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INDEX 



Stridulation of — Continued. 



wing brown locust, 372 ; Striped 

 meadow cricket, 23, 383, 384, 390 ; 

 Tabanid fly, 214, 215; Varied- 

 winged locust, 290, 291, 351. 



Striped brown locust (Melanoplus 

 fasoiatus), 422. 



Striped ground cricket (Nemohius 

 faseiat-us), 302, 421. 



Striped lizard, habitat, 298. 



Striped locust (Mecostethus linea- 

 tus), 420. 



Striped meadow cricket (Oecanttius 

 fasaiatus), 22, 23, 379-386, 429. 



Struggle for existence, 6-11. 



Subgeocolous Orthoptera, 425. 



Sulphur-winged locust (Arphia sul- 

 phurea), 326, 330, 395-398, 421. 



Sundew (Brosera), Insects trapped 

 in, 21, 296. 



Swale, definition of, 431. 



Swallow, barn, habits, 59, 242, 289, 



' 290. 



Swallow-tail butterflies (Cresphon- 

 tes), 57, 58, 119, 145-153, 262; 

 P. asterius, 119; P. glaucus, 

 119; P. Pharmacopliagus phile- 

 nor, 57, 58, 119, 147; P. troilus, 

 57, 58, 119, 148, 149; P. turnus, 

 119, 147, 262. 



Swamp, definition of, 431. 



Swamp forest, definition of, 431. 



Swamp ground cricket (Nemohius 

 canus), 421. 



Swamp milkweed (Aselepias incar- 

 nata), 36-39. 



Swordbearer grasshopper (Cono- 

 cephalus attenuatus), 337-340; 

 food of wasp, 200; habitat, 427. 



Sworded grasshopper (Xiphidium 

 ensiferum), 428. 



Syrphus flies, 130-133, 215. 



Tabanid fly (Tabanus giganieus), 



132, 214, 215. 

 Tachina fly, parasite of locust, 114, 



352, 353. 

 Tadpoles, Dickerson on, 75. 

 Tank, definition of, 431. 

 Tarache moth, see Acontia. 

 Telea polyphemus, food of toad, 75. 

 Telenomus sphimgis, parasitic insect, 



62. 

 Teleology, definition of, 16. 

 Temperature, effect of, on life, 260- 



262, 287, 288. 

 Tentacles of sundew, 21. 



Terrace, definition of, 433. 



Terrias lisa, 56. 



Tetrix locust, drink of, 376; habitat 

 of, 413; Tetrix ornatus killed by 

 ants, 412, 414. 



Tettigidea locust, 356, 413, 414. 



Texas katydid, 291, 292, 326, 330- 

 332 ; habitat, 340, 390, 392, 427. 



Thalessa, 13. 



Thamnocolous Orthoptera, 428, 429. 



Thicket, definition of, 431; dry 

 thicket, definition of, 432. 



Thistle butterfly, or painted lady 

 (Pyrameis oardui), 139-142. 



Thrasher, brown, 244, 245. 



Thread-legged bug (Emesa longi- 

 pes), 105, 106. 



Thrush, hermit, 311-314. 



Tiger butterfly, 145, 146, 148. 



Timothy, wild, 337, 338. 



Thrips, 286. 



Toad, American (Bufo amerir 

 canus), 258, 259, 297; Fowler's 

 (Bufo fowleri), 256-259, 297; 

 Tree, 28,- 69, 72-75, 259, 289. 



Toad-shaped Bug (Galgulus ocula- 

 tus), 414. 



Tongue, of butterfly, 28; humming- 

 bird, 28. 



Tower, on De Vries' work, 14; 

 color of insects, 70. 



Towhee or chewink, 263, 264. 



Trap, insect in sundew, 21, 296 ; in- 

 sect of ant-lion, 178, 179; spider, 

 in evening primrose, 182-184. 



Tree hoppers (Publilia conoava), 

 275, 276. 



Tree-toad (Eyla versicolor), exam- 

 ple of protective resemblance, 28, 

 69, 72-75; favored by wet 

 weather, 289. 



Trees, antiquity of, 30. 



Tremex lacva, 13, 



Troglocolous Orthoptera, 425. 



Troilus butterfly, terrifying ap- 

 pearance of caterpillar of, 148, 

 149. 



Trombidian larva, parasite of Tetti- 

 gians, 414. 



Tropism, definition of, 167. 



Trouvelot on larva of Polyphemus 

 moth, 62. 



Trypoxylon wasp, 214. 



Turnus butterfly, habits, 262, 291. 



Turtle, eggs of, 295. 



Two-spotted shrub cricket (Xabea 

 bipunctata) , 429. 



