INDEX 
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Iclalia. See Butterflies. 
JIBING neighbors, 68. 
Johnny-jumper, 46. 
Jussieu, 202. 
KEATS, JOHN, quoted, 164. 
LACE- WING fly (Chrysopa oculatd): 
Color of eyes and wings, 122 ; 
lasting odor ; ways of the gauzy 
sprite, 123; method of egg-laying ; 
born in a land of plenty, 124 ; a 
voracious appetite; tubular teeth, 
126. 
Lady-bug, larva of, 129. 
" Laphria-fly," 182. 
Lilac-bushes, 75. 
Lindley, 202. 
Linnaeus, 202, 206. 
Locust, 232, 246. 
Lotus clover, 222. 
Lovelorn maiden, 213. 
Lowell, James Russell, 224. 
McCooK, Rev. Dr., quoted, 1 10-118. 
Meadow contrasts, 247. 
Mignonette, 204. 
Monk's-hood blossom, 205. 
Morning gossamer, 112. 
Moths : Polyphemus ( Telea poly- 
pheimis), Attacus prometheus, 
75, 196; Trisignata(6>ttWtf/0//&0ra 
trisignata), 8 1 ; Cecropia, Bull's- 
eye (Saturnia Id), 156; twi- 
light moth; common clothes moth 
(Tineidoe), 170. 
Mullein ( Verbascum thrapsus), 25. 
Mummy-cases, 54. 
Mushrooms, 138 ; color of polypo- 
rus, 139 ; manner of making a 
spore -print, 140-144; colors of 
prints; high relief , 142 ; fixing the 
prints, 143. 
Mutilla ant, 197. 
NASTURTIUM, 205. 
Nature, check to rapid increase of, 
195- 
Nelumbo, water-lily, 45. 
Nettle (Celtis), 154. 
Nettle-leaf tent-builders, laying the 
egg, 155 ; contents of the curled 
leaf, 156; gray and spine-covered, 
156 ; rapid change of home, 157 ; 
another specimen of different 
color, stingless, 158 ; size of full- 
grown specimen ; a surprise ; pre- 
paring for the transformation, 
159; an ever - interesting reve- 
lation; quaint golden ear- 
drops, 1 60 ; an astonishing trick, 
161. 
New England farmers, 65. 
Niagara Suspension-bridge, manner 
of laying, 105 ; identical with that 
of the spider, 106. 
Noctiluca^ marine phosphorescent 
animalculse, 21. 
Noisy wigglers, 76. 
Nymphcca, water-lily, 45. 
OAK-apple, 43. 
October rowen-fields, 116. 
Odor of woods, 131. 
Oil beetle. See Beetles. 
Old rose, 73. 
Orb-weavers, 120. 
Orchard oriole, 172. 
Osmoderma scabei, perfumed beetle, 
134- 
Ovid quoted, 93. 
