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GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Queen-bee, great fertility of, 334. 

 ■ loss of, disorganizes the 



hive, 335. 

 ■^— ^— number of eggs laid by, 



346. 



Bay's merits, 142. 



Keaumur's description of the mode 



of lapping honey, 35. 

 description of the structure 



of the tongue, 35. 

 Recurrent nerrures of wings, 45. 

 Ketuse, with an obtuse cavity. 

 Ridged, with a shght projecting 



margin. 

 Rugose, rough or irregularly 



wrinkled. 



St. Fargeau's merits, 151. 

 Sanskrit notice of bess and honey, 



92. 

 Saropoda, general observations, 



243. 



geography of, 71. 



native species of, 243. 



rapidity of ilight, 245. 



scientific description of,' 242. 



vivacity of its eyes, 244. 



Scape of antennas, 28. 

 Scent emitted by bees, 52. 

 Scientific arrangement and de- 

 scription of the genera, 184. 



principles of, 118. 



cultivation of British bees, 



142. 

 Scopulipede8= brush-legged bees, 



163, 227. 

 Sculpture, 60. 

 ScuteUum, 26, 45. 

 Senses of bees, 56. 

 Sensorium of bees, 55. 

 Serrate, edged like a saw. 

 Serratulate, edged like a fine saw. 

 Setse, slightish bristles, 

 Setiform, like bristles. 

 Setose, bristled. 

 Shakespeare on the polity of the 



bee, 1. 

 Shemitic branch of the human 



race. 4. 

 Sight of bees, 56. 



Simple eyes = ocelli = stemmata, 



26, 27. 

 Sinus, a cavity. 

 Sitos, the supporter of a parasitical 



Sizes, difierences of, what caused 

 by, 41. 



Smell of bees, 56. 



Social bees, = Cenobites, 302. 



Species, 122. 



name of, 128. 



the basis of natural science, 



121. 



vary in number of indivi- 

 duals, 123. 



Specific character, 124. 



descriptions, 125. 



differences, 123. 



Sphecodes, difiiculty of specific 

 distinction in, 198. 



doubts as to its parasitism, 



199. 



general observations on, 197. 



geography of, 66. 



list of native species, 197. 



scientific description of, 196 



Spines at apex of abdomen of bees. 

 268. 



Spinose, with minute spiny pro 

 cesses. 



Spinulose, with fine spiny pro- 

 cesses. 



Spiral hair of the soopa, 226, 229 



Spm-s, 42. 



Squamulse = epaiJettes = wing- 

 scales, 26, 44. 



State of Great Britain before the 

 glacial period, 5. 



Stelis, general observations on, 

 263. 



geography of, 73. 



infests Osmia, 302. 



list of native species, 263. 



scientific description of, 262. 



Stemmata=simple eyes = ocelli, 

 26, 27. _ 



Stephens, inferior merit of his sys- 

 tem, 152. 

 Strepsiptera parasitical on bees, 



111. 

 Strigilis, 42. 



