INDEX 



B 



Balcer, M. his account of the warty lizard - - 41 



Barbut, Mr. on insects - 109, 112 



Barton, Dr. on the rattlesnake - 87 



Bee, the carding, description of - - - 267 



. . the down, description of - - - -281 



. . the hive, description of _ . _ . 253 



. its cells . 256 



its honey-bag, venom-bag, and sting -. - 2$4 

 . meal of flowers one of its most favorite repasts 260 

 . '. ' . sagacity of - - - 259 

 . the humble, description of - - - _ 26/> 

 . . the leaf-cutting, description of - - 27i? 

 '. . the mason, description of - - . 275 

 ... its operations, contests, &c. 276, 277 

 . . the orange-tailed, description of - 270 

 <. . the poppy, description of - - - 271 

 . the wood, or piercer, description of - - 278 



its curious operations - - 279 

 Bee-bread - - . . . - 261 

 Beetle, the, description of - n - , _ *i80 



. the burying, description of - *181 



.... curious operations of - - - *183 



. its mode of burying bodies - *182, *184 



, the dorr, May-bug, or cock-chafer, description of -. *185 



. . .. . . equally voracious 



in its winged 



O 



and grubbed 



state - - *18<x 



^ . the elephant, description of - - *194 



^ . the green, or rose-chafer, description of - *188 



... . . . injurious to gardens - *189 



. . the gro.und, description of - - *195 



. the large musk-scented green Capricorn - - *192 



t . the nmsk - - ib^ 



f . tlie stag, description of ... 



