Index 
Aristolochia clematitis, 
flower of, *575 
Aristolochia, specialization 
of, for insect pollination, 
575 
Army-worms, 325, *403, 
404; ichieumon parasite 
of, *482 
Arphia sulphured, *144; 
tenebrosa, *144 
Arthasia galleata, *169 
Arthropoda, classes of, 2; 
defined, 2 
Arums, specialization of, 
for insect pollination, 
575 
Ascalaphinae, 232; key to 
genera of, 233 
Asclepias, catching cab¬ 
bage-butterfly, *574; cor- 
nuti, specialization of, 
for insect pollination, 
573 ; incarnata, visited by 
insects, 571; verticillata, 
visited by insects, 569, 
571; visited by honey¬ 
bee, *574 
Ash-tree borer, *392 
Asilidae, Asilus ( asilus, a 
gad-fly, a horse-fly), 330 
Asparagus-beetle, 278 
Aspidiotiphagus citrinus, 
*479 
Aspidiotus aurantii, 188, 
*189, *190; ficus, 188; 
perniciosus, *181, *182, 
*184 
Assassin-bugs, 195, 203; 
incomplete metamorpho¬ 
sis of, *43 
Astata, 499; unicolor, nest- 
burrow of, *500 
Aster paniculatus, visited 
by insects, 571 
Ateuchus sacer, 274 
Athous scapularis, 268 
Atlanticus dorsalis, 156; 
pachymerus, *155 
Atropidse, AtroposC Arponog, 
atropus, one of the 
Fates), 112; key to gen¬ 
era of, 113 
Atropos divinatoria, 113; 
sp., *112 
Attagenus piceus, *263, 
264 
Auditory organ in antenna 
of mosquito, *29; of 
Acridiidae, *134, 135; of 
locust, *28; of Locus- 
tidae, 150 
Australian lady-bird bee¬ 
tle, 186, *187 
Automeris io, 424, *425; 
larva of, 426; pamina, 
424; zelleri, 424; zephy- 
ria, 424 
Bacillus, 132 
Back-swimmers, 194, 198 
Bacunculus, 133 
Bag-worm, 369, *388; 
moth, 386, *387; moth, 
venation of wing of, 
*389 
Balancers, 302 
Balaninus caryatrypes, 
*295, 296; nasicus, 296 ; 
quercus, 296; restus, 296 
Baltimore butterfly, 456 
Banded footman, 410; pur¬ 
ple, 452 
Bark-lice, in 
Barren-ground locust, *146 
Basilarchia archippus, 452; 
arthemis, 452; astyanax, 
452; astyanax, venation 
of, *440 ; fioridensis, 452 ; 
lorquini, 452 
Basilona imperialis, 426 
Battery-jar aquarium, *645 
Bat-tick, 351, *352 
Beak of mosquito, *302 
Bean-weevil, 277, *281 
Bedbugs, 195, 205, *206; 
hunter, masked, 203 
Bee-flies, 332, 333 
Bee-fly, *334; mouth-parts 
of, *334 
Beehive, observation, *531, 
*532 
Bee-lice, 351 
Bee-louse, *352, 353 
Bee-moth, 379 
Bees, 56, 463, 510; carpen¬ 
ter, 513 ; gregarious, 516; 
long-tongued, 511; ma¬ 
son, 514; mining, 513; 
mining, nest-burrows of, 
*516; potter, 514; short- 
tongued, 511; social, 
517; solitary, 513 
Beetles, 55, 246; antennae 
of, *250; development 
of, 250; eyes and tarsi 
of, *250; mode of pin- 
6 5* 
ning, *637; tracheal sys¬ 
tem of, *18 
Bell-jar formicary, *550; 
live-cage, *642 
Belostoma americana, *200 
Belostomatidae, Belostoma 
(fiehog, belus, dart; oropa, 
stoma, mouth), 194, 200 
Bembecia marginata, 391 
Bembecidae, Bembex(/ 3 £///M, 
bembix, buzzing insect), 
500 
Bembex spinoloe, 500 
Benacus griseus, 200 
Berytidae, Berytus (Bery- 
tus, a seaport town pf 
Phoenicia), 195, 214 
Bibio albipennis, *326; ve¬ 
nation of wing of, *326 
Bibio femorata, 326; fra- 
ternus, 326; tristis, 326 
Bibiocephala comstocki, 
heads of male and fe¬ 
male of, *316; larva of, 
*315 ; pupa of, *315 ; ve¬ 
nation of wing of, *317; 
doanei, head of larva of, 
showing formation of 
adult head-parts, *318; 
doanei, mouth-parts of, 
*9, *316; doanei, mouth- 
parts of larva of, *317; 
elegantulus, female, *316 
Bibionidae, Bibio ( bibis, 
an insect, from bibo, 
drink), 304, 325 
Bilateral symmetry (halves 
of body similar ) 
Bill-bugs, 294 
Bird-lice, 55, 113; biting, 
hi; remedies for, 114 
Bird-ticks, 351 
Biston ypsilon, *398 
Bittacus, 236; apterus, 238; 
strigosus, *237 
Black beetle, *128 
Black-bordered orange, 
446 
Black-flies, 313 
Black-fly, *312; female, 
mouth-parts of, *313; 
head of larva of, show¬ 
ing developing mouth- 
parts of, *314; mouth- 
parts of larva of, *313; 
venation of wing of, 
*312 
Black scale, 187 
