Index 



691 



Spermatheca, 14 



Spermatozoa (see Repro- 

 ductive organs) 



Speyeria idalia, 456 



Spkarophthalma aureola, 

 498 ; calif arnica, 498 ; pa- 

 cifica, *498 ; similima, 



*497 



Spharagemon bolli, *I46; 

 collar c, *I46 



Sphecina (<r0vl, sphex, a 

 wasp), 463 



Spliecius speciosus, 500 



Sphecoidea (sec Sphe- 

 cina), 464 



Sphenophorus, 297 



Sphex ichneumonea, 499; 

 occitanica, *4Q2 



Sphingicampa bicolor, 429 



Sphingidae, Sphinx (a<t>fy, 

 sphigx, sphinx), 369, 



431 



Sphinx, 437 ; chersis, larva 

 of, snowing threatening 

 attitude, *6o6 ; gordius, 

 * 43 6 



Sphinx-moth, 43* J front 

 of head of, showing 

 frontal sclerites and 

 mouth-parts o f , *362 ; 

 mouth-parts of, *io ; 

 pen-marked, larva of, 

 showing threatening as- 

 pect, *6o6; sucking pro- 

 boscis of, *36o 



Sphyracephala brevicor- 

 nis, 347 



Spice -bush swallowtail, 

 450 



Spilosoma virginica, 4 12 



Spiracles, 7, 19 



Spittle-insects, 170; stages 

 of froth production, *i7i 



Spondylidse, S p o n d y 1 i s 

 (CTTnSvdvAof, spondylus, 

 a vertebra, a joint), 277, 

 285 



Sporotrichum globulife- 

 rum, 212; sp., *346 



Spotted-winged locust, 

 *I4I 



Spotted wingless grass- 

 hopper, *i54 



Spreading-boards, how to 

 make, 638 



Spring azure, 443 



Spring canker-worm, 397 



Springtail, American, 64 ; 

 pond-surface, *s8; scales 

 of, *64; spotted, *63 



Sprinkled locust, *I4O, 142 



Spur, 232 



Squash-bug, *2I3; family, 



195 



Squash-vine borer, 391 

 Stable-fly, *342 

 Stag-beetle, 272, *273 

 Staphylinidse, Staphylinus 



(oTaQvfavos, staphylinus, 



a kind of insect) , 258, 260 

 Staphylinus cinnamopte- 



rus, 261 ; maculosus, 261 ; 



tomentosus, 261 ; viola- 



ceus, 261 



Stegomyia, 305, 307; fas- 

 data, 308 

 Stelidae, S t e 1 i s (orehif, 



stelis, a parasitical 



bee), 515 

 Stenobothrus curtipennis, 



*I4O, 142 

 Stenopelmatus sp., *I56, 



157 

 Stcnopogon inquinatus, 



*33i 



Stephanie picta, *i97 

 Stephanidae, Stephanus 



(artyavoc, stephanus, 



crown), 463 

 Sternum (ventral wall of 



a body segment) 

 Sthenopis argenteo-macu- 



latus, 373 

 Stigma (opaque spot, 



costal area of wing) 

 Stigmata, 19 

 Stilt-bugs, 195, 214 

 Sting of the honey-bee, 



460, *46i 



Stink-bugs, 195, 214, *2i5 

 Stobera tricarinata, *i68 

 Stomoxys calcitrans, *342 

 Stone-crickets, 155 

 Stone-flies, 53, 65, 70; life- 

 history of, 71 

 Stone-fly, *72 ; exuvia of 



nymph of, *7i ; young 



(nymph) of, *7I 

 Stratiomyia, 330 

 Stratiomyidae, Stratiomyia 



(fftpartwTj/f, stratiotes, 



a soldier ; nvia, myia, a 



fly), 327, 329 

 Strawberry root - borer, 



*374 



Strepsiptera 



strephen, twist ; 



ptcrum, wing), 293 

 Striped ground-cricket, 



*I59 

 Stylopidae, Stylops (arvtof, 



stylus, a pillar ; oV>, ops, 



eye, face), 293, 294 

 Stylops, 294 



Subcosta (see Venation) 

 Sugar-beet midge, 345 

 Sugar-maple borer, *283 

 Sulphur - colored tortrix, 



*38o 



Suture, *5 

 Swallow-tailed butterflies, 



446, *447 ; butterfly, 



chrysalid of, *448 

 Swarming of honey-bees, 



525 



Swifts, 368, 372 

 Sword-bearer, *I53 

 Sympathetic nervous sys- 

 tem, 23 ; of larva of 



harlequin-fly, *24 

 Symphasis signata, *2$4 

 Symthurus aquaticus, 64 

 Synchloe sara, 446; genu- 



tai, 446 



Synchlora glaucaria, 398 

 Synhalonia, 515 

 Syntomidse (prob. avvrofiia, 



syntomia, abridgment, 



shortness), 410 

 Syritta pipiens, 340 

 Syrphid, rat-tailed larva 



of, *340 

 Syrphidae, Syrphus ( ovp<t>oc, 



syrphus, a gnat), 332, 



339 



Syrphus, 340 ; contumax, 

 venation of wing of, 



*339 



Syrphus-flies, 339 



Syssphinx heiligbrodti, 429 



Tabanidae, Tabanus (ta- 

 banus, a horse-fly), 327, 

 328 



Tabanus, 329 ; lineola, *328 



Tachina-fly, 345, *346 



Tachinid parasite of Cali- 

 fornia flower-beetle, *346 



Tachininae, 341, 345 



Tactile hair, innervation 

 of, *26 ; sense, 26 



Taenidia, *ig 



Tasniopteryx, 73 



Tapestry-moth, 374 



