INDEX

Abdomen, [125]

Acetabulum, [135]

Ammophila, [22]

Andrena, [9], [12], [15], [48], [77], [79], [122], [139]

— fulva, [121]

— rosæ, [138]

— thoracica, [121]

Antennæ, [101], [103], [134]

Anthidium, [50], [121]

Anthophila, [6]

Anthophora, [48], [61], [82], [93], [109], [111], [121]

— pilipes, [61]

— retusa, [62]

Ants, [28], [31], [88]

Aphides, [88]

Apis, [16]

Astatus, [103]

Banded bodies, [120]

Beetles, [20]

Biting, [3], [32]

Black Species, [120]

Bombus, [16]

— terrestris, [41], [42]

Brain, [125]

Bramble Stems, [12]

Breeding, [113]

Broods, [13]

Burrows, [9]

Calcaria, [70], [135]

Carder Bees, [40]

Cardines, [75]

Carpenter bee, [55]

Caterpillar, [19], [20]

Cells, [10], [12], [28], [29], [40], [58]

— hexagonal, [28]

— pitcher-shaped, [58]

— waxen, [29], [40]

Ceratina, [47], [128]

Chimneys, [25]

Chloroform, [118]

Chrysis, [27]

Cilissa, [48]

Cleaning hairs, [68]

Clover fertilization, [39]

Cockroaches, [128]

Cocoons, [33], [58]

Coleoptera, [128], [129]

Colletes, [44]

Colonies, [5], [63]

Colour, [100]

Colour schemes, [22]

Combs, [23], [68], [69]

Corbicula, [67]

Coxæ, [135]

Crabro, [95], [102]

— albilabris, [119]

Cuckoos, [3], [14], [30], [54]

— flight of, [85]

Cyanide, [116]

Dasypoda, [48]

Development, [124]

Digestion, [125]

Diggers, [6], [7]

Diptera, [129]

Distribution, [105]

Domestication, [41]

Drone flies, [3]

Dufourea, [106]

Earwigs, [128]

English names, [55]

Epeolus, [45]

Ether, [117]

Eyes, [134]

Females, [95]

Femur, [135]

Figwort, [36]

Figure of insect, [133]

Flies, [3], [129]

Flower lovers, [6]

Flute, [57]

Food, [6], [28]

Foot, [135]

Formica, [34], [59]

— fusca, [119]

— sanguinea, [89]

Formicoxenus, [96]

Fossors, [6], [7]

Galleries, [28]

Grasshoppers, [19], [128]

Growth, [126]

Guests of Ants, [89]

Hairs, [65], [71]

Halictus, [13], [15], [17], [77], [94], [97], [119], [122]

Head, [125]

Hemiptera, [129], [130]

Heterogyna, [28], [31]

Heteromorphæ, [130]

Hive bee, [2], [16]

Homing instinct, [21]

Homomorphæ, [130]

Honey pots, [29]

Hornets, [35]

Humble bees, [39]

— mutilated, [41]

Hymenoptera, [128], [129]

Ichneumons, [21]

Inquilines, [3]

Jewel flies, [21], [27]

Keyhole wasps, [101]

Killing bottles, [126]

Knife-like hairs, [68]

Labels, [118]

Labial palpi, [5]

Labium, [127], [134]

Larva, [11], [13]

Lasius niger, [91]

— flavus, [91]

Latin names, [55]

Lawn bee, [9]

Leaf-cutting bees, [52]

Lepidoptera, [129]

Ligula, [75], [134]

Limbs, [125], [127]

Locomotion, [125]

Lodgers with ants, [89]

Lomechusa, [89]

Long-horned bee, [104]

Lora, [74]

Lysimachia, [106]

Macropis, [106]

Males, [95]

Male wasp, [2]

— hornet, [2]

Mandibles, [127], [129]

Mason bee, [55]

Maxillæ, [75], [127], [134]

Mayflies, [128]

Melecta armata, [61]

— luctuosa, [62]

Mentum, [74]

Metœcus paradoxus, [38]

Mimicking flies, [94]

Miscophus, [119]

Moss, [29]

Mouse's nest, [29]

Mouth, [128]

Mutilla, [112], [119]

Myrmica, [34]

Myrmosa, [100]

Nests, [24], [26], [31], [35], [45], [49]

— in bramble stems, [45]

— Humble bees, [40]

— of leaves, [53]

— of paper, [37]

— in wren's nest, [41]

Neuration, [136]

— figure and explanation of, [133]

Neuroptera, [128], [129]

Nodes, [33]

Nomada, [15], [48]

Non-predaceous hymenoptera, [3]

Nymph, [11]

Odynerus, [24]

Orthoptera, [128], [130]

Osmia, [48], [56], [120]

— bicolor, [59], [121]

— inermis, [58]

— leucomelana, [57]

— parietina, [58]

— rufa, [56]

Ovaries, [4]

Ovipositer, [1]

Oxybelus, [86]

Palm, [82]

Palpi, [134]

Panurgus, [49]

Paper, [37]

Paraglossæ, [76]

Paralytics, [18]

Plant lice, [19]

Poison bags, [1]

Pollen collecting, [65]

Pompilus, [87]

Ponera, [33]

Porterage, [34]

Post-scutellum, [135]

Predaceous species, [3]

Preservation, [116]

Propodeum, [132], [135]

Prosopis, [44], [46]

— cornuta, [47]

Pulvillus, [135]

Queens, [4]

Rarity, [105]

Ray, John, [63]

Sallows, [82]

Sandy bank, [83]

Saropoda, [93], [111]

Scale, [33]

Scrophularia, [36]

Scutellum, [135]

Scutum, [135]

Segments, [96]

Setting, [117]

Sexual structure, [100]

Shin, [135]

Snail shells, [12], [57]

Social species, [3], [4], [28]

Solitary species, [3], [4], [6]

Spade-like hairs, [69]

Sphecodes, [13], [15], [17], [48], [97], [122]

Spiders, [19]

Stinging, [2], [38]

Stings, [2], [32]

Stipes, [74]

Straws, [12]

Structure, [132]

Stylops, [77]

Submentum, [74]

Swarming, [29]

Tarsi, [135]

Tegula, [133], [138]

Thigh, [135]

Thorax, [125], [129]

Tibia, [135]

Tomtit, [42]

Tongues, [15], [39], [44], [49], [66], [72]

Trochanter, [135]

Tubular entrance, [25]

Unguiculi, [135]

Vagaries of structure, [104]

Velleius dilatatus, [38]

Vespa sylvestris, [36]

Walls, [12]

Wasps, social, [35]

— solitary, [24]

Waspy coloration, [120], [121]

Wings, [110]

— cells, [112], [133]

— folded, [24], [28]

— hooks, [110]

— nervures, [133]

Workers, [4]

Wrens' nests, [41]

Yellow-coloured species, [120]