Index 
671 
Spermatheca, 14 
Spermatozoa (see Repro¬ 
ductive organs ) 
Speyeria idalia, 456 
Sphcerophthalma aureola, 
498; calif ornica, 498; pa- 
cihca, *498; similima, 
*497 
Spharagemon bolli, *146; 
collare, *146 
Sphecina sphex, a 
wasp), 463 
Sphecius speciosus, 500 
Sphecoidea (sec Sphe¬ 
cina), 464 
Sphenophorus, 297 
Sphex ichneumonea, 499; 
occitanica, *492 
Sphingicampa bicolor, 429 
Sphingidae, Sphinx 
sphigx, sphinx), 369, 
43i 
Sphinx, 437; chersis, larva 
of, showing threatening 
attitude, *606; gordius, 
*436 
Sphinx-moth, 431; front 
of head of, showing 
frontal sclerites and 
mouth-parts o f , *362; 
mouth-parts o f , *10 ; 
pen-marked, larva of, 
showing threatening as¬ 
pect, *606; sucking pro¬ 
boscis of, *360 
Sphyracephala brevicor- 
nis, 347 
Spice -bush swallowtail, 
450 
Spilosoma virginica, 4 12 
Spiracles, 7, 19 
Spittle-insects, 170; stages 
of froth production, *171 
Spondylidae, Spondylis 
(ondvdvXog, spondylus, 
a vertebra, a joint), 277, 
285 
Sporotrichum globulife- 
rum, 212; sp., *346 
Spotted-winged locust, 
*141 
Spotted wingless grass¬ 
hopper, *154 
Spreading-boards, how to 
make, 638 
Spring azure, 443 
Spring canker-worm, 397 
I Springtail, American, 64; 
pond-surface, *58; scales 
of, *64; spotted, *63 
I Sprinkled locust, *140, 142 
; Spur, 232 
Squash-bug, *213; family, 
195 
Squash-vine borer, 391 
Stable-fly, *342 
Stag-beetle, 272, *273 
Staphylinidse, Staphylinus 
(cracpvTdvog, staphylinus, 
a kind of insect), 258, 260 
Staphylinus cinnamopte- 
rus. 261; maculosus, 261; 
tomentosus, 261; viola- 
ceus, 261 
Stegomyia, 305, 307; fas- 
ciata, 308 
Stelidae, S t e 1 i s {areVig, 
stelis, a pa.rasitical 
bee), 515 
Stenobothrus curtipennis, 
*140, 142 
Stenopehnatus sp., *156, 
15 7 
Stenopogon inquinatus, 
* 33 i 
Stephania picta, *197 
Stephanidae, Stephanus 
(aretpavog, stephanus, 
crown), 463 
Sternum ( ventral wall of 
a body segment ) 
Sthenopis argenteo-macu- 
latus, 373 
Stigma ( opaque spot, 
costal area of wing ) 
Stigmata, 19 
Stilt-bugs, 195, 214 
Sting of the honey-bee, 
460, *461 
Stink-bugs, 195, 214, *215 
Stobera tricarinata, *168 
Stomoxys calcitrans, *342 
Stone-crickets, 155 
Stone-flies, 53, 65, 70; life- 
history of, 71 
Stone-fly, *72; exuvia of 
nymph of, *71; young 
(nymph) of, *71 
Stratiomyia, 330 
Stratiomyidae, Stratiomyia 
(crparturng, stratiotes, 
a soldier; pvia, myia, a 
fly), 327, 329 
Strawberry root - borer, 
*374 
1 Strepsiptera (crpeQeiv, 
strephen, twist; nrepov, 
pterum, wing), 293 
Striped ground-cricket, 
*159 
Stylopidae, Stylops ( orvTiog, 
stylus, a pillar; u-p, ops, 
eye, face), 293, 294 
Stylops, 294 
Subcosta (see Venation ) 
Sugar-beet midge, 345 
Sugar-maple borer, *283 
Sulphur - colored tortrix, 
*380 
Suture, *5 
Swallow-tailed butterflies, 
446, *447; butterfly, 
chrysalid of, *448 
Swarming of honey-bees, 
525 
Swifts, 368, 372 
Sword-bearer, *153 
Sympathetic nervous sys¬ 
tem, 23; of larva of 
harlequin-fly, *24 
Symphasis signata, *234 
Symthurus aquaticus, 64 
Synchloe sara, 446; genu- 
tai, 446 
Synclilora glaucaria, 398 
Synhalonia, 515 
Syntomidae (prob. owropia, 
syntomia, abridgment, 
shortness), 410 
Syritta pipiens, 340 
Syrphid, rat-tailed larva 
of, *340 
Syrphidae, Syrphus ( avpipog, 
syrphus, a gnat), 332, 
339 
Syrphus, 340; continuax, 
venation of wing of, 
*339 
Syrphus-flies, 339 
Syssphinx heiligbrodti, 429 
Tabanidae, Tabanus (ta- 
banus, a horse-fly), 327, 
328 
Tabanus, 329; lineola, *328 
Tachina-fly, 345, *346 
Tachinid parasite of Cali¬ 
fornia flower-beetle, *346 
Tachininae, 341, 345 
Tactile hair, innervation 
of, *26; sense, 26 
Taenidia, *19 
Taeniopteryx, 73 
Tapestry-moth, 374 
