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INDEX. 



Lepidoptera, no one set of characters 

 will serve as an infallible guide to 

 distinguish moths from butterflies, 

 1 86 



Rhopalocera and Heterocera, 184, 185 



spine or spring on hind wings unsatis- 

 factory as a classificatory basis, 186 

 Lictor Moth, its larval case, 208, 212; 



abundance of cases, 215 

 Locusta viridissima, its colour in assimila- 

 tion with surroundings, 153 



musical organs, 147; stridulation, 148 

 Locustidae prominent characters, 82, 141 ; 

 absence of air-vesicles connected 

 with tracheal system, peculiar head- 

 ornament, ocelli generally imperfect, 

 ovipositor, 141, 142 



chiefly nocturnal, 148 



defence of a positive nature, 154 



each species may ordinarily be distin- 

 guished by its peculiar note, 148 



food-habits, 153 



life-histories, 142 ; oviposition in earth, 

 in plants, 142-144 



of a somewhat sedentary nature, 148 



Protective Resemblance, 153 ; perfec- 

 tion of resemblance of tegmina to 

 leaves, 154 



readily distinguished from Acridiidee, 

 82, 141 



remarkable forms, 156-159 



resemblance to Stick-insects, 155 

 Locusts, properly so-called, 106, 107 



their flight dependent on the wind, 86, 



115, 116, 123, 124, 126 

 "Lubber grasshopper," the. See 

 Brachystola mcigtia 



M 



Macleay, that the minor natural groups 

 of Lepidoptera often keep very 

 constant to the same natural group 

 of plants, 200 



Macleay, on a species of Urania flitting 



about a grove of Pandanus, 200 

 Macroglossinse, complete resemblance to 



humming-birds, 221 

 placed at the head of the series Sphin- 



gidae, 222 

 Manducinse, 225 

 Manduca atropos. See Death's Head 



Moth 

 Mantidse, as locust-enemies, 130 



females compared with males, 14, 15 

 striking characteristics, 9, 1 1 

 voracity not limited to insects, 8 

 Mantis religiosa t devotional attitude, 3 ; 



meaning of habit, 6 

 Brazilian name for, 5 ; not the saint 

 but the tiger of the insect world, 5, 6 

 geographical distribution, 40 

 interesting mode of capture of prey, 6 

 metamorphoses, 21 

 name not indicative of pursuits, 5 

 pugnacious propensities appreciated by 



Chinese, 8 ; and cannabalism, 8 

 the subject of legends and superstitions, 



3 

 Meconema varium, deposition of its eggs 



in galls, 143 

 Mecostethus, ears in, 92 

 Megalodon, the genus, 159 

 Megathymus yttcca, the Yucca Borer, an 

 interesting aberrant form, 190 ; re- 

 garded by some as a genuine butter- 

 fly, 190 



depredations for which famed, 190, 192 

 funnel-like tube characteristic of larva, 



192, 193 



habitat, appearance, habits, 190-192 

 white powdery bloom, its use, 192, 193 

 Meso-thorax frequently of extraordinary 



length in Phasmidse, 42 

 Metamorphoses of Mantidce, 21 

 development of organs of flight, 24 

 interesting life and habits of the young, 

 their moults, attitudes, food, etc., 22 



