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GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Dasypoda, geography of, 69. 



native species, 225. 



■ natural history of, 226. 



scientific description of, 224. 



Deflected, when hent downwards. 



Dentate, toothed. 



Depressed, when the vertical sec- 

 tion is shorter than the trans- 

 verse. 



Describers, duties of, 125. 



Describing, modes of, before Lin- 

 nseus, 129. 



Diiferenees of appearance between 

 the parasite and the sitos, 260. 



Digiti, anterior tarsi, 42. 



Dissimilarity frequent between the 

 sexes, 52. 



Domestication of animals, 5. 



Dorylus, 311. 



Drone— male bee, description of, 

 323. 



Edentate, without teeth. 



Egg of bees, 18. 



Egyptian hieroglyphics and sculp- 

 tures represent the bee, 6. 



Eleuohus, habits of, described by 

 Dale, 113. 



infests Halictus, 113, 219. 



Elliptical, oval but with the longi- 

 tudinal diameter more than 

 twice the length of the trans- 

 verse. 



Enemies of bees, 51. 



Epeolus, general observations on, 

 260. 



geography of, 73. 



native species, 260. 



• parasitical on CoUetes, 190- 



260. 



scientific description of, 258. 



Epipharynx, 29, 30. 



Eucera, general observations on, 

 232. 



geography of, 70. 



infested by Nomada sex- 



cincta, 235. 



native species, 232. 



natiiral history of, 234. 



scientific description of, 231. 



Eace of bees, 26, 27. 



Families, characteristics of, difier, 



136. 

 Family, 134. 

 FeeUng of bees, 56. 

 Femur, or thigh, 41. 

 Fertilization of flowers produced 



by bees, 11, 51. 

 Feuds of animals, the occasion of, 



352. 

 Filiform, thread-Ulie, of uniform 



thickness. 



antennee, 28. 



Fimbriated, = fringed. 

 Flagellum of antennae, 18. 

 Flight of bees, variation of their 



modes, 49. 

 Floral clock of Linnaeus, 50. 

 Flowers, the, chiefly agreeable to 



bees, 15. 



earUest, sought by the bee8,14. 



fertilized by bees, 11, 51. 



Foenus infests Chelostoma, 287. 

 Forcipate, when crossing each 



other. 

 Foreign bees, conspicuous genera 



of, 101. 

 Form of parasitical bees often 



adapted to that of their sitos, 48. 



determined by function, 48. 



Fossorial Hymenoptera, 45. 

 Fruit preserved in honey, 83. 

 Fusiform, = spindle-shaped. 



Genffi, 26, 28. 



Genera of bees determined artifi- 

 cially, 176. 



that emit scents, 296. 



with and without parasites, 



264. 



Geniculated, bent like a knee or 

 angle. 



Genus, 132. 



type of, 133. 



Geography of the British genera 

 of bees, 61. 



Gibbous, = irregularly swollen. 



Glabrous, without hair or pubes- 

 cence. 



Gregarious, its application to bees, 

 57. 



