INDEX

Acridiidae, [80].
Alder-fly, larva of, [177];
pupa of, [182].
American Cockroach, [74].
Amphipods, [141];
Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing on, [141].
Aquaria, description of, [20].
Arachnoidea, [96].
Argyroneta aquatica, [108];
De Geer on, [109];
nest of, [110].
Arthropods, [27];
divisions of, [28];
description of, [29].
Ascidians, Darwin on, [13].
Asellus aquaticus, description of, [153].
Assassin Worm, [158].
Aurivillius, Dr., on Crabs, [150].

Bate and Westwood on Gammarus, [147];
on Talitrus, [151].
Bateman, Rev. G. C., on Hydrophilus, [50];
on Nepa, [91];
on China Marks, [171].
Beakers, [21].
Beetle Mite, [119].
Belt on Blatta, [67].
Black Beetle, [63].
Black-bobs, [64].
Blackwall on Spiders, [101], [102].
Blatta orientalis, description of, [63], [66];
Gilbert White on, [64];
Dr. Sharp on, [65];
Belt on, [67];
Sir J. Lubbock on, [68];
anatomy of, [68];
breathing of, [70];
Swammerdam on, [74];
Professor Plateau on, [74].
Book Scorpions, [96].
Brachelytra, [59].
Broad-clawed Porcelain Crab, [139].
Brown China Mark, [172].
Brushes, [23].
Bugs, [86].
Burgess, Mr., on larva of Dytiscus, [160].
Butler, Dr., on Spiders, [100].
Butler, Mr. E. A., on Forficula, [79].

Capsules, [21].
Carcinus maenas, description of, [136].
Centipedes, [122];
marine, [125].
Cerci, [47].
Chelate, meaning of word, [132 n.]
China Marks, [171];
Rev. G. C. Bateman on, [171];
De Geer on, [172].
Cockroach, [63].
Cocktail Beetle, [57].
Coleoptera, [32].
Collecting, method of, [25].
Corixa, [94];
Graber on, [95];
Sir J. Lubbock on, [95].
Crab, Shore, [136];
Porcelain, [139].
Crane-fly, [165].
Crustacea, [128].

Daddy-longlegs, [103].
Dallas on Ocypus, [61].
Darwin on microscopes, [12];
on Ascidians, [13].
Devil’s Coach Horse, [57].
Dipping-tubes, [23].
Dissecting microscope, [18].
Dissection, mode of, [37].
Diving Spiders, [108].
Dugès on Water Mites, [117].
Dung Beetle, [119].
Dytiscus marginalis, [31];
etymology of, [33 n.];
breaking of shells by, [33];
Sowerby on, [34];
description of, [35];
food of, [36];
anatomy of, [37];
habits of, [41];
Kirby on, [41];
Sir J. Lubbock on, [42];
Professors Lowne and Miall on, [45];
Dr. Sharp on, [47];
abdomen of, [47];
breathing of, [48];
larva of, [157];
Swammerdam on, [158], [159];
Mr. Burgess on, [160].

Earwig, [75].
Edriophthalma, [129].
Elytra, [41].
Epeira diadema, description of, [98];
web of, [98];
J. A. Thomson on, [100];
Dr. Butler on, [100];
Blackwall on, [101], [102];
mode of taking its prey, [102];
Hudson on, [103];
feet of, [104];
spinnerets of, [105].
Evans, W., on Sialis, [177].

Field, the, quoted, [33], [35].
Forceps, [22].
Forficula auricularia, [75];
Kirby and Spence on, [76];
De Geer on, [76];
young of, [76];
forceps of, [77];
anatomy of, [77];
Butler on, [79];
Dr. Sharp on, [79].
Formalin, [24].
Forty-legs, [122].
Fresh-water Shrimp, [142].

Gamasus coleoptratorum, [119].
Gammarus marinus, [146];
Dr. J. Salter on, [147].
Gammarus pulex, [142];
anatomy of, [144].
Geer, De, on Forficula, [76];
on Locusta, [80];
on Water Mites, [116];
on Beetle Mites, [120];
on Lithobius, [123];
on Julus, [126];
on larva of Limnobia, [167];
on Paraponyx, [172].
Geophilus, [124].
Geophilus crassipes, [125];
Mr. Pocock on, [125].
Glass block, [22].
Glass box, [22].
Glass slips, [22].
Gosse on Prawns, [133].
Graber on Corixa, [95].
Grasshopper, Great Green, [80].
Great Water Beetle, [49].

Hart, Mr., on Paraponyx, [173].
Harvestmen, [96].
Hemiptera, [86].
Hill, Dr., on Nepa, [90].
Hudson on Spiders, [103].
Hundred-legs, [122].
Hunting Spiders, [98].
Hydrachna, [113].
Hydrachna globula, [118 n.]
Hydrophilus, larva of, [164];
Lyonnet on, [164].
Hydrophilus piceus, [49];
Bateman on, [50];
legs of, [53];
Simmermacher on, [53];
breathing of, [54];
cocoons of, [54];
Lyonnet on, [54].
Hymenoptera, wings of, [170].

Idotea, [143].
Idotea pelagica, [155].
Illinois State Laboratory, mode of collecting in, [25].
‘Insects,’ [27];
divisions of, [32].
Invertebrates, [28].
Isopods, [152].

Julus, [121], [124].
Julus terrestris, [126];
De Geer on, [126];
Dr. Sharp on, [126].
Jumping Spiders, [105].

Kew, Mr., on dispersal of shells, [130].
Kirby on Dytiscus, [41];
on Ocypus, [59];
on Forficula, [76];
on Locusta, [83];
on insect noises, [84];
on Salticus, [107].
Knives, [24].

Land Bugs, [86].
Leaping Orthoptera, [79].
Leitz, lenses of, [16].
Lichtenstein on Locusta, [83].
Limnaea broken by Dytiscus, [33].
Limnobia replicata, larva of, [165];
De Geer on, [167];
pupa of, [168].
Lithobius forficatus, [122];
De Geer on, [123];
Dr. Sharp on, [123].
Locusta viridissima, [80];
Dr. Sharp on, [80], [85];
De Geer on, [80], [83];
Westwood on, [81];
Kirby on, [83];
Lichtenstein on, [83];
ear of, [85].
Locustidae, [80].
Lowne, Professor, on Dytiscus, [45].
Lubbock, Sir J., on Dytiscus, [42];
on Blatta, [68];
on Corixa, [95];
on Opossum Shrimp, [135].
Lyonnet on larva of Hydrophilus, [164];
on Ptychoptera, [186].

Magnification, power of, [15 n.]
Mainland, Mr. G. E., on Water Mites, [118].
Malacostraca, [128];
Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing on, [128].
Margined Water Beetle, [31].
Masking Crabs, [150].
Melicerta janus, [150].
Miall, Professor, on Dytiscus, [45];
on Sialis larvae, [179], [181].
Microscopes, use of, [11];
description of, [15].
Millepedes, [121], [125].
Mites, description of, [112].
Model, a calico, [30].
Myriapods, [96], [120].
Mysis, [135].

Nature Notes on Millepedes, [121].
Needles, [23].
Nepa cinerea, [86];
mode of keeping, [88];
Swammerdam on, [89];
Dr. Hill on, [90];
Rev. G. C. Bateman on, [91];
anatomy of, [91].
Noises made by insects, [84].
Notonecta glauca, [93].

Ocypus olens, [57];
Kirby on, [59];
as a pet, [59];
Dallas on, [61];
larva of, [61].
Opossum Shrimp, [135];
Sir J. Lubbock on, [135].
Orchestia littorea, [151].
Orthoptera, [63].
Ovipositors, [82].

Palaemon serratus, [129].
Palaemonetes varians, [130].
Paraponyx stratiotata, [171];
De Geer on, [172];
Mr. Hart on, [173];
anatomy of, [174].
Peripatus, [30];
Professor Sedgwick on, [31].
Periplaneta americana, [74].
Pholcus, [103].
Phylum, definition of, [27].
Planorbis broken by Dytiscus, [33].
Plateau, Professor, on Blatta, [74].
Pocket lens, description of, [13].
Pocock, Mr., on Geophilus, [125].
Podophthalma, [129].
Porcellana platycheles, [139].
Prawns, [129];
Gosse on, [133];
Sowerby on, [133].
Ptychoptera, larva of, [182];
pupa of, [187];
Réaumur on, [185];
Lyonnet on, [186].

Quekett Microscopical Club, incident at, [20].

‘Rat-tails,’ [182].
Réaumur on Ptychoptera, [185].
Robertson, Mr., on Talitrus, [151].

Salter, Dr. J., on Gammarus, [147].
Salticus scenicus, [105];
Kirby and Spence on, [107];
foot of, [108].
Sand-hopper, [151].
Scorpions, [96].
Sedgwick, Professor, on Peripatus, [31].
Sharp, Dr., on Dytiscus, [47];
on Blatta, [65];
on Forficula, [79];
on Locusta, [80], [85];
on Lithobius, [123];
on Julus, [126];
on wings of Hymenoptera, [170].
Shells broken by Dytiscus, [33];
Mr. Kew on dispersal of, [130].
Shore Crab, [136].
Shore-hopper, [151].
Shrimp, [132].
Sialis lutarius, larva of, [177];
W. Evans on, [177];
anatomy of, [180];
pupa of, [182].
Sicarius, [158].
Simmermacher on Hydrophilus, [53].
Sirex, [82].
Sowerby, G. B., on Dytiscus, [34].
Sphaerium, [130].
Sphaeroma, [155].
Spiders, general description of, [96];
Trap-door, [97];
Hunting, [98];
Garden, [98];
Jumping, [105];
Diving, [108].
Stebbing, Rev. T. R. R., on etymology of Dytiscus, [33 n.];
on Malacostraca, [128];
on meaning of chelate and sub-chelate, [132 n.];
on Amphipods, [141].
Stewart, Professor, incident of, [20].
Stilopyga, [63].
Swammerdam on Blatta, [74];
on Nepa, [89];
on Water Mites, [114];
on Woodlice, [156];
on Dytiscus larva, [158], [159].

Tailed Wasp, [82].
Talitrus locusta, [151];
Bate and Westwood on, [151];
Mr. Robertson on, [152].
Tanypus, larva of, [176].
Tegetmeier, Mr. W. B., on destruction of shells, [34].
Thomson, J. A., on Spiders, [100].
Trap-door Spider, [97].

Vertebrates, [28].

Wart-eater, [81].
Water Beetle, Margined, [31];
the Great, [49].
Water Boatman, [93].
Water Bugs, [86].
Water-devil, [157].
Water Mites, [113];
Swammerdam on, [114];
De Geer on, [116];
Dugès on, [117];
Mainland on, [118].
Water Scorpion, [86].
Water-tiger, [157].
Westwood on Locusta, [81].
White, Gilbert, on Blatta, [64].
Wing-cases, [41].
Wireworm, [126].
Wood, Rev. J. G., on lens stand, [15].
Woodlice, [155];
Swammerdam on, [156].
Worms, [29].
Wright, Mr. L., on microscopes, [16].

Zeiss, lenses of, [15].

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