INDEX 
Sheep-spit, 84. 
Singular mimic fruit, 42. 
Small speckled beetle, 86. 
Smilax, 188. 
Snake expert, 67. 
Snake stories, 65. 
Snake-spit, 84, 85. 
Snapping beetle. See Beetles. 
" Snpwin' 'pider-webs," 113. 
Sphinx caterpillar (Chccrocatnpa pam- 
penatrix) with his burden, 241, 
242 ; the mischief-maker (Micro- 
gaster, 245. 
Spice-bush, 131, 132. 
Spiders, webs one hundred feet long ; 
autumn best time for observa- 
tion, 106 ; precocious baby spiders ; 
building a bridge, 108; moored by 
guy threads, no ; ballooning, 112; 
at sea, 113. 
Sponge -ball, commonly known as 
Bedegnar, 43. 
Sprengel, 166, 202, 206. 
" Spume - bearer " (Aphrophord), 89 ; 
allied to bugs ; his aerated bath ; 
graduation from his surroundings, 
87 ; his color and size ; his alert- 
ness, 88 ; time of egg-laying and 
hatching ; power of leaping, 89 ; 
no secret process of making suds ; 
sun's evaporation necessitates con- 
tinuous additions, 90. 
Squirrel, 153. 
Statue of Liberty, 108. 
Stems assuming the functions of 
roots, 187. 
Summer meadows, 83. 
Sweetbrier sponge, 40. 
Sweet-pea, 188. 
Tachina, a parasitic fly, 200. 
Tendrils, what they are ; a stem or 
modified root, 187 ; reaching for 
conquest, 188 ; not a special or 
primal organ, 189 ; method of con- 
traction, 191 ; the reverse twist, its 
function, 192 ; singular botanical 
prank, 194. 
Thelaphora ccerulea, fox-fire, 22. 
Tiger -beetle, wonderful speed and 
agility of, 2. 
Toad-spit, 84. 
Toadstools, 19, 138. 
Trailing cobwebs, 113. 
True locust, the, 232. 
Tulip, blue, 45. 
Tumble - bug, his former eminence, 
53 ; used for ornaments and deco- 
rative purposes ; his proud lineage, 
54 ; male and female inseparable ; 
the two familiar species ; its season, 
55; curious antics; bug talk, 56; a 
question of selection, 58 ; indefati- 
gable workers ; manner of working, 
59 ; Mrs. Tumble-bug's industry, 
60 ; singular manner of burying 
the ball, 61 ; the chrysalis state, 
62 ; young Mr. Tumble-bug begins 
life, 63. 
Twilight moth. See Moths. 
UNION Square Fountain, 45. 
VIREO, strange materials in the nest 
of, 147, 164, 171, 172. 
WASPS, as cross-fertilizers, 30 ; man- 
ner of transferring pollen, 31, 91 ; 
" Digger, "sand-hornets, 242, 252. 
Weeds, artistically treated, 27 ; 
barn-yard weeds no longer com- 
monplace, 28. 
