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INDEX. 



Sound emitted by larva of, 234 ; its 



nature and cause, 234, 235 

 by pupa of, 234 



Special Protective and Aggressive Re- 

 semblance, beautiful examples of, 

 30, 35' 5 2 60, 67, 132, 139, 154, 183 

 Spectre, the pink-winged, 64 

 Sphingidae, their antennae, 185, 219 

 have their metropolis in the tropics, 228 

 occasional visitors from sunny climes, 



229 



pupation of, 220, 224, 225, 227 

 sub-families of, 220 ; Macroglossinae, 

 Chcerocampinae, Ambulicinae, Sphin- 

 ginse, Manducinae, Smerinthinae, 220 

 the natural position of the, 226 

 Sphinginae, extraordinary length of 



tongue, 224 



Sphinx-like attitude of larvae of Sphin- 

 gidae, 220 



Spiders as locust-enemies, 129 

 Spine, posterior, or caudal horn of larvae 



of Sphingidae, 220, 226 

 Stauronotus maroccamts, method of 



hatching, 99 ; the ampulla, 99, 100 

 egg-parasites of, 98 

 Stenobothrus, music of, 89-91, 138, 140 



ears of, 92 



Stridulating apparatus in Acridiidae, 89, 

 I35 *37 J in the female, 90, 91, 138 

 Stridulation of Acridiidae, b8, 135, 137 

 during flight, 91 

 of Locustidse, 147 

 specially characteristic of male, 90, 



135, 138, H7 

 Superstitions, relating to Death's Head 



Moth, 235 

 to Mantidae, 3 

 Swainson on migration of Day-flying 



Moths, 201 

 Symbols of Psyche, 163, 176 



their conspicuous beauty and abun- 

 dance, 176 

 Synemon, the genus, 190 



Tachina-flies, as locust-enemies, 114, 130, 



I3i 

 annoyances of, as one of the causes of 



locust migration, 1 14 

 Xanana, its extraordinary music, 148 ; 



kept in cages for sake of its song, 



148, 150 



Tegmen of the female Phyllium, an ex- 

 ceptional structure, 70 

 Tegmina in Phasmidae, usually of small 



size or absent, 42, 43 

 attached to posterior part of meso- 



thorax, 42, 43 

 Tettigides, 132-134 

 Tettix, the genus, 134, 140 

 Tibial ears, 145 



two principal kinds, 145 ; structure, 



145, 146; function, 146 

 Tiger-beetles as locust-enemies, 129 

 Trachypetra bufo, Trimen on, 139 

 Trap-door spiders as locust-enemies, 129 

 Trimen on Trachypetra bufo, 139 

 Tropidoderus, 47, 64 

 Tryxalide?, 133, 155 



resemblance to, of slender stick-like 



forms in the genus Peringueyella, 155 

 Twilight fliers, butterflies as, 180 

 Tyndall on sound, 94 



U 



Urania boisduvalii^ one of the most 

 beautiful Lepidoptera known, 195, 

 196 



egg-laying, larva, imago, 197-199 

 inhabits Cuba, 195, 197, 199 

 braziliensis, its migration, 200, 201 

 fulgens, its migration, 200, 201 

 leilus, 200 

 sloanuS) 200 



Uraniidae, the brilliant, 185, 194 

 proved to belong to the Heterocera,i94 



