The Hunting Wasps

Hairy Ammophila, 205, 215, 222, 227–8, 232, 234, 239, 247–50, 330–58, 364, 366–77.

Helophilus trivittatus, 269.

Herring, 14. [390]

Hister, 49, 343, 346.

Hive-bee, 83–5, 123–5,177–8, 215, 353, 368.

Hornet, 124, 126–7.

Horseshoe Bat, 348.

House-fly, 122, 266–9.

Inchworm (see Looper).

Infusoria, 345.

Jay, 360.

Jules’ Bembex (see Bembex Julii).

Jules’ Cerceris (see Cerceris Julii).

Kakerlak, 111–12.

Lacordaire, Jean Théodore, 177 and n, 118.

Ladybird (see Seven-spot Ladybird).

Lamia, 32, 52.

Languedocian Sphex, 86–9, 107, 109–10, 113, 129–95, 216, 236, 243, 358.

Lark (see also Crested Lark, Shore-lark, Skylark, Titlark), 125.

Latreille, Pierre André, 9 and n, 108.

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Amédée Comte, 110 and n, 116, 289.

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Felix, 110 n.

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Louis Michel, 110 n.

Linnæus, 60.

Linnet, 360.

Lizard (see also Eyed Lizard, Grey Lizard), 106.

Locust, 86, 88, 107–8, 111–13, 114–16, 188–91, 223–4, 231, 242, 328, 373.

Longicornes (see also Lamia, Saperda), 52, 56.

Looper, 240, 246.

Louse (see Plant-louse).

Lucilia Cæsar (see Greenbottle).

Macmillan and Co., Ltd., v.

Mademoiselle Mori, author of, v, 52 n.

Magendie, François, 43–6.

Maia (see Spider-crab).

Mammoth, 365.

Mantis, Mantis religiosa (see Praying Mantis).

Martial, 224.

Martin, 230.

Meade-Waldo, Geoffrey, vi.

Measuring-worm (see Looper).

Melasoma-beetle (see also Asidæ, Cellar-beetle, Scaurus), 52, 56.

Merodon spinipes, 269.

Miall, Bernard, 84 n.

Midge (see Gnat, Miltogramma).

Millipede, 224.

Miltogramma, 287–97.

Mimic-beetle (see Hister).

Mole, 344.

Moth, 241–2.

Mouse, 285.

Musca domestica (see House-fly). [391]

Nebria, 52, 55.

Necrophorus, 343.

Noctua segetum (see Turnip Moth).

Onesia viarum, 267, 269.

Ophthalmic Cleonus (see Cleonus ophthalmicus).

Otiorhynchus maleficus, 26.

Otiorhynchus raucus, 26.

Owl, 225–6.

Ox, 14, 113, 258, 360–6.

Palarus, 84, 298.

Papilio machaon (see Swallowtail).

Philanthus (see Philanthus apivorus).

Philanthus apivorus, 84 and n, 138, 177, 220, 298, 319.

Phynotomus murinus, 26–7.

Phynotomus punctatus, 26.

Pigeon (see Carrier-pigeon).

Pipiza nigripes, 268.

Plant-louse, 229, 352.

Polistes gallica, 122.

Pollenia floralis, 265, 269.

Pollenia rudis, 268.

Pollenia rufescens, 264.

Pollenia ruficollis, 268, 270.

Praying Mantis, 106, 107 n, 175–178, 373.

Procrustes, 52.

Rabbit, 249, 252–3, 329–30.

Racine, Jean, 359 n.

Racine, Louis, 359.

Rassade (see Eyed Lizard).

Reindeer, 365.

Rhinolophus (see Horseshoe Bat).

Rodwell, Miss Frances, v.

Rostrate Bembex, 253–60, 268–269, 384.

Sacred Beetle, 52–3, 55, 144, 248.

Sacred Scarab (see Sacred Beetle).

Sandy Ammophila, 219, 232, 235, 239, 241, 247.

Saperda, 32, 52.

Sarcophaga (see also Sarcophaga agricola), 266.

Sarcophaga agricola, 267, 269.

Sardine, 14.

Scarab (see also Sacred Beetle), 49, 52–4, 275.

Scarabæus (see Scarab).

Scaurus, 52.

Scolia, 84, 322.

Scolytus, 49.

Sea-spider (see Spider-crab).

Sea-urchin, 323, 326–7.

Seven-spot Ladybird, 228–30.

Sheep, 14, 113.

Shore-lark, 223.

Shrike (see Lesser Grey Shrike).

Silk Moth, 353.

Silkworm, 353.

Silky Ammophila, 232, 234, 239–40, 245, 247, 384–6.

Silpha, 343, 346.

Silvery Ammophila, 219, 232, 235, 239, 247.

Sitona lineata, 26–7.

Sitona tibialis, 26. [392]

Skylark, 225–7.

Snail, 224.

Snake, 327.

Social Bee (see Hive-bee).

Social Wasp, 84–5, 121–8, 237, 368.

Spallanzani, Lazaro, 348 and n.

Spanworm (see Looper).

Sparrow, 123.

Sparrow-hawk, 125, 290–1.

Sphærophoria (see also Sphærophoria scripta), 260, 268–9, 274, 276.

Sphærophoria scripta, 267–9.

Sphenoptera geminata, S. lineola (see Double-lined Buprestis).

Sphex (see also the varieties below), 58–195, 220, 231, 242, 272–3, 277, 297–8, 373.

Sphex afra (see African Sphex).

Sphex albisecta (see White-edged Sphex).

Sphex flavipennis (see Yellow-winged Sphex).

Sphex occitanica (see Languedocian Sphex).

Sphodrus, 52.

Spider, 224.

Spider-crab, 325–6.

Spurge Hawk-moth, 165.

Stag-beetle, 359.

Starling, 323.

Stizus (see also Stizus ruficornis), 298.

Stizus ruficornis, 373.

Stomoxys (see also Stomoxys calcitrans), 260, 270.

Stomoxys calcitrans, 268.

Surveyor (see Looper).

Swallow, 230.

Swallowtail, 2.

Syrphus (see also Syrphus corollæ), 273.

Syrphus corollæ, 264, 269.

Tabanus, 269.

Tachina (see also Miltogramma), 68.

Tachytes nigra (see Black Tachytes).

Tachytes obsoleta, 71.

Tachytes tarsina, 71.

Tarsal Bembex (see Bembex tarsata).

Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 2 n, 52 n, 117 n, 258 n.

Titlark, 226.

Tortoise-beetle, 224.

Triboulet, 119, 204.

Turnip Moth, 351.

Two-pronged Bembex, 268, 270.

Verlot, Bernard, 207–11.

Vespa crabro (see Hornet).

Vespa vulgaris (see Social Wasp).

Virgil, 123, 358.

Wagtail (see White Wagtail).

Warbler, 290.

Wasp (see Social Wasp).

Weevil (see also Cleonus), 23, 26–39, 49–50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 78, 80–1, 113, 137, 151, 223–5, 242, 275, 277, 307, 372–3.

Wheat-ear, 223–4.

Whin-chat, 223. [393]

White-edged Sphex, 71, 86, 107, 110, 113, 156, 188–92.

White-tail (see Wheat-ear).

White Wagtail, 225.

White worm, 351.

Wide-necked Scarab, 52.

Wood-louse, 224.