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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