INDEX. 



475 



Luna-moth, 282. 

 Lycaena, species of, 245. 

 Lycaenidae, 242. 

 Lygaeidae, defined, 158. 

 Lymantriidae defined, 268, 



Machinery, chapter on, 418, 454, 



Macrobasis unicolor, 227. 



Macrodactylus subspinosus, 199. 



Malachiidae, 191. 



Mallophagidae, 70. 



Malpighian tubules, 30. 



Mandibles, structure and function, 15. 



Mandibulate mouth, 15. 



Mantidae, described, 83. 



Mantis religiosa, 84. 



Mantispidae, 76. 



Manure, favors insects, 428. 



podurids breed in, 57. 

 Maple-borer, 208. 



clear-wing borer, 262. 



scale, life-history, no. 

 March-flies, 340. 

 Margaronia nitidalis, 311. 

 Mask of dragon-fly larva, 62. 

 May-beetles, 200. 



-flies, their habits, etc., 59. 

 Maxillae, structure and function, 15. 

 McGowen nozzle, 459. 



injector, 463. 

 Meadow-grasshoppers, 96. 

 Meal-worms, 224. 

 Mealy-bugs, described, 106. 



remedies for, 108. 

 Measuring-worms, 307. 

 Mecoptera, 77. 



Mediterranean flour-moth, 315. 

 Megachile species, 412. 

 Megathymus yuccas, 254. 

 Megatoma, 179. 

 Megilla, 174. 

 Melanophila, 185. 

 Melanoplus atlanis, 90. 



femur-rub rum, 90. 



spretus, 90. 

 Melitara dentata, 313. 



prodenialis, 313. 

 Melittia ceto, 259. 

 Meloidae, 225. 



Melon-louse, life history, 126. 

 Melophagus ovinus, 369 

 Membracidae, defined, 138. 

 Mesothorax, 23. 

 Mesograpta polita, 350. 

 Metathorax, 23. 

 Metamorphosis, defined, 48. 

 Microcentrum retinervis, 94. 



laurifolium, 94, 95. 

 Microgaster, 383. 

 Micro-lepidoptera, 310. 

 Micropyle, defined, 47. 

 Midaidae, 344. 

 Midges, 334, 336. 

 Migration in plant-lice, 126. 

 Milk-weed butterfly, 242. 

 Mineola indiginelia, 313. 



vaccinii, 313. 

 Mole-crickets, 98, 

 Monilicornia, defined, 165. 

 Moniliform antennae, 22, 

 Monomorium pharaonis, 396. 

 Monophadnus rubi, 374. 

 Monostegia rosae, 374. 

 Mormon cricket, habits of, 97. 

 Mosquitoes, 332. 

 Mosquito-hawks, 61. 

 Moths, chapter on, 240, 

 Moulting of insects, 48. 

 Moults, number of, 49. 

 Mourning-cloak butterfly, 244. 

 Mouth of bees and wasps, 19. 



importance of, 14, 16, 



indicates remedies, 16. 



of flies, 18. 



types of, 14. 

 Mud-daubers, 402. 

 Multicellular gall, 378. 

 Murgantia histrionica, 162. 

 Muscidae, 353, 356. 

 Muscles, structure and character, 28. 

 Mushroom-gnat, 334. 

 Mutillidae, 400. 

 Mycetophilidae, 334. 

 Myrmecocystus melliger, 396. 

 Myrmeleonidae, described, 75. 

 Myrmicidas, 396. 

 Mytilaspis pomorum, 115. 

 Myzus cerasi, 134. 



