INDEX. 



Aeherontia Atropos, 162. 

 Acheta campestris, 102. 



domestica, 97. 



Adephag-a, 77. 



Admiral buttei-fly, 159. 



Agrionidas, 234. 



Anacreon, ode of, to the Cicada, 



111. 

 Anguis fragilis, 39. 

 Ants, white, 21. 



, destruction by, 43. 



Ants, 140. 



, notstorers-upof prain, 142. 



Aphaniptera, organs of, 60. 

 Aphis hamuli, 23. 

 Aptera, organs of, 61. 

 Arachnidae, 207. 

 Argyimis Aglaia, 156. 

 — - Paphia, 155. 



Balaninus nucuni, 38. 

 Bee, mouth of, 49. 

 Bees, swarming of, 114. 



, humming of, 117. 



, sting of, 126. 



, mode of obtaining the 



honey, without destroying 



them, 128. 

 Bees' wax, 120. 

 Beetles, great strength of, 74. 



, cleanliness of, 75. 



Bembidium paludosum, 83. 

 Bibio lanigerus, 189. 

 Blatta orieutahs, 108. 

 Blethisa borealis, 83. 

 Blind-womi, 39. 

 Blue-bottle fly, 179. 



, their changes of colour, 180. 



Bombus muscorum, 52. 

 Bots, 201. 



Brimstone moth, 155. 

 " Brize," the, 198. 



Buff-tip moth, 260. 

 Butterfly, the, 148. 



, universally diffused, 149. 



, a symbol of the soul, 151. 



, the, its inconstant flight, 



153. 



, its visual powers, 155. 



, species found near Belfast 



158. 



Caddis-worms, 338. 



Calepterj-x Virgo and C. Ludo- 

 viciana, 234. 



Carabidee, 78. 



CarabusclathratusandC.niteiis, 

 83. 



Caterpillars, 31, 168. 



Cecidomyia destructor and C. 

 tritici,25. 



bicolor, 258. 



Changes, periodical, of the ex- 

 ternal world, 6. 



Chironomus viresceus, 246. 



Chrysalis state of insects, 32. 



Cicada, the. 111. 



Cicindela campestris, 84. 



Cimex lectularius, (bug,) 59. 



Cockchafers, swarms of, orca- 

 sionally seen in Ireland, 247. 



Cockroaches, 108. 



Coleoptera, 45, 63, 75. 



Cossonus Tardii, 252. 



Cossus ligniperda, 260. 



Crane-flies, 264. 



Cricket, the, 97. 



, its mirthful chiqi, 99. 



, its shyness, 103. 



, manner of producing its 



note, 105. 



Cuckoo-spit, 110. 



Culex detritus, 186. 



pipiens, 196. 



