xviii LIST OF THE ENGRAVINGS. 



No. of Fig. Page 



34. Leaf-Insect : Mormolyce phyllodes 87 



35. Mernbraceae, much magnified. " Little Devils " of Geoffrey .... 88 



36. Buprestis imperialis . 89 



37. Cetonia Cervus . 89 



38. Pltalcena hyemalis, male and female 90 



39. Phalcena nuda, male and female 90 



40. Stenopteryx of the Swallow : Stenopteryx hirundinis 90 



41. Melophagus of the Sheep : Melophagus ovis 90 



42. Mosquito, highly magnified : Culex (Linn.) ....... 92 



43. Organs of the Mouth of Gnat . .92 



44. Tsetse Fly, natural size and magnified 95 



45. Pyralis of the Vine in its different stages : Pyralis strigulalis .... 98 



46. Sphinx Galii sipping up honey . ........ 101 



47. Scales from the Wings of different Butterflies, seen with the Microscope . 102 



48. Muscular Apparatus of the Willow-Eating Caterpillar : Cossus ligniperda . 103 



49. Brush and Pincers of the Common Bee . 105 



50. Bee seen from below with its Ventral Segments of Wax .... 105 



51. Hind Feet used as Ciliary Oars iu the male and female Dyti^cu*, and the Pre- 



hensile Foot of the male 106 



52. Claw of the Lion . . . 107 



53. Spider's Claw, seen with the Microscope . 108 



54. Diversiform Antenna? ..Ill 



55. Head and Jaws of the Willow-Eating Caterpillar . . . . . . 112 



56. Common Ephemera : Ephemera communis . . ... . .113 



57. Aerial Mouth or Stigma of the Common Fly 115 



58. Larva of the Common Gnat: Culex pipiens . . . . . . .116 



59. The Drone-Fly (Eristalis tenax), and its Larva the Rat-Tailed Maggot . 119 



60. Glow- Worm, male and female : Lampyris noctlluca 121 



61. Luminous Beetle of the West Indies : E 'later noctilucus . . . . 121 



62. Negro Hut lighted up with Luminous Beetles . . . . . . .122 



63. Sweet-Smelling Staphylinus : Staphylinus olens 124 



64. The Three States of an Insect, as seen in the Great Capricornis . , .127 



65. Life and Metamorphoses of the Dragon-Fly : Libellula depressa . . . 129 



66. Emperor Moth v '. . . 131 



67. Larva and Nymph of the Panorpis, much enlarged . . . . . 132 



68. Earwig: F or ficula auricular ia. Adult, Nymph, and Larva .... 133 



69. Head and Proboscis of different Butterflies . . . . . 134 



70. Hooked Feet and Nail of the Willow-Caterpillar . . . . . .135 



71. Great Tortoise-Shell Butterfly : Vanessa polychloros . . . . 136 



72. Coleoptera of the family of Carabidas .139 



73. Pine Curculio, enlarged . 140 



74. Lily Crioceris and its Larva : Crioceris merdigera . . . . . . 1 42 



75. Calosoma (Calosoma inquisitor) pursuing a Bombardier (Brachinus crepitans), 



who is fighting in retreat .143 



76. Young of the Reduvius personatus . . . . . . . . 145 



77. Pine Silk- Worm Moth : Bombi/x dispar. Caterpillar, Chrysalis, and Butterfly 149 



78. Caterpillar devoured by the Larvae of Ichneumons, and Caterpillar covered 



with their Cocoons 151 



79 Dung-Beetles or Sacred Scarabaji (Ateuchus sacer), making their Balls . 152 



