_Meloe proscarabaeus_, 87 Meloid (_see also_ Blister-beetle, Cantharides, Cerocoma, Mylabris, Zonitis), 135, 141, 144-146, 149, 154, 157-158, 160-163, 165-166, 174, 179, 183 Melosoma (_Omocrates abbreviatus_), 387 Miall, Bernard, viii Midge, 420, 422-424, 430 Mimic Geotrupes, 273, 291 Mite, 103 Mole, 252, 294-297, 301, 304-310, 313, 319, 328-332, 335-337, 341, 345-346 Mosquito, 447 Mouse (_see also_ Field-mouse, Shrew-mouse), 298, 306, 314, 319-326, 333-334, 338-343 Mylabris (_see also_ Four-spotted Mylabris, Twelve-spotted Mylabris), 160, 171, 173, 176 N Narbonne Lycosa (_see_ Black-bellied Tarantula), 267 Necrophorus (_see_ Burying-beetle, _N. vestigator_), 251, 296-299, 301, 303-308, 310-311, 313-317, 319, 321, 324-329, 331-332, 335, 337-338, 341-343, 345-347 _Necrophorus vestigator_, 301 Newport, George, 56, 85-87, 89, 91-92, 105-106, 108, 130, 133 Nightingale, 469 Nine-spotted Buprestis, 213, 387 O Odynerus, 28 Oil-beetle, 56, 84-93, 101, 105-106, 109, 130, 132-135, 144, 146, 148, 151, 154-155, 173-174, 176-177, 182-183, 203 Onitis (_see also_ the varieties below), 242, 245, 264, 289 _Onitis bison_ (_see_ Bison Onitis), 245, 262 _Onitis Olivieri_ (Olivier's Onitis), 250 Onthophagus (_see also_ Oval Onthophagus), 252, 261, 273, 289 _Onthophagus ovatus_ (_see_ Oval Onthophagus), 252 Oryctes, _O. nasicornis_ (_see_ Rhinoceros Beetle), 266, 355 Osmia (_see also_ the varieties below), 32-34, 36-37, 56, 65, 108, 136, 138, 179, 186, 316 _Osmia Latreillii_ (_see_ Latreille's Osmia), 136 _Osmia tricornis_ (_see_ Three-horned Osmia), 31, 64, 136 _Osmia tridentata_ (_see_ Three-pronged Osmia), 136 Oval Onthophagus, 263 Ovid, 470 Owl (_see also_ Virginian Owl), 251 Ox, 240, 268-269, 355 P Peacock, 293 Peacock Moth (_see_ Great Peacock Moth), 356 _Pediculus apis_ (_see_ Bee-louse), 85 Pelopaeus, 203, 266 Pepsis, 267 Phanaeus (_see_ the varieties below), 240, 258, 290, 292 _Phanaeus festivus_, 264 _Phanaeus Milon_, 249, 252, 254-256, 264-265 _Phanaeus splendidulus_ (Splendid Phanaeus), 239, 265, 268, 273, 289 Pigeon (_see also_ Wood-pigeon), 396 Pimelia (_P. bipunctata_), 363-364, 369, 376-377, 387 Pine-chafer, 355, 357, 368 Pompilus (_see_ Ringed Calicurgus), 267, 304 Praying Mantis, 155, 162, 236 _Procrustes coriaceus_, 353-354, 357 _Ptosima novemmaculata_ (_see_ Nine-spotted Buprestis), 213, 387 Purple Carabus, 353 R Rabbit, 252, 341 Rat (Brown Rat, _see_ Sewer-rat), 312-313 Reaumur, Rene Antoine Ferchault de, 283, 320, 413, 416 Resin-bee (_see Anthidium bellicosum_), 180 Rhinoceros Beetle, 355-357 Rhynchites, 411 Ringed Calicurgus, 267 Rose-chafer (_see_ Cetonia, Golden Cetonia), 368 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 235 Rove-beetle (_see_ Staphylinus), 295 S Sacred Beetle, 237, 241-242, 250-251, 258, 260, 262, 266, 269, 271, 288, 290-291, 325, 347, 376-377 Saperda (_see_ the varieties below), 212 _Saperda carcharias_ (_see_ Shagreen Saperda), 211 Saperda of the Poplar, 211