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INDEX, 
Wasp, curious experiment upon the eyes 
of, xiv. 46 
nest of the common, xv. 519 
Wasps, the, xv. 380 
combats amongst the, xv. 523 
crowd plants and flowers, when, 
xiv. 61 
habits of the, xv. 516 
how destroyed, xv. 200 
instinct of the paste-board, xv. 
528 
nests of the paste-board, xv. 529 
metamorphosis of, xiv. 118 
method of destroying, xv. 523 
nests of, xiv. 1 1 9 
neuters among, xiv. 19. 78 
pedicle of, xiv. 52 
size of, xiv. 96 
society of, xiv. 114 
sting of, xv. 389 
temporary society of, xiv. 120 
wings of, xiv. 16 
Water-scorpions, xv. 248 
Wax-moth, xv. 563 
White-ants, xv. 332 
White-worm, what so called, xiv. 447- 
480 
Wimbles, xiv. 379 
Winged insects, thorax of, xiv. 11 
Wood-ants, xv. 464 
Wood-lice, xv. 346 
metamorphosis of, xiv. 82 
moulting of the, xiv. 142 
roll themselves in a ball, xiv. 
129 
what called, xv. 345 
Worms, description of, xiv. 38 
of flies, (improperly so called,) 
xiv. 84 
remark of Aristotle respecting, 
xiv. 80 
Xantliolinus, xiv. 292 
Xenops, lenses in the eye of, xiv. 48 
Xestomyza, ( Wied .) xv. 693 
Xiphydria, ( Lat .) xv. 358 
Xorides, ( Latr .) xv. 361 
Xya, ( Illig .) xv. 174 
Xya variegata, xv. 174 
Xyela, ( Dalm .) xv. 357 
Xyla variegata, xv. 196 
Xylita, ( Payk .) xv. 17 
Xyphicera, (Lat.) xv. 176 
Xylocopa, (Fab.) xv. 384 
(Lat.) xv. 383 
Xylophagi, xv. 81. 83 
Xylophagus proper, xv. 699 
Xylophili, xiv. 467 
Xylopliilus, of Bonelli, xv. 53 
Xylota, xv. 705 
Xylotrogi, xiv. 309. 352 
Xysta, ( Meig .) xv. 709 
Xytelinus, (Lat.) xiv. 350 
Yellow ant, xv. 443 
Ypsolophus, (Fab.) xv. 625 
Yponomeuta, (Lat.) xv. 626 
Zabrus, description of, xiv. 211 
gibbus, xiv. 211 
Zancudos culices, xv. 733 
Zeli, the, xv. 244 
Zelima, (Fab.) xv. 584 
Zelus, (Fab.) xv. 220 
rufescens, xv. 244 
Zethus, (Fab.) xv. 381 
Zeuzera, (Lat.) xv. 604 
Zirophorus coriaceus, xiv. 306 
Zodion, (Lat.) xv. 706 
Zonitis, xv. 51 
(Fab.) xv. 33, 34 
larvae of, xv. 44 
Zoophytes, description of, xiv. 3 
Zophosis, xiv. 566 
(Lat.) xiv. 544 
(Germ.) xiv. 544 
Zuphium, description of, xiv. IS 
Zygsena, xv. 599 
(Fab.) xv. 595 
Zygcenides, xv. 599 
Zygia, (Fab.) xiv. 341 
oblonga, xiv. 341 
Zygops, xv. 62 
Zyrophorus, description of, xiv. 
Zygothrica dispar, xv. 774. 
