of wing of, *372 



Microdon mutabilis, *34O 



Micromus sp., *22p 



Micropyle, 15; of various 

 eggs, *37 



Midaidae, Midas ( ^Waf, 

 midas, a destructive in- 

 sect in leguminous 

 plants), 330 



Midas-flies, 330 



Midge, larva of, *3ii; 

 male, *3io; pupa of, 

 *3U 



Midges, 304, 310 



Migratory locusts, 133 



Milkweed-bug, 211 



Milkweed-butterfly, a r - 

 rangement of pharynx, 

 oesophagus, etc., in head 

 of, *36i ; cross-section 

 of sucking proboscis of, 

 *36i ; part of maxillary 

 proboscis of, showing 

 arrangement of muscles, 

 * 3 6i 



Milyas cinctus, 204 



Mimesidae, Mimesa 

 mimesis, imi- 



tation), 502 



Mimicry, 609; of monarch 



butterfly b y viceroy, 



*6io ; of wasps by moths, 



Mining-bees, 513 



Mochlonyx culicif ormis , 

 auditory organ in an- 

 tenna of, *29 



Mode of pinning beetle, 

 *637 



Modest sphinx, 437 



Mole-cricket, long-winged, 

 161 ; northern, 161 ; Por- 

 to Rican, *i6i 



Monarch butterfly, *45i; 

 complete metamorphosis 

 of, *44 ; development of 

 color-pattern in pupal 

 wings of, *596 ; external 

 parts of, *6; internal 



