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laphria, 182 ; ichneumon, 196 ; 
parasitic, 200 ; harvest, 87, 246. 
Floundering beetle, color of, i ; 
funny characteristics of; leaking 
habits, 2; playing possum, 3; feats 
of; diminutive size when young ; 
golden-yellow case, 4 ; number of 
joints, 5 ; a snug resting-place ; 
first outing, 6 ; in the bee hotel ; 
transformation, 8 ; in the mummy- 
case ; change of diet, 10. 
Fly-fungus, 184. 
Flying-machine, toy, 117. 
Fox-fire, a column of phosphores- 
cence, of greenish, ghostly hue, 12; 
prosaic fence-post ; effect of a reflec- 
tion of lantern in water, 13 ; feeding 
on darkness, 14, short life of, 15 ; 
village spook ; haunted mill, 16; a 
night terror, 18 ; six square feet 
of brilliancy, 19 ; yeast as a pos- 
sible cause ; dead fish ; curious ef- 
fect from decaying potatoes, 20 ; 
phosphorus not always present ; 
burnt oyster-shells in combina- 
tion with certain acids ; the sup- 
posed secret of, 22 ; decoy for 
deer; the largest on record, 23. 
Frog-hoppers, 89. 
Frog-spit, 84, 89. 
GALL-FLY ( Cynips senrinator, Cynips 
rosce), 40 ; a cousin to the wasps ; 
magician in chemistry, 41. 
Genista, 223. 
Geometrical web-makers, 120. 
Ghost-fire, 15. 
Gold-banded flower-fly, larva of, 129. 
Gossamer showers, 113. 
Gramatophora trisignata, ''Professor 
Wiggler,"8i, 82. 
Grape-vine, 186-194. 
Grasshoppers, 71, 195 ; "Quakers;" 
camp-meeting ground, 197 ; a para- 
lyzed specimen ; unnatural move- 
ments, 198 ; a transparent body, 
199 ; a swarm of flies, 200 ; 246. 
Green roses, 187. 
Grew, Nehemias, 205. 
HANG-BIRD. 172. 
Harris, " Insects Injurious to Vegeta- 
tion," quoted, 89, 134, 233, 237. 
Harvest-fly, 87, 246. 
Hawthorne's fox-fire, 19, 23. 
" History of Selborne," 114. 
Hollyhock, 45. 
Honey-dew, 126. 
Honey-sippers, 221. 
Hornet, 87, 92 ; as mad as, 93 ; 
always on the rampage, 94, 100, 
102. 
Horse -hair snakes, New England 
farmers' idea of the origin of ; 
stories of, 65 ; flying over the 
meadows in haying time, 66 ; two 
specimens in alcohol, 69 ; what 
was found in a bait-box, 71. 
" Hot-foot, "92. 
House - fly ( Musca domestica ), his 
never-ending toilet, 178 ; a curious 
tag, 179; live young lobster, 
strength of his grip, 180 ; his 
many enemies ; abundant use for 
all his eyes, 182 ; September and 
October danger months ; the white 
nimbus ; acute dyspepsia, 183. 
Houstonia, bluets, 208, 209. 
Hunters, 161. 
Hyacinth, 45. 
ICHNEUMON flies, 196. 
