


Locust, 283, 298, 301. 
Locusta viridissima, 299. 
Longicornes, 510. 
Lophyrus pini, 403. 
Louse, 33; means employed to kill, 34; of the 
bee, 351. 
—— Plant, 102, 119. 
Lucanus, 461. 
-—— bellicosus, 465. 
cervus, 464. 
Mellyi, 465. 
Titan, 465. 
Lucilia Cesar, the, 71. 
hominivorax, the, 71. 
Luciola Italica, 501. 
Lycena, genus, 186. 
————. «gon, 187. 
Battus, 187. 
—-—— Corydon, 187. 
see Polyommatus. 
Lycenidze, family of the, 183, 
Lycus, the genus, 501. 
latissimus, 501, 
Lygeus, genus, 91, 93. 
Lytta, 496. 
vesicatoria, 496. 




Macroglossa, the genus, 199. 
stellatarum, 199, 
Malpighian vessels, 11. hi 
Mandibles, nerves of the, 20. 
Manticora, 494. 
—————— tuberculosa, 494. 
Mantidee, the, 288. 
Mantis, the genus, 283, 284. 
oratoria, 290. 
religiosa, 288, 289. 
Mantispa, 428. 
— pagana, 423. 
Marte, le, 157. 
Mason Bee, nest of, 369. 
May-fiy, 417; respiratory apparatus of, 19. 
Meal-worm, 504. 
Megacephala, 493. 
Megachile, 369, 
—— centuncularis, 370. 
Rose, 370. 
Melasoma, 495. 
Melipona, the, 313, 359. 
—— scutellaris, nest of, 360. 
Meloé, 497. 
— proscarabeens, 498. 
Melolontha, Golden, 4, 438. 
brunnea, 456. 
— fullo, 456. 
— vulgaris, 438; larva of, 451; pupa 
of, 2b. 
Mérian, Mdmlle. Sybille de, 113. 
Metamorphoses, 23. 
Migratory Locust, 301. 
Mole Cricket, the nest of the, 297. 
Mormolyce phyllodes, 489. 
Moth, definition of, 197. 
Bee-hive. 269. 
Brown-tailed, 256. 
Burdock, 282. 
Carpet, 281. 
Cherry-tree, 282. 
Clothes, 269. 
Currant, 267. 
Emperor, 251. 
Fur or skin, 278, 281. 
Hair, 278, 281. 
Hawthorn, 282. 
Peppered, 267. 
Procession, 252, 
Rustic, 282. 
Winter, 266. 
Woollen, 278. 
“Niches papilionacées, 430. 














INDEX. 
Mouth of insects, 1, 5. 
Musca bovina, 83. 
~- carnifex, 83. 
~ domestica, 83. 
Muscides, the, 68; M Macquart on the, 70. 
Mutilla Europea, 397. 
Mylabris, 497. 
chicorii, 497. : 
Myrmeleo, 424. 
formicarius, 424. 
libelluloides, 425; larva of, 427, 
Myrmeleonide, 424. 
Myrmeleonides, 404, 
Myrmice, the, 381. 
Myrmica rubra, the, 385, 
rufa, 381; pupa of, 387. 
Myzoxylus mali, 121. 






Nebria, 485. 
arenaria, 486, 
brevicollis, 25. 
ruficollis, 508. 
Necrobia, genus, 506 : 
Necrodes, 467. 
lacrymosa, 467. 
littoralis, 467. 
Necrophorus, 466, 467. 
————. germanicus, 469. 
vespillo, 25, 469. 
Nemobius sylvestris, 294, 
Nemoptera, 426. 
Sa C08, dee 
Nemoura, 416. 
Sei woniegatus. 417: 
Nepa, 98. 
— cinerea, 98. 
Nervous system in insects, 19, 
Neuroptera, strength of, 26. 
Noctua brunea, the, 260, 
—————  nebulosa, 260: 
——— nusiva, 260. 
— tegamon, 259. 
oe the group, 259; caterpillars of the, 
Noterus crassicornis, 478, 
Notonecta, 98, 101, 
glauca, 
101, 102. 
Nymph, 20. 
Nymphalidz, the family, 194. 
Nyssia zonaria, the, 267, 



meaning of the name, 16. 







M. Léon Dufour on the, 
Ocelli, 2. 4. 
Ocypus olens, 472, 
Odynerus, 380. 
(Ecanthus, 295. 
(£cophora, 269 ; caterpillars of the genus, 282. 
Csophagus, 9. 
(Estrus, 59; parasitical on man, %.; M. Joly 
on the, 67. 
bovis, 62. 
equi, 59. 
- OVis, 66. 
Ommexa, 311. 
Omophron, 485. 
Omus, 495. 
Onthophacus muchicornis, 26. 
Ophion, 398. 
Orange-tip butterfly, 181. 
Orgyia, 214, 254. 
— pudibunda, 255. 
Ortalidee, 85. 
Ortalis, the Cherry-tree, 86. 
Oryctes dichotomus, 457, 
———— nasicornis, 26, 456, 
Osmia, 368. 
—— bicornis, 369, note, 
Osmoderma eremita, 446. 
Osmylus maculatus, 427. 
Ourapteryx sambucaria, larva of, 145. 























































































