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INDEX. 



Apuleius, and the fable of Cupid and 



Psyche, 163, 174 



Aschipasma, absence of elytra in, 43 

 Asilus flies, as locust enemies, 129 

 Ass, " the Golden," 163 

 Atrophy of wings of Mantidse, 14 



B 



Bacillus, the genus, 76 



Bacteria cornuta, eggs of, 53 



Barber, Mrs., on " Voetgangers, " 117 



Bates, on Aellopos titan, its resemblance 



to a humming-bird, 222 

 his encounter of hawk moths at sea, 



238 



on the music of the Tanana, 148 

 Beauty of males of Psychidae, probable 



cause of disappearance of, 214 

 Bee Hawk Moths, 222, 229 

 Bee-Robber, Death's Head Moth as a, 



236 



Bees, Death's Head Moth and, 237, 238 

 that stridulous voice of Death's Head 



Moth controls, 237 



Boisduval on beauty of the Uraniidae, 194 

 on division of Lepidoptera into 



Rhopalocera and Heterocera, 185 

 Brachystola magna, the " buffalo-hopper " 



or " lubber grasshopper," 140 

 Bradley, Richard, en the Walking-Leaf 



Insects, 72 

 Brongniart, on the name Eumegalodon, 



159 

 on post-embryonic development of 



Sch istocerca peregrina, I o I 

 on Protophasmidae, 78 

 Brough, Mr., on a species of Weta from 



Nelson, 158 

 Brunner, L., on colour difference of 



Oedipodides correlative with 



locality, 136 

 Buller, Sir W., on the " Wetas," 157 



Butterflies, the most beautiful of all 



insects, 176 



favourite resorts, 176, 178 

 interesting habits, 178-180 

 like choice beds of flowers on the 



moist sand, 179 



not only gregarious, but migratory, 179 

 of a quarrelsome disposition, 180 

 peculiarities of highest interest in, 181 

 twilight flyers, 180 

 Butterfly life, immense variety of, in 



equatorial zone, 176 



Calasymbolus and Paonias, extremely 



beautiful genera, 228 

 Callidryas gathering in dense masses on 



ground, 179 



Caloptenus spretus. See Rocky Moun- 

 tain Locust 



Capsule, egg, of Mantis religiosa, de- 

 scription of, 17 

 consistency, 19 



explanation of manner of formation, 20 

 situation of the eggs ; the median 



chamber, 18 

 subsidiary parts, 19 

 Capsules, egg, of Mantidge, 16 

 Carabidae as locust enemies, 129 

 Case Moths, in structure of female and 

 in habit the strangest and most 

 abnormal of all Lepidoptera, 204, 

 205 

 females have become degenerate, 204 



214, 216, 217 



Cases, larval, of Psychidse, 205 ; enlarge- 

 ment, repair, locomotion, temporary 

 suspension, complete withdrawal, 

 mode of moving and retaining posi- 

 tion within case, 209-211 

 abundance of, 214 ; singular rarity of 

 moths considering abundance of 

 cases, 215, 216 



