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GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Low forms of life unaffected by 



climate, 24. 

 Lunate, semicircular. 

 Lunalate, crescent-shaped. 



Macropis, general obserTations on, 



222. 



geography of, 68. 



native species, 221. 



scientific description of, 220. 



strong analogy to the Scopu- 



lipedes, 222. 

 llacute indicantes, 13. 

 Mahomet prescribes honey, 91. 

 Males, how to be united to their 



partners, 179. 

 Mandibles, SO, 40. 



used for boring, 44. 



Marginal cells of wings, 43. 



Margniate, edged with a ridge. 



ilason bees, 296. 



JIaxUla;, 30, 31. 



ilaxillary palpi, 30, 32. 



number of joints invariable in 



Andi'cnidse, 32. 

 ■ number of joints variable in 



the Apida3, 32. 

 ilegachile, general observations 



on, 272. 



geography of, 74. 



infested by Ccelioxys, 275. 



list of native species, 271. 



natural history of, 273. 



scientific description of, 269. 



Melecta, general observations on, 



255. 



. geography of, 72. 



list of native species, 255. 



' parasitical on Anthophora, 



240. 



scientific description of 255. 



i very pugnacious, 258. 



Melittobia, a parasite upon Au- 



thophora, 241. 

 Meloe proscarabaeus, parasitical 



on bees, 110. 



said to infest Audrena, 209. 



Mesothorax, 26, 44, 

 iletallic colouring of bees, 248. 

 Jletathorax, 26. 

 MetropoUs, 128. 



Miltogramma, parasitical upon 



CoUetes, 190. 

 Mode of killing coloured insects, 



253. 

 MoniLiform, bead-like. 



antennae, 129. 



Monodontomerus, parasitical on 



Anthophora and Osmia, 302. 

 Moths help to fertilize flowers, 13. 

 Motives for new aiTangement, 1 63. 

 Mouth, organs of=trophi = ciba- 



rial apparatus, 163. 

 Mucronated, having one or more 



short stout processes. 

 MutiUa, parasitical on bees, 117. 



Names usually given from a sexual 



peculiarity, 232. 

 If atural history , attractions of,141. 



modes of treating, 140. 



Natural system, 139. 



Nature, its large operations, 8. 



Nectaria of plants indicated to bees 



by a difference of colour, 12. 

 Nervures of wings, 44. 

 Komada, general observations on, 



252. 



geography of, 72. 



■ intermittent appearance of 



N. Fabriciaiia, 230. 



list of native species, 250. 



scientific description of, 249. 



sexcineta infests Eucera, 235. 



the bees infested by them, 



253. 

 Nomenclature simplified by Lin- 



nseus, 130. 

 Nudipedes, = cuckoo-bees or para- 

 sites, 116, 167, 249. 

 Nylander's mode of determining 



the species of Ccelioxys, 268. 



Obsolete, more or less inapparent. 

 Ocelli = simple eyes = stemmata, 



26, 27. 

 Oman, no bees in the province of, 



84. 

 Osmia, general observations on, 



2b6. 



geography of, 76. 



list of native species, 295. 



