i6t 1 K P E X. 



nefl:, ibid. Their manner of buUdingj 557. Republics of 

 . wafps confift of males, females, and neuters, 358. De- 

 Icription of the different kinds, 362. Maffacre their youngj, 

 392. 



"Wax. Bees wax a refult of a digefcive procefs, ^44. 



Weeping, how performed, and its effects, 113. Not pecu- 

 liar to man, ibid. 



V/hales often killed by the fword-fifli, 401. 



Winds. Suppoied to impregnate certain plants, 256. This 

 notion refuted, 257, 258. 



Wings. No animal, except infecVs, have more than two, 94. 

 Thofe of infecls made the foundation of a methodical dif- 

 tribution, 98. 



Wolf. His difpolitions are fierce and rapacious, 383, 384. 



Women. Their texture more lax than that of man, 242. 

 Their minds are likewife more timid, 242. Social inter- 

 courfe with them foftens the difpofitions of men, 243, 

 Modefty the great ornament of women, ibid. Carnivo- 

 rous quadrupeds not fo apt to devour women as men, 244. 

 See multiplication, and fexes. 



Wood-ants. See ants and termites. » 



Woodpecker. Some account of it, 413. 



Worms. Account of thefe infedls, 108. Of the hair-worm, 

 ibid. Of the earth-worm, 109. Rat-tailed wormiS, their 

 mode of refpiring air, 128 In fome worms, the rapidity 

 of their growth is remarkable, 229. Account of the male 

 and female glow-worm, 246. Silk-worms fpin pods be^- 

 fore their transformation into flies, 296. See caterpillars. 

 Inftances of feveral worms proceeding from one egg, 303. 

 The manner in which the iilk-worms fpin their cod or 

 ([rlye^ 303. 



