Index

A

Acridian (see Locust).

African Sphex, 111.

Ammophila (see also the varieties below), 94, 185, 231–50, 272–3, 277, 297–8, 301.

Ammophila argentata (see Silvery Ammophila).

Ammophila hirsuta (see Hairy Ammophila).

Ammophila holosericea (see Silky Ammophila).

Ammophila Julii, 384–5.

Ammophila sabulosa (see Sandy Ammophila).

Ant, 194, 223–4.

Anthrax (see also Anthrax flava), 269.

Anthrax flava, 269.

Aphis (see Plant-louse).

Apion gravidum, 27, 381.

Asidæ, 52.

B

Bacon-beetle (see Dermestes).

Badger, 327.

Bat (see also Horseshoe Bat), 348.

Beccafico, 224.

Bee (see also Hive-bee), 2, 221.

Bee-eating Philanthus (see Philanthus apivorus).

Bee-fly (see Bombylius).

Beetle, 2, 16, 23, 32, 40–57.

Bembex (see also the varieties below), 137, 220, 231, 251–304, 311–22, 373.

Bembex bidentata (see Two-pronged Bembex).

Bembex Julii, 264–6, 269, 382–4.

Bembex oculata 267–8.

Bembex olivacea, 268.

Bembex rostrata (see Rostrate Bembex).

Bembex tarsata, 269, 281–2.

Bernard, Claude, 43–6, 48.

Black-fly, 230.

Black Tachytes, 69–70.

Blanchard, Émile, 49.

Bluebottle, 269.

Bombylius (see also Bombylius nitidulus), 260, 264, 269, 274, 281–2.

Bombylius nitidulus, 269.

Bothynoderus albidus, 25.

Brachyderes gracilis, 26.

Bronze Buprestis, 52.

Bruchus granarius, 27, 381.

Bug, 111.

Bullock (see Ox).

Bunting, 217, 220.

Buprestis (see also the varieties below), 2, 4, 7–9, 11–17, 28, 43, 49–50, 52–4, 56, 58, 68, 100, 113, 242, 275, 373.

Buprestis biguttata, 9 n, 11.

Buprestis chrysostigma, 9 n.

Buprestis fasciata, 4–6, 9 n.

Buprestis flavomaculata, 9 n.

Buprestis-hunting Cerceris, 1–17, 25, 67–8.

Buprestis micans, 9 n, 12.

Buprestis novemmaculata, 9 n.

Buprestis octoguttata, 9 n, 12.

Buprestis pruni, 9 n.

Buprestis tarda, 9 n.

Burying-beetle (see Necrophorus).

Bush-pipit, 224–5.

Butterfly, 2, 224.

C

Calathus, 55.

Calliphora vomitoria (see Bluebottle).

Carabus, 52, 359.

Carrion-beetle (see Silpha).

Carrier-pigeon, 309–11.

Cat, 285.

Caterpillar (see also Grey Worm, Looper), 94, 165, 246–7, 273, 277.

Cellar-beetle, 32, 52.

Cerceris (see also the varieties below), 40–57, 84, 113, 137, 140, 151, 154, 220, 272–3, 277, 298, 319.

Cerceris Antoniæ, 379–80.

Cerceris arenaria, 26.

Cerceris aurita, 26.

Cerceris bupresticida (see Buprestis-hunting Cerceris).

Cerceris Ferreri, 26.

Cerceris Julii, 27, 380–1.

Cerceris labiata, 27.

Cerceris major (see Great Cerceris).

Cerceris ornata, 27.

Cerceris quadricincta, 27.

Cerceris tuberculata (see Great Cerceris).

Chafer (see Scarab).

Chlænius, 52, 55.

Chlorion (see Compressed Chlorion).

Cicada, 106, 251.

Cleonus (see also the varieties below), 306.

Cleonus alternans, 25.

Cleonus ophthalmicus, 25–26, 34–39, 52, 81.

Clytia pellucens, 269.

Cneorinus hispidus, 26.

Coccinella septempunctata (see Seven-spot Ladybird).

Cockchafer, 351–60.

Cockroach (see also Kakerlak), 107 n.

Codfish, 14.

Common Fly (see Fly, House-fly).

Common Wasp (see Social Wasp).

Common Wheat-ear (see Wheat-ear).

Compressed Chlorion, 111.

Couty, L., 363.

Crabro (see also Hornet), 120–1.

Crayfish, 360.

Crèou (see Shore-lark).

Crested Lark, 227.

Cricket, 55, 62, 65–81, 83, 86–95, 106–8, 112–14, 116–17, 154–6, 157, 166, 191, 193–4, 217, 220, 224, 231, 242, 273, 277, 373.

Cuckoo, 290.

D

Dart Moth (see Turnip Moth).

Darwin, Charles Robert, 117 n.

Darwin, Erasmus, 117–20, 127–8.

Delacour, Th., 206, 211.

Dermestes, 343, 346.

Dexia rustica, 269.

Dog, 249, 345–6.

Double-lined Buprestis, 16.

Drone-fly (see Eristalis).

Dryden, John, 123 n, 359 n.

Dufour, Léon, 2–13, 15–16, 18, 25, 28, 33, 43, 67.

Dung-beetle (see also Sacred Scarab, Wide-necked Scarab).

E

Earwig, 107 n, 224.

Echinomyia intermedia, 265, 269, 270.

Echinomyia rubescens, 264, 270.

Eel, 327.

Ephippiger (see also Ephippiger of the Vine), 86–8, 107, 110, 112–13, 137, 140, 142–73, 242, 277, 358.

Ephippiger of the Vine, 136–7.

Eristalis (see also the varieties below), 260, 266, 273.

Eristalis æneus, 269.

Eristalis sepulchralis, 269.

Eristalis tenax, 123–7, 266, 268.

Eyed Lizard, 141, 327.

F

Fabre, Émile, the author’s son, 164–6.

Fabre, Mlle. Aglaé, the author’s daughter, 334, 336.

Fabre, Mlle. Antonia, the author’s daughter, 380.

Fabre, Mlle. Claire, the author’s daughter, 334, 336.

Fabre, Jules, the author’s son, 385.

Favier, the author’s factotum, 323–30, 333–4, 336.

Flesh-fly (see Sarcophaga).

Flourens, Marie Jean Pierre, 43–6, 163, 182.

Fly (see also House-fly), 118–23, 137, 194, 231, 255, 260, 262, 263, 265–70, 272–7, 318, 320, 329, 384.

Fox, 327.

G

Gad-fly, 268–70, 273–4, 279–80, 285, 373, 384.

Geometrid Moth, 240 n.

Geonemus flabellipes, 26.

Geron gibbosus, 268.

Gnat (see also Tachina, Miltogramma), 68.

Golden Apple-beetle, 224.

Gonia atra, 264, 269.

Goshawk, 278.

Grasset (see Bush-Pipit).

Grasshopper (see also Ephippiger), 107 n, 231, 273, 373.

Great Cerceris, 18–39, 65, 75, 78–81, 98, 138, 306–10.

Greenbottle, 258–60, 268.

Green-fly, 230.

Grey Lizard, 220.

Grey Worm, 247, 249, 332–43, 344, 346–7, 350–3, 355–8, 364, 366, 367–75.

Ground-beetle (see also Calathus, Carabus, Chlænius, Nebria, Procrustes, Sphodrus), 2, 52, 55, 100.

H

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

Helophilus trivittatus, 269.

Herring, 14.

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.

I

Inchworm (see Looper).

Infusoria, 345.

J

Jay, 360.

Jules’ Bembex (see Bembex Julii).

Jules’ Cerceris (see Cerceris Julii).

K

Kakerlak, 111–12.

L

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).

M

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).

N

Nebria, 52, 55.

Necrophorus, 343.

Noctua segetum (see Turnip Moth).

O

Onesia viarum, 267, 269.

Ophthalmic Cleonus (see Cleonus ophthalmicus).

Otiorhynchus maleficus, 26.

Otiorhynchus raucus, 26.

Owl, 225–6.

Ox, 14, 113, 258, 360–6.

P

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.

R

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.

S

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.

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.

T

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.

V

Verlot, Bernard, 207–11.

Vespa crabro (see Hornet).

Vespa vulgaris (see Social Wasp).

Virgil, 123, 358.

W

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.

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.

Y

Yellow-winged Sphex, 54, 58–107, 110, 113–16, 135, 148, 149, 156, 157, 191, 193–5.

Z

Zodion notatum, 269.

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