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INDEX. 



Bees, prophetic of rain, xiv. 33 



the queen, xv. 531 



quotation from Virgil respecting, 

 xiv. 34 ; XV. 532 



remark of Aristotle respecting, 

 xiv. 80 



respiration of, xv. 537 



sensation of, xiv. 103 



sense of touch in, xv. 538 



sex of working, xv. 544 



best situation for, xv. 555 



sting of, XV. 389, 531 



taste of, XV. 537 



temperature developed bv, xiv. 

 75 



use of antennae of, xiv. 44 



utility of, xiv. 120 



wings of, xiv. 16 



the working, xv. 530 

 Beetle, black, xv. 187 



common burying, organs of smell 

 of, xiv. 63 



senses in the eye of a, xiv. 48 

 Beetles burying, why called, xiv. 393 



frequent the snake-root and 



staphelia, xiv. 60 

 Belostoma, xv. 222 



marginata, xv. 248 

 Belus, (Schcen.) xv. 54 

 Belyta, (/;;;-.) xv. 368 

 Bembecides, {Led.) xv. 376 

 Bembidion, description of, xiv. 240. 280 

 Boris, {Lat.) xv. 699. 757 

 Berosus, xiv. 431 

 Bethylus, {Lat.) xv. 367 

 Berytus, {Fab.) of what composed, xv. 



241 

 Bibio, {Geoff.) xv. 689 



{Fab.) XV. 695 

 Biblis, {Fab.) xv. 589 

 Biches, what called in French, xiv. 500 

 Bitoma, {Herbs.) xv. 86 

 Bipartiti, description of, xiv. 197 

 Bithynus, {Leach) xv. 167 

 Bittacus, {Lat.) xv. 298 

 Blaps, xiv. 552. 567 



{Fab.) xiv. 553. 559 



clathrata, xiv. 556 



gages, xiv. 553 



glabra, xiv. 559 



laevigata, xiv. 553 



mortisaga, xiv. 553 



punctata, xiv. 556 



sulcata, xiv. 553. 568 



tibialis, xiv. 554 



tibidens, xiv. 558 



voice of, xiv. 76 

 Blatta, {Lhi.) xv. 171. 192 



coecum of, xv. 180 



Blatta acervorum, xv. 175 



Americana, xv. 172 



Germanica, xv. 172 



gigantea, xv. 185, 186 



Lapponica, xv. 172 



Orientalis, xv. 172. 187 



rugicollis, xv. 187 

 Blattae, xv. 184 



Blapsides, whence named, xiv. 551 

 Blaptinus, {Deg.) xiv. 558 

 Blastanus, {H^'.) xv. 30 

 Blepharis of M. Sevoille, xv. 190 



elegans, xv. 190 

 Blethisa, description of, xiv. 238 

 Blue meat-fly, ovoviparous, xiv. 77 

 Bocydium, {Lat.) xv. 225 

 Bolboceras Australasias, xiv. 465 



Bilbergii, xiv. 508 



{Kirby) xiv. 465. 508 

 Boletophagus xv. 9 



{Fab.) XV. 5 



cornutus, xv. 9 

 Bolitophila, {Hoff.) xv. 68? 

 Bombardiers of ;\I. Latreille, xiv. 266 

 Bombidium, description of, xiv, 240 

 Bombus, XV. 567 



lapidarius, xv. 568 



{Lat.) XV. 388 

 Bombyces, the, xv. 679 



antennae of, xiv. 78 

 Bonibycites, xv. 605 

 Bombylii, the, xv. 753 

 Bombylius, {Lin.) xv. 692 



proper, {Aleig.) xv. 693 

 Bombyx, xv. 602 



abietis, xv. 609 



anachoreta, xv. 609 



antiqua, xv. 610 



antiqua, represented by Kirby 

 and Spence, xiv. 43 



Atlas, where found, xiv. 96 



betulifolia, xv. 606 



Bucephala, xv. 609 



caja, XV. 611 



caja, represented by Kirby and 

 Spence, xiv. 42 



Cecropia, xv. 605 



chrysorrhaea, xv. 611 



compressa, xv. 613 



coryli, xv. 609 



cyllopoda, xv. 615 



dispar, xv. 609 



illicifolia, xv. 606 



Jacobeae, xv. 612 



luna, XV. 605 



mori, XV. 607- 679 



mylitta, xv. 605 



Neustria, xv. 608 



populifolia, XV. 606 



