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Membrane-'winged Insects {Hynienoptera) — Wood-Wasp {Sirex gigas); 

 Corn Saw-Fly {Cephtts pygnicEus); Saw-Flies Proper {Tenthredinidce) — ^o%^ 

 Saw-Fly {Hylotoma rosce), Turnip Saw-Fly {Athalia spinarmn). Carpenter Bee 

 {Xylocopa violaced). Leaf-cutting Bees {Megachile), Poppy Bee {An/hocopa 

 papaveris']. Solitary Wasps {Eumenida) — Odynerus and Eumenes; Solitary 

 Digging"-" Wasps" {Fossores) ---------- 386 



Beetles {Coleopterd) — Long-horned Oak-Beetle {Cerambyx heros), Birch- 

 Weevil {Rhynchites betulce), Burying-Beetles {Necrophortis), Great Black Water- 

 Beetle (Hydrophilus piceus) ---------- 393 



Scale-winged Insects l^Lepidopterd) — Cabbage Butterfly {Pieris brassicce), 

 Lappet-Moths [Lasiocantpidcz), " Basket- Worms " {Psychidce), Fritillaries, &c. 

 {NyinphalidcE), Silver-Y Moth (Plusia gamma), Silkworm Moth {Bonibyx mori), 

 Heart-and-Dart Moth (Agrotis exclamationis), Brepfios notka, Aquatic Cater- 

 pillars {Palustra), Puss-Moth {Centra vinula), Burnet-Moths {Zygcsnida), 

 Indian Skipper Butterfly {Badamia exclamationis) ------ 399 



Two-winged Flies (Dipterd) — Hover-Flies {Syrphus), Drone-Fly {Eristalis 

 tenax), Ringed Gnat {Culex annulatus) -------- 402 



LiFE-HlSTORlES, &c., OF MOLLUSCS (^OlAJViCh)— P riviitiv e Molluscs {Amphi- 



neura) — Mail-Shells {Chiton, &c.) — Eggs and Trochosphere Larva - - - 404 



Bivalve Molluscs {Lamellibraiicliid) — Protection and Incubation of Eggs 

 in Common Oysters {Ostrea ediilis), and Freshwater Forms {Unio, Anodon, 

 Cyrena, and Cyclas) ; Veliger Larva; Life-History of Freshwater Mussels {Unio 

 and Anodon) ; Glochidium Larva. Dwellings of Bivalves ; Byssus of Edible 

 'Wiussei {Mytilus edtilis), Tridacna; Nests of File-Shells {Lima); Saddle-Oyster 

 {Anomia ephippium). Scallops {Pecten), Thorny Oysters {Spondylus) ; Boring 

 Forms — Piddocks {Pholas), Pholadidea, Jouan?ietia, Ship- Worm {Teredo 

 navalis), Date-Shells {Lithodomtis) _ _ . - 405 



Tusk-Shells {Scaphopoda) — Trochosphere Larva - - - - - 411 



Snails and Slugs {Gastropoda) — Laying and Protection of Eggs — Limpet 

 {Patella) and Sea-Ear {Haliotis); Spawn of Sea-Hare {Aplysia) and Sea-Lemon 

 {Doris); Egg-Capsules of Purple-Shell {Purpura lapillus), Whelk {Biiccinum 

 jindatum), Dog- Whelk {Nassa) ; Egg-Bands of Natica ; Egg-Raft of Violet- 

 Snail {lanthina) ; Care of Egg-Capsules in Bonnet-Limpets {Crcpidula) and 

 Worm-Snails {Vermetus). Spawn of Pond- Snails {Limncza) and Trumpet- 

 Snails {Planorbis) ; Viviparous River-Snail {Paludina vivipara). Spawn of 

 Land-Slugs (Limax, &c.) ; Eggs of Land-Snails {Helix and Bulimiis). Gastro- 

 pod Larva;— Trochosphere and Veliger, Onclndium. Gastropod Dwellings — 

 Burrowers ; Types of Shell; "Scars "of Limpet {Patella); Threads oi Pota- 

 mides ------.-------412 



Head-Footed Molluscs {Cephalopoda) — Spawn of Squid {Loligo) ; Egg- 

 Capsules of Cuttle-Fish {Sepia) and Octopods {Eledotie and Octopus). Care of 

 Eggs in Paper Nautilus {Argonautd). Egg-Capsules of Pearly Nautilus 

 {Nautilus) ------------- 417 



Life-Histories, &c., of Nemertine Worms (Nemertea)— Pilidium Larva. 



Dwellings- ------------- 419 



