INDEX. 



269 



Lepidoptera, universally dif- 



fusecl, 149. 



, organs of, 55. 



Libelluiina, 231. 



Locust, the, British species of, 



107. 

 , not mentioned by Shaks- 



peare, 107. 

 Locusta Christii, 107. 



a;rossa, 109. 



" Long-legged Spinners," 215. 

 Louse, the, 60. 

 Lozotaina Rosana, 34. 

 Lumbricus terrestris, 38. 

 Lycosa, 217. 



Magpie moth, the, 30. 



Mask of the larva of the dragon- 

 fly, 236. 



Melolontha vulgaris, 247. 



Mole cricket, 41. 



Mosquito, the, 196. 



Mosquitoes, torment occasioned 

 by them, 197. 



" Moth," in what sense the word 

 used by Shakspeare, 164. 



Moths, 163. 



, various species of, 165. 



, classic, 166. 



Mouths of insects, 46. 



Musca carnaria, 178. 



vomitoria, 179. 



domestica and M. rudis, 



203. 



Natural History, may be allied 

 to poetry, 7. 



Necrophorus raortuorum, 234. 



Nematus ribesii, 265. 



Nepa cinerea, 243. 



Notonecta glauca, (boat-fly,) 243. 



" Nuptial lamp," of the glow- 

 worm, 87. 



Nut Weevil, the, 37. 



CEstrus bovis, 198, 200. 

 CEstrus ovis, 202. 

 ( )rthoptera, 48, 95. 

 Otiorynchus notatus, O. vasta- 

 tor, and O. Ligustici, 258. 



Painted Lady, 157. 



Palpi, 47. 



Papilionida;, Irish varieties of, 



158. 

 Parsley, delayed growth of, 250. 



Peacock butterfly, the, 160. 



Pentatoma rufipes, 252. 



PhalangidK, 215. 



Phryganeae, 237. 



Pimpla manifestator, 227. 



Plusia festucse, 246. 



" Pretty worm of Nilus," 39. 



Prometheus moth, 33. 



PygKra bucephala, 260. 



Queen Bee, the, 115. 



Rumia crat«gata, 155. 



Scarabseus sacer, 68. 



Sciences, mutual dependence of, 

 255. 



Sealing-wax, 121. 



Shakspeare, his accurate ob- 

 servation, 9. 



, number of notices of na- 

 tural objects contained in his 

 plays, 11. 



, the pleasure of reading his 



works much increased by a 

 knowledge of natural history, 

 29. 



, his plastic power of mould- 

 ing every object in nature to 

 liis will, 53. 



, explanation of obscure pas- 

 sages of, 80. 



^ vindication of, 86. 



, his splendid description of 



the economyof a bee-hive, 115. 



, his knowledge of the habits 



of si)iders, 214. 



" Sliarded beetle," the, 45, 66. 



Shard, various meanings of the 

 word, 66. 



Silkworm, the, 36. 



Silver-streak buttei-fly, 155. 



Silver-spot butterfly, 136. 



Sphinxes, the, 161. 



, varieties of, taken near 



Belfast, 162. 



Spider, the, 207, 210. 



Spiders not classed with insects, 

 208. 



, their poisonous fluid, 216. 



, not noxious to man, 21". 



Spiders' webs, 212. 



Tettigonia spumaria, 110. 

 Tettix, the, 110. 

 " The Canker," 35. 



