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INDEX 



Labella, *43 



Labial, neuromere, *46, 92, 152; seg- 

 ment, 45 



Labium, 30, *37, *39, *43 

 Labrum, 30, 36, *37, *42 

 Lacaze-Duthiers, 418 

 Lachnosterna, antenna of, *34 ; cocoon, 



169 ; larva, *i62 

 Lacinia, *37, *38, 39 

 Lagoa, legs of, 55 ; stinging hairs, *8i 

 Lamarck, on instinct, 361 

 Lameere, 444 

 Lamellate, *34 

 Landois, 421, 426, 431, 432, 434, 437, 



442, 446 

 Lang, 414 

 Langer, 416 



Langley, on luminosity, 132 

 Lankester, 411, 413, 432 j 

 Larvae, 156; adaptations of, 165; legs, 



55; nutrition, 166; parasitic, 314; 



types, 162 



Lasius, age of, 330 ; nest, 333 ; par- 

 thenogenesis, 145 

 Laveran, on malaria, 301 

 Leachia, eyes of, *3i 

 Leaping, 57 

 Le Baron, 404 

 Le Conte, 461 

 Lee, on halteres, 116, 427 

 Legs, adaptations of, 51, *53 ; larval, 



55 ; mechanics, *55, 56 ; muscles, 



*56 ; segments, *si 

 Lendenfeld, von, 417, 424 

 Lens, *io9 



Lepidocyrtus, scales of, 77 

 Lepidoptera, defined, 17; internal 



metamorphosis, *i82 ; moults, 165; 



mouth parts, 41, *42 ; origin, 24; 



reproductive organs, *i4O, *i42 ; silk 



glands, *84 ; spiracles, 66 

 Lepidotic acid, 196 

 Lepisma, *8, 9, 22, *i62; spiracles of 



66 



Lepismina and ants, *344 

 Leptinotarsa, color pattern of, 195, 



208, *2i2; distribution, 379, 382; 



dorsal wall, *i54; entoderm, *i55 ; 



folding of wing, *62 ; spread, 382, 



398; variation in coloration, *2i2 

 Leptocoris, 382 

 Lerema, ocellus of, 32 

 Leuckart, 439 



Leucocytes, *i25, 127, 131, 180 

 Leydig, 414, 421, 424, 425, 429, 431, 



437. 438, 44i 

 Libellula, 13, *is, *i62 



Lice, biting, 12, *i3, 277; sucking, 16, 

 *I7, 277 



Life zones, 376 



Light, its effects on pigments, 197 



Ligula, *39 



Limacodes, scale of, *77 



Lina (see Melasoma) 



Linden, von, 449, 450 



Lingua, *4O 



Linnaeus, on orders of insects, 8 



Lintner, 403, 465 



Lithomantis, 387, *s88 



Locality studies, 362, *363 



Locustidae, 1 1 ; ovipositor, *6g ; sper- 

 matozoon, *i4i 



Locy, 430 



Loeb, on tropisms, 346, 347, 349, 351, 

 352, 356, 459, 460, 461 



Loew, 436 



Lomechusa, *342 



Longitudinal muscles, *i2i 



Losses through insects, 393 



Low, on malaria, 303 



Lowne, 414, 426, 427, 428, 438 



Lubbock, on ants, 330, 331, 334, 336, 

 340, 341, 350 ; larval characters, 

 167; muscles, 86; vision, 113, 114; 

 411, 414, 423, 427, 428, 434, 437, 

 443, 453, 457, 459 



Lucanus, cocoon of, 169 ; dorsal ves- 

 sel, *i25 ; spiracles, *i36 



Luciha, 349, 350 



Lugger, 405 



Luks, 424 



Luminosity, 131 



Lutz, 423 



Lycana, facets of, 32 



Lycaenid larvae, alluring gland of, 83 

 'Lycus. mimicked, 230, 231 



Lyonet, on muscles, 86, 413, 423 



Machilis, 9, 22 ; abdominal appendages, 



*67 ; nervous system, *go ; scales, 



*77 ; spiracles, 66 

 MacLeay, 416 

 Macloskie, 430, 435, 445 

 Madeira Ids., beetles of, 371 

 Maggot, *i57 

 Malacopoda, defined, *3 

 Malaria, 299, *3oo 

 Male genitalia, *7i 

 Mallock, 428 



Mallophaga, defined, 12, *i3 ; 277 

 Malpighian tubes, 123, *i24 

 Mandibles, *37 ; adaptations of, *38 ; 



Cule.v, *43 ; Lepidoptera, *42 

 Mandibular, neuromere, *46, 92, 152; 



segment, 45 



