368 
GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 
Low forms of life unaffected by 
climate, 24. 
Lunate, semicircular. 
Lunulate, crescent-sliaped. 
Macropis, general observations on, 
222 . 
-geography of, 68. 
- native species, 221. 
-scientific description of, 220. 
-strong analogy to the Scopu- 
lipedes, 222. 
Maculae indicantes, 13. 
Mahomet prescribes honey, 91. 
Males, how to be united to their 
partners, 179. 
Mandibles, 30, 40. 
-used for boring, 44. 
Marginal cells of wings, 45. 
Marginate, edged with a ridge. 
Mason bees, 296. 
Maxillae, 30, 31. 
Maxillary palpi, 30, 32. 
-number of joints invariable in 
Andrenidse, 32. 
-number of joints variable in 
the Apidse, 32. 
Megachile, general observations 
on, 272. 
-geography of, 74. 
-infested by Coelioxys, 275. 
• -list of native species, 271. 
-natural history of, 273. 
-scientific description of, 269. 
Melecta, general observations on, 
255. 
-geography of, 72. 
-list of native species, 255. 
■-parasitical on Anthophora, 
240. 
-scientific description of 255. 
• -very pugnacious, 258. 
Melittobia, a parasite upon xAn- 
thopliora, 241. 
Meloe proscarabaeus, parasitical 
on bees, 110. 
-said to infest Andrena, 209. 
Mesothorax, 26, 44. • 
Metallic colouring of bees, 248. 
Metathorax, 26. 
Metropolis, 128. 
Miltogramma, parasitical upon 
Colletes, 190. 
Mode of killing coloured insects, 
253. 
Moniliform, bead-like. 
--antennae, 129. 
Monodontomerus, parasitical on 
Anthophora and Osmia, 302. 
Moths help to fertilize flowers, 13. 
Motives for new arrangement, 163. 
Mouth, organs of = trophi = ciba- 
rial apparatus, 163. 
Mucronated, having one or more 
short stout processes. 
Mutilla, parasitical on bees, 117. 
Names usually given from a sexual 
peculiarity, 232. 
Natural history, attractions of, 141. 
-modes of treating, 140. 
Natural system, 139. 
Nature, its large operations, 8. 
Nectaria of plants indicated to bees 
by a difference of colour, 12. 
Nervures of wings, 44. 
Nomada, general observations on, 
252. 
-geography of, 72. 
-intermittent appearance of 
N. Fabriciatia, 230. 
-list of native species, 250. 
-scientific description of, 249. 
-sexcineta infests Eucera, 235. 
-the bees infested by them. 
253. 
Nomenclature simplified by Lin¬ 
naeus, 130. 
Nudipedes, = cuckoo-bees or para¬ 
sites, 116, 167, 249. 
Nvlander’s mode of determining 1 
the species of Coelioxys, 268. 
Obsolete, more or less inapparent. 
Ocelli = simple eyes = stemmata, 
26, 27. 
Oman, no bees in the province of, 
84. 
Osmia, general observations on, 
296. 
-geography of, 76. 
- list of native species, 295. 
