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Index. 



N 



Naphthalin, second greatest 

 discouragement in gas busi- 

 ness, 120 



Naphthalin, how removed from 

 gas-mains, 123 



Nepkila pluinipes, 146 



O 



Okapi, new quadruped discov- 

 ered by Sir Harry Johnston, 

 10 



Old maids, support of British 

 Empire, 189 



Original Hebrew spiders the 

 same as lizards, 136 



Patchouli, its rival odor, 120 



Paris green, 215 



Periplaneta Americana, 108 



Periplaneta Orientals, Eng- 

 lish black beetle, 113 



Phallic symbol, church spire 

 and cross, 89 



Pharaoh of the Exodus, af- 

 flicted beyond deserts, 16 



Phidippu s morsitans, 150 



Philippines, compared with 

 hornets' nest, 156 



P ho I cits, 146 



P/iylloxera, cost of, to France, 

 80 



Pimpla, parasite on moth 

 caterpillar, 157 



Plant lice, hop plant and plum 

 tree their habitat, 79 



Plant lice, life history, 80 



Plant lice, powers of reproduc- 

 tion, 79 



Polistes, kills cabbage worms, 

 161 



Polyergus lucidus, 181 



Polyergus rufescens^ 181 



Proctor Knott saw spider 

 catch mouse, 143 



Propolis, what made of, 196 



Psychology, New, its discov- 



ery that man is descended 

 from fishes, 124 

 Psychology, New, knocks bull 

 off bridge, 126 



Q 



Queen-bee, her functions, 201 

 Quinine, difficulty in introduc- 

 ing due to religious preju- 

 dice; passion for, 50-51 



R 



Rochelle salts, not the same 

 as roach poison, 116 



Salenopsis ftigax, 180 



Sal tic its, 147 



Samson's bees in the lion's 



carcass, 17 

 Science, proceeds outwardly 



from self-observation as cen- 

 ter, 7 



" Scuttle," policy of, 155 

 Silverfish, 180 

 Sip/ion apt era, 75 

 Soap-suds, hexagonal, like 



bees' comb, 199 

 Solomon, his observation of 



the ant, 171 



Spiders, assembly ball of, 150 

 Spiders, breathing apparatus 



of, 136 

 Spiders, mentioned in the 



Bible, 136 



Spiders, mimicry of, 146 

 Spiders not insects, 136 

 Spiders, poison of, 137 

 Spiders' romantic love, 148 

 Spiders, water, 142 

 Spiders' webs, how spun, 140 

 Stenamma westiuoodii, 180 

 Strongylognathus, 183 

 Suicide by drowning, in women, 



proof of piscatorial descent, 



125 



Swimming, as proof of pisca- 

 torial descent, 124 



