INDEX 



Ammophila, 3, II, 38-9, 66 



Andrena, 9 



Anoxia, 26 



Ant-lion, 277 



Anthidium, 8, 9 



Anthophora personata, 223 



Anthrax, 53 



Apantales, see Microgaster glo- 



meratus 

 Arundo donax, the great reed, 



224. 

 Audubon, on trapping Turkeys, 



98-9 



Bats, 37 



Bell-ringing Toad, 18-20 



Bembex, 11, 14 



Bird-catchers, 169-170 



Blackbirds, Corsican, 109 



Bluebottle, (101-18) ; the laying 

 of the eggs, 109-13; hatching, 

 in; a test, 112-113; paper a 

 protection against, 116-17; the 

 grubs, 1 12-13; sand a protec- 

 tion against, 1 17-18 



Bower-bird, 210 



Brussels Sprouts, ancestry of, 

 290 



Buprestis, 45-6 



Burying-beetles : method of 

 burial, 59-75; appearance of 

 the insect, 61 ; manipulation of 

 the corpse, 70-1 ; cooperation 

 of individuals, 71-2; larvae of, 

 72-3; attacked by vermin, 73- 

 4; the dismal end of, 75; ex- 



319 



periments, (76-100) ; test con- 

 ditions imposed, 77-82; con- 

 ditions of burial, 84-5; nets of 

 cordage cut through, 85-6; 

 ligatures severed, 91-2; limi- 

 tations of instinct, 95-96, 98- 

 100 



Cabbage, ancestry of, 289; off- 

 spring, 289-91 



Cabbage Butterfly, her selection 

 of suitable Cruciferae; 294-5; 

 eggs of, 295-6 ; hatching of the 

 eggs, 296-7 



Cabbage-caterpillar, (289-317) ; 

 eats egg-cases on emergence, 

 297; employment of silk by, 

 298; growth and moults, 299; 

 its voracity, 299-300; an old 

 charm against, 300-1; the only 

 true charm, 301; movements 

 of the caterpillar, 301-3; its 

 chrysalis, 303; its deadly 

 enemy, 305-17 



Calliphora vomitaria, see Blue- 

 bottle 



Capricorn Beetle, (43-58) ; the 

 grub, 44-56; its cell, 54; the 

 barricade, 54; the pupa, 58; 

 metamorphosis and emer- 

 gence, 56-7 



Cauliflower, 289-90 



Centauries, 7-8 



Cerambyx miles, 44-58 



Cerceris, 4, 66, 192 



Cetonia, or Rose-chafer, 12 



