ACRID buttercup reaves, 10. 
Agaric, 142, 144. 
Alders, leaf-rolling beetles of, 233. 
Amanita muscarius, 142 ; print 
from, 143. 
American velvet plant, 25. 
Andrena bee, 222. 
Andromeda-bell, its welcome to the 
bee, 221, 222. 
Aniline bath, 47. 
Aphides, 125, 126 ; pest of the rose- 
garden; plants and trees, 1 26; suck- 
ing the sap, 127 ; disappearance of 
a swarm, 128 ; all females; end of 
season males appear ; wonderful 
multiplication of, 233, 236. 
Aphis lion (Hemorobida), 128, 129. 
Aphrophora, " spume-bearer,** 89. 
Apple-trees bearing pumpkins and 
squashes, 192. 
Aquilegia canadensis, columbine, 
46. 
Arachne, 106. 
Archippus. See Butterflies. 
Argiope riparia, ballooning or flying 
spiders, 120. 
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Artists as interpreters of the beauty 
of the commonplace, 26. 
Asters, no. 
Attacus prometheus, 75. 
Aurelias, 161. 
BALLOON, the true, 118. 
Ballooning spiders '{Argiope riparia], 
annual picnic of, 114 ; shooting of 
webs, 115 ; sailing out of sight ; 
sending out broad bands from 
their spinnerets, 117; skilful 
handling, 118 ; making the bal- 
loon ; the ascension ; manner of 
alighting, 119. 
Baltimore oriole, 172. 
Banquet of beetles, 134. 
Barberry blossoms, shrinking hearts ; 
strange manners, 224 ; an unsus- 
pecting agent, 227. 
Bedegnar, sponge-gall, 43. 
Bees : bumble, 6, 91 ; honey, 
7; yellow - jacket, 91 ; Andrena, 
222. 
Beetles: floundering, i; tiger (Ci- 
cindelid<z},Q\\,2; snapping (Elater), 
