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INDEX. 



Giill flies, 151, 152. 188. 



(Jastrobranchus, allusion to, 18, 



Geographic distribution of insect":, 

 an. 93. 95. 97. 103. 107. 119. 124. 

 128. 132. 154. 16f). 169. 173. 175. 

 181 . 218. 246. 263. 269. 346, 347. 384. 



Geometria, of Linnaeus, 69, 20.). 



Geometrides, or loopcrs, 86. 107. 



Geotrupes stercorarius, 224. 



Geotrupinse, or drone scarabs, 229. 



Gerris, 117. 125. 



Gliost-moths, the, 106. 



Glow-worms, of the, 319. 



Glaphyri, green and yellow, 219. 



Glaphyridse, 211. 



Glaphyrina;, 219. 



Glaphyrinee, or wasp beetles, 210. 



Glyeera, appertains to Nereida?, 25. 



Goerius, 272. 



Goliathus, the genus, 238. 



Goliathus, beetle, 211, 212. 



Gonepteryx, 89. 



Gradual developement, 139. 



Grasshoppers, of, 53. 56. Their ha- 

 bits and economy, 126, ef seq. 

 Allusions by various authors to 

 the tribes of cicadas, 132, 133. 

 The Gryllioje, or grasshoppers, 

 336, 337. The Acridina;, their 

 song and vivacity, 3-19. 



Grubs, of, 54, .57. 60. 141. 



Gryllinae, and crickets, .348. 



Gryllotalpa, the burrowing, 348. 



Guinea worm, or Filaria, a pest of 

 hot climates, 28. 



Gymnopleurus, 227. 



Gvmnotus electricus, 124. 



Gyrini, the, 265. 



H. 



Habitat, ordinary, of many ento- 

 mological tribe.s 267, 268, 386. 



Hair-worm, or Gordius, 28. 



Halictus, genus, 162, 163. 176. 



Haliplus, -65. 



Halobates, marine, 126. 



Haltica, the genus, 152. 



Harpalidae, the, 262. 



Harpalus, the type, 263. 



Harpocera Burmeisteri, 121. 



Harvest bugs, 68. 



Haustellata, 4.5. 55. 196. 



Hawk-moth, the, 60. 86. 99. Spin- 

 ning, or Orthida;, 101. 



Heleus, structure of, 270. 



Heliconia, 87. 



Heliconinae, 87. 



Helota, 269. H. Vigorsii, 255. 



Hemerobiinse, the, 356. 



Hemiptera, 9. &c. Chap, iv,, 110, 

 et seq. Their wings generally 

 coriaceous and folded, 48. Ana- 

 logy with certain quadrupeds, 49. 



With Ferae, 50. Are carnivorous, 



75. Analogies with the Coleop- 

 tera, 115. With Cicades, l'/8. 



Hepialida', orghost-moths, 1U6, 107. 



Hercules beetle, the, 232. 



Hermella, 2.3. 



Hermit moth.s, 106. 



Herpa, Ouilding'B, alluded to, 27. 



Hesione, 25. 



Hesperia, 73. 97. 



Hesperian caterpillar, its large 

 head, 65. The butterfly, 70. 



Hesperia;, skipper butterflies, 61. 76. 

 97, 98. 102. 205. 



Heterogyna, solitary, 176. 



Heteromera, the, 263. 



Heterosteriius, 215. 



Heterotoma, antennee of, 121 



Hexapod ii.secta, the, 47—380, et 

 pasalm. 



Hexodon, 215. 



Hipparchia, meadow brown buttei • 

 fly, 63. 93. 



Hipparchia Hyperantus, 94. 



Hipponoe, 25. 



Hirudina, 26. 



Hirudinidaf, leeches, 18. 21. 



Hirudo, the medicinal, 21. 



Hispidfe, the, 316. 



Hister, the genus, 241. 244. 



HisteridEE, the, 244. 



Hive bees, 170. 



Hives, of the, 169, 170. 



Hololepta, 244. 



Holoptilus, the typical, 124 



Honey, 160. 170. 183. 325. 



Honey dew, 143. 



Hoplis, metallic tints of, 218. 



Horia, genus, 167. 329. 



Horn-like processes of insects, 69. 



Horned beetles, 210, et passim. 



Horned cicadas, 137. 



Horns of insects, 73. 90. 137. 



Horse-fly, the hippobosca, 379. 



Humming birds, 34. 154. 



Hydrena,249. 



Hyrtrocorisce, structure of the, 129 



Hydrodephagje, the, 251. 



Hydrodephagous beetles, 195. 264. 



Hvdroe.ssa, minute, 125, 126. 



Hydrophilids, the, 240. 248. 



Hydrophilii, aquatic beetles, 248. 



Hvdrophilus, the genus, 254. H. 

 piceus 248. 



Hydroporus, 26^ 



Hydroptila, kidney-shaped cases ot 

 the larvae of, 353. 



Hylaeus, the wood burrowing, 162. 



Hymenoptera, 9. 153. Wings of, 

 never coi iaceous, 48. Their ana- 

 logy to Keptilia. 49. Poisonous 

 stings of the typical, 49. Analogy 

 with Ungulata, of quadrupeds, 

 .50. Inclusive of bees and wasjis, 

 79. Of the order Hymenoptera, 



