Index 
664 
anatomy of, *13; larva 
of, *605; mimicry of, by 
viceroy butterfly, *610; 
part of wing of, show¬ 
ing scales, *360; vena¬ 
tion of wings of, *371; 
venation of, *11 
Moniliform, 258 
Monobia quadridens, 502 
Monohammus, 285 
Monomorium minutum, 
*536; pharaonis, 541 
Monostegia rose?, 466 
Monterey-pine midge, *324 
Morpho sp., base of scale 
of, *591 
Mosquito, auditory organ 
in antenna of, *29; beak 
of, *302; female, mouth- 
parts of, *301; head and 
mouth-parts of, *7; life- 
history of, *305; mala¬ 
ria-carrying, *308 
Mosquitoes, 304; and ele¬ 
phantiasis, 633; and fila- 
riasis, 632; and malaria, 
617; and yellow fever, 
630; eaten by dragon¬ 
flies, 81; methods of 
fighting, 309 
Moth, ommatidia of, *31 
Moth-fly, 319, *320; larva 
and pupa of, *320; 
mouth-parts of, *320 
Moth-like flies, 304 
Moths, 56, 358; and but¬ 
terflies, single scale 
from, *589; and wasps, 
showing mimicry, *608; 
key to superfamilies and 
families of, 367; scales 
of, their structure, and 
arrangement, 589; wood- 
nymph, 407 
Moulting, 43 
Mourning-cloak, 455 
Mouth-parts, 6; head of 
larva of net-winged 
midge showing forma¬ 
tion of adult, *318 ; head 
of larva of black-fly 
showing developing, 
*314; developing, of tus¬ 
sock-moth, *363; devel¬ 
opment of, of Corydalis 
cornuta, *227; of bee- 
fly, *3341 of dance-fly, 
* 335 ; of Cicada, *9; of 
Dixa sp., *319; of dob- 
son-fly, *6; of Eristalis 
sp., *340; of female 
black-fly, *313; of fe¬ 
male net-winged midge, 
*316; of a female mos¬ 
quito, *301; of a female 
punkie, *311; of Hemip- 
tera, *164; of honey-bee, 
*7, *459; of honey-bee, 
development, *460; of 
horse-fly, *329; of house¬ 
fly, *8, *301; of Hymen- 
optera, 460; of larva of 
black-fly, *313; of larva 
of net-winged midge, 
*317; of larva of wasp, 
*461; of Lepidoptera, 
*362; of a long-tongued 
bee, *512; of mosquito, 
*7; of moth-fly, *320; 
of mud-wasp, *460; of 
net-winged midge, *9; 
of robber-fly, *331; of a 
short-tongued bee, *511; 
of sphinx-moth, *10; of 
thrips, *8, *220; variety 
of, 8; of wasp, devel¬ 
opment of, *460, *461 
Mud-nest, vase, of Eume- 
nes sp., *499 
Mule-killer, 76 
Murgantia histrionica, 214, 
*215 
Musca domestica, *341, 
342; larva of, *342; 
mouth-parts of, *8, *301; 
pupa in puparium of, 
*342 
Muscardine, 412 
Muscid, aquatic, *348 
Muscidae, Musca (pvia, 
myia , a fly), 332 
Muscinae, 341, 342 
Muscle, degenerating, 
from pupa of giant 
crane-fly, *50; degen¬ 
erating, of tussock-moth, 
*50; developing, in pupa 
of honey-bee, 51; struc¬ 
ture of, *13, *14 
Muscles, arrangement of, 
in maxillary proboscis 
of milkweed butterfly, 
*361; attachment of, to 
body-wall, *4; of leg, 
*5; of wing, *5 
Muscular system, 13 
Mutillidae, Mutilla (mu- 
tilo, to crop short), 497 
Mycetophilidas, Myceto- 
phila ( fivKrja , myces, a 
fungus; <t>aog, philus, 
loving), 304, 324, *325; 
venation of wing of, *325 
Mydas luteipennis, 330 
Myodocha serripes, 211 
Myopa, 337 
Myopsocus, 113 
Myriapoda, 3 
Myrmecocystus melliger, 
545 
Myrmecophila, 161; ne- 
brascensis , *162 
Myrmecophily, 552 
Mrymeleon, 232; adult, 
*231; sp., larva and 
sand-pit of, *230 
Myrmeleonidae, Myrme- 
leon {jivpfirik, myrmex, 
ant; teuv, leon, lion), 
224, 230; key to subfam¬ 
ilies of, 231 
Myrmica brevinodes, 544 
Myrmicidae, Myrmica 
0 ivpfiriZ , myrmex, ant), 
540 , 54 i 
Mystacides, 243 
Mytilaspis pomorum, 189 
Myzus cerasi, 174 
Nabidae, N a b i s ( nabis, 
camelopard), 195 
Nabis fusca, *205 
Nathalis iole, 446 
Naucoridae, Naucoris 
([vavg , naus, ship; ic6pig, 
coris, a bug), 194, 199 
Necrobia rufipes, 270; vio- 
lacea, 270 
Necrophorus marginatus, 
*261 
Nectar, 566 
Nectar-drinking, adapta¬ 
tion of insects for, 569 
Negro-bug, flea-like, 215 
Negro-bugs, 195 
Nematocera (vf/pa, nema, 
thread; ttepag, ceras, 
horn), 303; key to fam¬ 
ilies of, 304 
Nematus erichsonii, 466; 
ventricosus, 466; larva 
of, *465 
Nemo bins fasciatus, form 
