INDEX

Agenia, mutilation of spiders, [243], [247].

—— bombycina, [244].

Ammophila, [15];

stinging habits of American and French species, [28];

Fabre’s conclusions contrasted with ours, [52];

sleeping habits noted by Banks, [117].

—— gracilis, great distance over which prey is carried, [46];

failure of instinct, [46].

—— polita, [50].

—— urnaria, [18];

sense of locality, [20];

individuality, [22];

using a pebble as a tool, [38].

—— vulgaris, losing her way, [46].

—— yarrowii, Williston’s notes on habits, [40].

Aphilanthops frigidus, [167];

losing her way, [171];

method of capturing queen ants uncertain, [174].

Aporus fasciatus, [80];

habit of filling up partly made nests, [82];

depends upon close packing to keep spider quiet, [83];

contrast between two individuals, [84].

Ashmead, W. H., on European species of Oxybelus, [78].

Astata bicolor, locality study, [288].

—— unicolor, locality study, [290].

Banks, Nathan, observation on sleeping habits of Ammophila, [117].

Bates, H. W., on habits of Monedula signata, [136].

Belt, Thomas, on locality study of Polistes carnifex, [60].

Bembex labiatus, note on locality sense by Bouvier, [124].

—— rostrata, account of habits by Wesenberg, [139];

note on locality sense by Marchand, [125].

—— spinolæ, [119];

less numerous progeny than other wasps, [120];

habit of feeding young from day to day, [120];

quarrelsome habits, [129];

tolerance of parasites, [132];

number of parasitic larvæ found in nests, [133];

experiment to determine number of nests visited by female at one time, [139];

teasing Tachysphex, [262].

Bouvier, note on locality sense of Bembex labiatus, [124].

Brehm, on mutilation of spiders by Agenia punctata, [243].

Brues, on sleeping habits of Priononyx atrata, [118].

Cerceris clypeata, [147];

locality study, [149];

experiments on stinging habits, [151].

—— deserta, [152];

locality study, [153].

—— fumipennis, [142].

—— nigrescens, [142].

Ceropales, following Pompilus scelestus, [231].

Chlorion cœruleum, [256].

Crabro interruptus, [102];

locality study, [105].

Crabro lentus, [101];

both flies and bugs found in nests, [101].

—— sexmaculatus, [99];

takes both flies and gnats, [101].

—— stirpicola, [106];

contrasted with other wasps as to manner, [106];

works night and day to finish nest, [108].

—— wesmæli, said to take both flies and bugs, [101].

Dunning, S. W., on finding flies alive in nests of Bembex, [135].

Fabre, J. H., on automatically perfect instincts of Ammophila, [52];

on French species of Sphex, [69];

on the habits of Bembex, [134];

on Philanthus apivorus, [162];

on French species of Pelopæus, [273].

Goureau, on mutilation of spiders by wasps, [244].

Larra quebecensis, [263].

Lubbock, Sir John, on individuality in ants, [288].

Lyroda subita, [253];

feeds her young from day to day, [255].

Marchal, Paul, on poor locality sense of Pompilus seriaceus, [284].

Marchand, observation on locality sense of Bembex rostrata, [125].

Monedula signata, locality study noted by Bates, [136].

Mutilation of spiders by wasps, [243].

Odynerus, variation in nesting habits, [95].

—— anormis, position of egg in nest, [91].

—— capra, [94].

—— conformis, position of egg, [91].

—— perennis, [89].

—— reniformis, position of egg, [90].

—— vagus, wariness, [94].

Oxybelus quadrinotatus, [75];

method of carrying fly, [80].

Passolocus annulatus, [87].

Pelopæus, [265];

individuality, [270];

forgetfulness, [271];

difference between French and American species, [273].

Philanthus apivorus, sucks honey from bee, [162].

—— punctatus, [154];

habits of colony, [156];

experiments on stinging habits, [162];

nesting habits of males, [166].

—— ventilabris, [166].

Plenolocus peckhamii, [95];

stalk invaded by bees and other wasps, [96].

Polistes carnifex, locality study noted by Belt, [60].

Pompilus biguttatus, unreasoning conduct, [298].

—— fuscipennis, [216];

afraid of ants, [219];

biting legs of spider, [220];

sense of locality, [221].

—— marginatus, [221];

capturing spider, [225];

method of digging nest, [229].

—— quinquenotatus, [197];

confined to one species of spider, [202];

nest invaded by small ants, [202];

hangs spider on plant while nest is being made, [204];

robs her neighbors, [211];

loses her way, [214].

—— scelestus, [230];

bites legs of spider, [230];

pursued by parasites, [231];

sleeping habits, [236].

—— seriaceus, poor locality sense noted by Marchal, [284].

—— subviolaceus, following scelestus, [236].

Priononyx atrata, note on sleeping habits, [118].

Rhopalum pedicellatum, [73];

strong power of localization, [73].

—— rubrocinctum, [74].

Social wasps, general habits, [3];

color sense, [5];

sense of smell, [8];

affecting plant distribution, [11];

number in one nest, [12].

Solitary wasps, general habits, [15].

Sphex, habits noted by Fabre, [69].

—— ichneumonea, [56];

nests begun and deserted, [56];

locality study, [58];

intelligence, [305].

Tachysphex tarsata, [261].

Tachytes sp. ?, [248].

—— peptonica, [252].

Trypoxylon, immense numbers of spiders destroyed, [195].

—— albopilosum, [190].

—— bidentatum, [194].

—— rubrocinctum, [180];

protection of nest by male, [181];

male sometimes assists in storing nest, [182];

order in which eggs hatch, [180].

Vespa germanica, [13].

—— maculata, [13].

Wesenberg, on habits of Bembex rostrata, [139].

Wheeler, W. M., on capture of ants by Aphilanthops frigidus, [176].

Williston, S. W., on habits of Ammophila yarrowii, [40].


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