402 INDEX. 



Lymexylonidae, the, 330. 

 Lytta, description of, 321. 326. 



M. 



Machla, heterogeneous form of, 270. 



Macraspis, 215. 



Macrocephalus, 122. 



Magilis, 22. 



Maggots, of, 57. 61. 



Malachius, 324. 



Malacodermes, or soft Coleoptera, 

 115.197.202. Circle of the, 255. 

 Account of this winged tribe of 

 beetles, chap, xi., 318. 



Malthinus, elytra and eyes of, 324. 



Mamestra, 110. 



Man, lessons to be derived by him 

 from the evidences of nature, 82. 

 342.353.393. 



Mandibulata, typical class of Co- 

 leoptera, 45. 55. 56. 146. 196. 



Manticora, 260. 



Mantidee, the, 127. 



Mantinse, the, 344347. 



Mantis, 344. 378. M. Carolina, de- 

 scribed, 346. Sea Mantises, 391. 



Mantispa, 344. 



Mask of insects, 56. 339. 



Mason bees, the, 165. 



May flies, 354. 



Megacephala, 260. Chalybea, 260. 



Megachil,a universality of, 165, 



Megasomina, Hercules, 232. 



Megasominae, or horned beetles, 

 210. 215. 231. Arboreal, 232. 



Melecta, 165, 166. 



Mellipona, 169. 



Meloe, elytra of, 321. doubt upon its 

 larva, 327. 



Melolontha alopex, 218. M. vul- 

 garis, 192. 217. 



Melolonthidas, or tree beetles, 210. 



Meloldnthinie, 217, 18. 



Meiyrinae, the sub-family, 324. 



Membracis spinosa, 138. 172. 



Menenotus, 119. 



Merocoris, 119. 



Meropachys, 119. 



Mesotrichia, of Africa, 167. 



Metamorphosis : Of Ptiiota, 811. 

 36, 47. Of Cirrhipedes, 36. Of 

 moths, 103. Of annulose ani- 

 mals, their chief distinction, 51. 

 Variations of obtect, coarctate, 

 incomplete, semi-complete, 52. 55, 

 56. Three stages of, 64-74. &c. 

 Reflections on the nature and 

 wonders of entomological, chap, 

 iii., 82. Other instances of ento- 

 mological, 113. 151. 336. 



Miana, 110. 



Microphysa pselaphoides, 121, 



Millipedes, of,'53. 150. 



Miltogramma, 162. 



Miris, 121. 



Mites, or Acaridae, 385. 



Molluris, 281. 



Mollusca, certain insects that bear 

 affinity to the, 7, 22. 27.30. Ana- 

 logies with, 35, 36. 



Monilicornes, tribe of Coleoptera, 

 115. 202206. General view of, 

 chap, x., 309. Analogies 'of the 

 families of, 311. 



Monoculos, 392. 



Monocuh, tribes of, 37. Bivalve, or 

 Ostracoda, 38. 



Mordella, account of, 321323. 



Mordellidaa,ofthe,332. 



Mormolyce, 261. 



Moth cicadas, the, 127. 130. 134. 



Moths, of, 60. 77, 78. 86. 108. De- 

 nominations of, 77. 105, 106. 



Muscidae, comprehensive tribe of 

 the, 375, 376. 



Museum, the British, 183, 184. 



Mutilla, typical genus, 176. 



Mutillida?; the, 152. 154. 175. 



Mygale, 382. 



Mygnimia, 179. 



Mylabris, of the East, 326. 



Myriapoda, 19. 53. 386. 



Myrmecia, of New Holland, 173. 



Myrmecoleontina?, the, 339. 



Myrmus miriformis, 120. 



Mystacides, 355. 



Myxine, 5, 6. 19. 26. 



My/ine, 179. . 



N. 



Nabis lividus, 124. 



Nais, 23. 



Natorial, or natatorial conforma- 

 tion, 60. 140., &c. 



Naucoris, 125. 



Necrodes, 266. 



Necrophagus, burying beetles, 266. 



Necrophori, the typical, 267. 



Necydalina?, sub-family of, 295. 

 Analogies of the, 297. 



Necydalis, 295. N. major, 296. 



Neides, of Latreille, 120. 



Nematoidea, this order without 

 perceptible joints, 27. 



Nemoptera, the long-winged, 341. 



Nepa, 125. 



Nepadae, the, 129. 



Nephelys, 21. 



Nephritomma, 181. 



Nephtys, 25. 



Nepidse, group of, 125. 140. 



Nereida?, 18. The feet furnished 

 with cirrhi, 25. 



Nereidina, head distinct, 26. 



Nereis margaritacea, 19. 



