516 INDEX. 
Formica cunicularia, 384, 395. 
Formice, 380. 
Formica flava, 384. 
fuliginosa, 384. 
fusca, 384. 
sanguinea, 393, 395. 
Formicarie, 313. 
Fossores, 396. 
Fossorial Hymenoptera, 396. 
Froghopper, 117. 
Fulgora lanternaria, 112. 
Gad-fly, 59; M. Joly on, 61. 
Galerita, 486. 
—— Lecontei, 486. 
Galeruce, 510. 
Galleria, Bee-hive, or Wax, 277, 350. 
Gallicole, 313. 
Gallinsecta, 102, 133. 
Gall-insects, the, 313, 397. 
Galls, Oak, 398. 
Ganglions, cephalic, 19. 
—— lLacordaire, M., on, 20. 
Gastrus equi, 60. 
Geocorise, the, 91. 
Geometers, 145, 262. 
Geometrine, the family of the, 262. 
——— caterpillars of the, 264. 
Geotrupes, 454. 
—— stercorarius, 26, 455. 
Ghost Moth, the, 257. 
Gizzard, the, 9. 
Glossina morsitans, 73. 
Glow-worm, 499. 





Gnat, the, 38; water good for the cure of bites, 41. 
Gnorimus nobilis, 443. 
Goat Moth, 257. 
Goliathus, 438. 
eacicus, 459. 
—— Derbyana, 488. 
—— Druryi, 439. 
———— Polyphemus, 438. 
Golofa claviger, 454. 
Porteri, 455. 
Gonepteryx rhamni, 183. 
Grapta, C-album, the, 192. 
Grasshopper, 283, 292. 
————— Great Green, 298. 
Grave-dizgers, 464. 
Grillacris, the genus, 300. 
Gryllo-talpa, vulgaris, the, 295; nest of the, 297. 
Gryllus campestris, the, 293. 
domesticus, the, 294. 
sylvestris, the, 294. 
Guérin-Méneville, M., on the Sciara, 50. 
Gullet, 9. ‘ 
Gyrinidee, 477. 
Gyrinus, 477. 
distinctus, 477. 
natator, 477. 
striatus, 477. 
Halictophagus, 496. 
Curtisii, 496. 








Harpalide, 486. 
Harpalus eneus, 486. 
Hautle, M. Virlet @’Aoust’s description of, 100. 
Hawk-moth, Elephant, 201, 204. 
———— Eyed, 213. 
Lime-tree, 211. 
Oleander, 201, 202. 
: Poplar, 213. 
Head, the, 1. 
Heart, 13. 
Helomyza, 85. 
Helophilus, 56. 
Hemerobide, 426. 
Hemerobius, 426. 
Hepialus, the genus, 257. 
humuli, 257. 




Herisson, 157. 
Heterocera, see Moth. 
Hipparchia Janira, 197. 
Hister, 463. 
Hive, Bell-shaped, 354. 
— English, 353. 
— Garden, 355. 
— interior of a, 327. 
— Polish, 354. 
— Swiss, 354. 
Homoderus Mellyi, 465. 
Hop-dog, the, 255. 
Hornet, the, 372, 377. 
Humble Bee, 312; nest of, 362. 
Hybernia defoliaria, 266. 
; leucophearia, 266. 
Hydaticus grammicus, 476. 
Hydrocorise, the, 91, 98. 
Hydrometre, the, 91, 98. 
Hydrometra stagnorum, 98. 
Hydrophili, 471. 
Hydrophilus, four stages of the, 22. 
piceus, 471. 
Hydroporus confluens, 476. 
—— griseo-striatus, 476. 
Hydropsyche, 431. 
————- atomaria, 431. 
Hydrous caraboides, 473. 
Hylesinus, 508. 
—— piniperda, 508. 
Hymenoptera, Fossorial, 396. 
————— power of flight in the, 26. 




Tassus devastans, 117. 
Ichneumons, the, 396; larve of, 313. 
Imago, 20. 
Inca, 443. 
—— clathrata, 443. 
Insect, names of the principal parts of an, 1; 
various stages of, 20; strength of, 23; power 
of traction in, 25; classes of, 28. 
Leaf, 284. 
Intestine, large and small, 9. 

Julodis, the genus, 505. 
Kakerlac Americana, 287. 
insignis, 287. 
Kermes, 138. 
Polish, 139. 
Laccophilus minutus, 476. 
———_ variegatus, 476. 
Lackey Moth, the, 252. 
Lady-birds, 510. 
Lamellicormes, the, 435. 
Lampyride, 498. 
Lampyris noctiluca, 499. 
Larva, 20; meaning of the word, 22. 
Leaf-rollers, 271. 
Lecheguana, the, 378. 
Legs of Insects, 7, et seq. 
Leopard, Wood, 257. 
Le Petit Diable, 119. 
Lepidoptera, meaning of the word, 141; antennz 
of, 174. 
Leptide, 54. 
Libellula, 403, 418. 
Libellula depressa, 421. 
Limenitis Camilla, 194. 
Sibilla, 194. 
Lina populi, 510. 
Lions des pucerons, 426. 
Liparis, the genus, 214. 
chrysorrhea, 256. 
Lobster Moth, 259. 
Locust, 283, 293, 301. 
Locusta viridissima, 299. 
‘Longicornes, 509. 

