518 
Papilio Alexanor, 178, 179. 
Hospiton, 179. 
Machaon, 177; larva of, 178. 
Podalirius, 177, 179. 
Papilionide, family of the, 177. 
Parnassius, the genus, 177. 
—— Apollo, 177, 180. 
—— Mnemosyne, 177, 181. 
Pediculus capitis, 33. 
Pegomyas, the, 84. 
Pelobius Hermanni, 476. 
Pentatoma, 91. 
Blue, 92. 
———— Grey, 91. 
—— ornata, 91. 
Penthina prumiana, 268. 
Perla, 415. 
—— bicaudata, 416. 
—— marginata, 415. 
Phalanges of the foot, 7- 
Phaneroptera, 300. 
Phasma, 284, 291. 
gigas, 291. 
Rossia, 291. 
Philanthus, 296. 
triangulum, 396. 
Philobacera fagana, 268. 
Phryganea, 55, 423. 
—— atomaria, 431. 
——_—-——_flavicornis, 429. 
pilosa, 430. 
— thombica, 428, 429. 
Phryganide, 403, 423, 428. 
Phthiriasis, the disease called, 34. 
Phyllium, the genus, 291. 
Pievide, the family of the, 181. 













Pieris brassice, 153, 181; pupz of the, 155. 
— Callidice, 3, 181, 182. 
— erategi, 181. 
— napi, 181, 182, 183. 
“—— rapee, 182. 
Pimelia bipunctata, 492. 
Pimeliarize, 492. 
Pissodes pini, 508. 
Platydactylus, 295. 
Pneumore, 311. 
Peedisca autumnana, the, 268. 
occultana, the, 268, 270. 
Pogonostoma, 491. 
Polistes, 377. 
——— gallica, 372; nest of, 378. 
Polyergus, 381. 
——— tufescens, 384, 393. 
Polyommatus, 186. 
se Gordius, the, 186. 
——————— phleas, 184. 
———_—— virgauree, 185. 
————__ see Lyceena. 
Pompilus, 396. 
Ponera, 380, 
Procerus, 482. 
————_ gigas, 482. 
Procession Moth, larvee of the, 254. 
Procris, 198. 
statices, 198. 
Procrustes, 482. 
———— coriaceus, 482. 
Pselaphus, 469. 
Heisii, 469. 
Psithyrus, 364. 
Psyche, 256. 
graminella, 256. 
muscella, 256. 
rubicolella, 256: 
Ptilodactylides, 501. 
Pulex irritans, 29. 
—— penetrans, 32. 
Pupa, 20. ; 
Puss Moth, larva of the, 162. 








INDEX. 
Pyralina, the section, 268. 
Pyralis of the vines, 269, 273, 275; caterpillar of, 
275; chrysalis of the, 275. 
—— corticalis, cocoon of, 161. 
Pyrophorus, 502. 
————  noctilucus, 503. 
Ram Sphinx of Geoffroy, 198. 
Ranatra, 99. 
Raphidia, 422. 
Raphigaster griseus, 91. 
Rat-tailed Maggot, 57. 
Red Underwing Moth, 261. 
Reduvius, 91. 
—————_ personatus, 95; De Geer on, 96. 
Regnier’s dynamometer, 24. 
Respiratory system, 15; Lyonnet’s discovery of, 
in the caterpillar of the Goat-moth, 16; M. 
Milne Edwards on, 17 ; of aquatic insects, 18. 
Rhipiptera, 494. 
Rhizotrogus, 453. 
Rhodocera rhamni, 181, 183. 
Rhopalocera, 177. 
Rhyacophilus, 431. 
—- vulgatus, 432. 
Robin’s Cushion, 399. 

Saga, 300. 
Saltatoria, the, 291. 
Sarcophaga, 70; the females viviparous, 7b. 
Sarrothripa revayana, 268, 270. 
Saturnia carpini, 251. 
Pavonia-major, 250; magnified wing of, 
171. 
Satyridze, the family of the, 196. 
Satyrus janira, the, 197. 
Sauterelles-Puces, 117. 
Saw-flies, 313; larvee of, 401. 
Scarabeeides, 435, 454. 
Scarabzeus, 455; number of eyes in the genus, 2. 
——— — enema, 457. 
Sacred, 456. 
Scarites lzvigatus, 485. 
Scatophagus, 85. 
Sciara, the, 50; superstitions connected with, 51 
Scolytus, 508. 
Secretion of various fluids used as defences, &c., 
apparatus for, 12. 
Semblis, 422. 
lutarius, 422. 
-———— Mud, 423. 
Sericaria, the genus, 214. 
Sericoris Zinkenana, 268, 270. 
Sesia, 197. 
—— apiformis, 197. 
Sesiide, the, 197. 
Silk, kinds of, 237; winding establishment, 241. 
Silk-worm, 223. 
Silpha, 463. 
obscura, 463. 
quadripunctata, 464. 
— thoracica, 464. 
Silphales, 462. 
Sirex, 398. 
—— Giant, 398. 
—— gigas, 398, 401. 
—— juvencus, 401. 
Sitaris humeralis, 497. 
Skeleton, exterior of insects, 9, 28. 
Smerinthus, 211. 
— ocellatus, the, 213, 
———— populi, 213, 214. 
———-_— ftilie, 211. 
Spheeria, the, 295. 
Sphex, the, 396. 
Sphingide, the family, 198. 
Sphinx convolvuli, 207." 
——— convolvulus, the, 207. 
——— Hnumming-bird, 199. 




