Acorn-weevil (see Elephant Weevil).

Agrippa, 4, 6.

Anthidium, 160.

Antony (see Mark Antony).

Apoderus coryli (see Apoderus of the Hazel).

Apoderus of the Hazel, 140, 141–142, 144, 146, 149, 157.

Aristophanes, 219.

Artichoke-weevil, 49, 55, 69.

Attelabus curculionoides, 140, 148, 150, 152, 156, 157.

Augustus, 4.

Balaninus (see the varieties below).

Balaninus elephas (see Elephant Weevil).

Balaninus nucum (see Nut-weevil).

Bear (see also Cave-bear), 4.

Bear Larinus, 44, 46, 48, 67.

Bécaru (see Vine-weevil).

Black, Adam and Charles, v.

Blackbird, 86, 89.

Bluebottle, 201.

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas, 273.

Bolbites onitoides, 180.

Bombyx, 131.

Brachycerus algirus, 136, 137, 175, 262, 271.

Bruchus (see Haricot-weevil, Pea-weevil).

Burying-beetle (see Necrophorus).

Butterfly (see also the varieties), 61, 62.

Cabbage Butterfly (see Large White Butterfly).

Capricorn, 14, 15, 34, 58, 59, 107, 125, 126, 232.

Carabus, 14, 15, 247.

Carcharodon megalodon, 7.

Cave-bear, 184.

Cerambyx heros (see Capricorn).

Cerceris, 63, 116.

Cetonia (see C. floricola, Rose-chafer).

Cetonia floricola, 36, 59, 62, 175, 247.

Ceuthorhynchus, 271.

Chalcid, 212, 264, 265, 267.

Chalcis, 210, 211.

Chalicodoma (see Mason-bee).

Cicada, 24, 235.

Cionus (see Cionus thapsus).

Cionus thapsus, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 256, 259, 262, 263, 265, 271, 272, 273.

Clam (see Surf Clam).

Cleopatra, 5. [276]

Cockchafer (see Pine Cockchafer).

Columella, 184.

Conus, 9.

Copris, 59, 180 (see also Spanish Copris).

Corn-weevil, 187, 228.

Cotton-bee (see Anthidium).

Courcoussoun (see Haricot-weevil).

Cricket, 139.

Crocodile, 5, 10, 17.

Cuckoo, 90.

Cytherida, 9.

Dove, 16.

Dung-beetle, 14, 59, 63, 160, 179 (see also Bolbites, Copris, Necrophorus, Onitis, Onthophagus, Phanæus, Sacred Beetle).

Dytiscus, 14.

Edible Snail (see Large Edible Snail).

Elephant Weevil, 71, 97, 98.

Falcon, 4.

Field-mouse, 87, 88, 106, 109.

Fly, 13, 114.

Garlic-weevil (see Brachycerus algirus).

Gnat, 12, 13.

Grasshopper, 24, 91, 93.

Great Water-beetle, 14.

Green Lizard, 15.

Ground-beetle (see Carabus).

Gymnetron thapsicola, 109, 110, 268, 269, 270.

Gyrinus (see Whirligig Beetle).

Haricot-weevil, 190, 224, 225, 227, 229, 230.

Hedgehog, 20.

Helix pomatia (see Large Edible Snail).

Heredia, José Maria de, 221.

Hunting Wasp (see Cerceris, Sphex).

Hydrophilus (see Great Water-beetle).

Ichneumon-fly, 24, 93.

Iris-weevil, 237, 238, 240.

La Fontaine, Jean de, 94.

Lamia denticulata, 7.

Large Edible Snail, 144.

Large White Butterfly, 61, 62.

Larinus (see also the varieties below), 18, 19, and seq.

Larinus conspersus (see Spangled Larinus).

Larinus maculosus (see Spotted Larinus).

Larinus scolymi (see Artichoke-weevil).

Larinus stolatus (see Stoled Larinus).

Larinus ursus (see Bear Larinus).

Leucospis, 24, 91, 265.

Lithodomus, 8.

Lizard (see Green Lizard).

Louse (see Phylloxera). [277]

Macmillan Co., v.

Mactra, 9.

Mark Antony, 5.

Mason-bee, 91.

Mastodon, 12.

Miall, Bernard, v.

Midge, 12.

Minotaur (see Minotaurus typhæus).

Minotaurus typhæus, 247.

Mitre-shell (see Turritella).

Mononychus pseudo-acori (see Iris-weevil).

Mosquito (see also Gnat), 12.

Necrophorus, 60, 201.

Notidanus primigenius, 7.

Nut-weevil, 94, 95, 97, 98, 159, 177.

Octavius (see Augustus).

Onitis, 36.

Onthophagus, 36.

Ovid, 218.

Ox, 202.

Oxyrhina xyphodon, 7.

Oyster, 9.

Pea weevil, 187, 190, 191, 194, 199, 201, 203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 225, 227, 229, 233, 240, 241.

Petricola, 8.

Phanæus (see Phanæus Milon, Splendid Phanæus).

Phanæus Milon, 160, 181.

Pholas (see Piddock).

Phylloxera, 229.

Piddock, 8.

Pieris (see Large White Butterfly).

Pig, 5, 88.

Pine Cockchafer, 58, 59, 61, 62.

Plautus, 219.

Pliny the Elder, 2.

Pliny the Younger, 2.

Poplar-weevil, 112, 129, 138, 155, 157, 165, 166.

Porker (see Pig).

Puma, 4.

Raspail, François Vincent, 136.

Rat, 94.

Resin-bee (see Anthidium).

Rhynchites (see the varieties below).

Rhynchites auratus (see Sloe-weevil).

Rhynchites Bacchus, 159.

Rhynchites betuleti (see Vine-weevil).

Rhynchites populi (see Poplar-weevil).

Rhynchophora, 13, 190.

Robin Redbreast, 16.

Rose-chafer, 36, 79.

Rotifer, 156.

Saw-fly, 24.

Scallop, 9.

Sea-urchin, 6, 8, 20.

Shark, 7.

Sheep, 5, 186, 249. [278]

Silk-worm Moth (see Bombyx).

Sloe-weevil, 157, 158, 165, 183.

Snail (see also Large Edible Snail), 143.

Spangled Larinus, 54, 69.

Spanish Copris, 179, 180.

Sphex, 60, 201.

Spotted Larinus, 21, 28, 30, 39, 46, 48, 261.

Stoled Larinus, 44.

Surf Clam, 9.

Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, v.

Tortoise, 10.

Tree-frog, 236.

Turritella, 9.

Unwin, T. Fisher, Ltd., v.

Ursus spelæus (see Cave-bear).

Vanessa, 61, 62.

Varro, 184.

Vine-weevil, 127, 128, 129, 139, 155, 157, 165.

Virgil, 4, 220.

Vitruvius, 36.

Voltaire, 273.

Water-beetle (see Great Water-beetle).

Wheel Animalcule (see Rotifer).

Whirligig Beetle, 14.

White Butterfly (see Large White Butterfly).