INDEX. 



247 



Castnia, the genus, 187 



Fabricius on, 188 

 Castniidae, an abnormal collection of 



pretty insects, 185, 187 

 and Uraniidae, 185 

 geographical range, 190 

 have most affinities with moths, 187 

 in some respects combine the 

 characters of both lepidopterous 

 divisions, 187-190 

 Caudal horn of Sphingidse, 220, 226 

 Cave-dwellers, 156 

 Cecidomyia, galls of, on willows, 143 



eggs of Locustidae laid in, 143 

 Ceroys, a Peruvian, 65 



from Nicaragua, 65 



Chaeradodis, special Protective Resem- 

 blance of, 30, 31 

 where found, 31 

 Chcerocampa cekrio, 229 

 Chcerocampinse, 222, 224, 225, 228, 229 

 chiefly remarkable for power of swift 

 and long-sustained flight, 223 

 Change of colour, in Phasmidae, 44, 57, 



102 



in Acridiidae, 101 

 Characteristics and habits of Phasmidae, 



44 



Phasmidae are herbivorous, 45 

 Phasmidae are sensitive to cold, 44 

 Chrysiridia madagascariensis , 200 

 Cladonotus humbertianus, 134 

 Cocytius cluentius, its long proboscis, 224 

 Colour changes in course of development 



in Orthoptera, 102 

 of Schistocerca peregrina, 101 

 of some Phasmidae of the Phyllium 



group, 57, 102 



Community of Descent, Darwinian doc- 

 trine of, a strong argument in favour 

 of, 187 

 Conocephalides, 141, 159 



their head-ornament, 141 

 Coptopteryx females, 14, 24 



| Cry, singular, produced by Death's Head 

 Moth, 233 ; theories to account for 

 phenomenon, 233-235 

 Cupid and Psyche, fable of, 163, 1 74 t 

 Cursoria and Saltatoria, the series, 81 



D 



I Dapptda tertia, 213 

 Day-flying moths, 184 



migratory habits, 201 

 Death of Mantidae, 17, 21 

 Death's Head Hawk Moth, 225, 230; 

 larva, appearance, food, 231, 232 ; 

 pupation, 232, 241-243 

 an object of alarm to the superstitious, 



235 



as a bee-robber, 236 

 at sea, 238, 239, 241 

 is sluggish, 238 

 its cry, theories put forward to account 



for, 233, 234 



its grim feature, 231, 233, 236 

 of superior dimensions, of nocturnal 



habit, 230, 231, 233, 235, 236, 238 

 on rearing, 232, 242 

 sound emitted by pupa, 234; by larva, 



its nature and cause, 234, 235 

 that it is nomadic in habit, 239 

 times of appearance, 232, 241, 242 

 Defence, means of, 25, 48, 49, 66. 67, 



132, 136, 139, 153. 155, '57, 158 

 aquatic habits, 50 

 immobility, 45 



power of ejecting nauseous fluid, 49, 155 

 prickles and spines, 49 

 Defence, positive, of Locustidae, 154 

 Deinacrida, the curious genus, 156 

 brought, i ^8 



keteracantha, 156 ; its size, 157 ; food, 

 and other habits, 157 j clicking noise 

 produced, 157 

 megacephala, 157 



