LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Portrait of Author Frontispiece 



Venus's Fly-trap 20 



Round-Leaved Sundew 25 



Protomyxa Feeding 34 



Fresh-Water Hydra 37 



Star-fish Opening an Oyster 45 



Common Earth-worms . 60 



Fiddler-Crabs 72 



Warty Hermit-Crabs 75 



Agalena and Her Funnel-Web 79 



Lepismas at Work 88 



You-ee-up in His Den 91 



Seventeen-year Cicada 97 



New-born Cicada 99 



Dome-like House of Cicada 101 



Blossom of Cucurbita 105 



Nest of Lasius 1 09 



Brachinus Pursued by an Enemy. 112 



Common Tiger Beetle 117 



American Luna Moth 123 



House-builder Moth 1 29 



Pseudargiolus Butterfly 1 34 



Violacea Butterfly 138 



Neglecta Butterfly 142 



Mourning-Cloak Butterfly 146 



Leaf-Cutter Bee at Work 1 50 



Battle Between Ants 1 54 



Nest of Common Sun-fish 1 59 



Black-nosed Dace 163 



Common American Eel 172 



Rana Clamata, or Green Frog 177 



Common American Toad 181 



Northern Rattlesnake 189 



Mother Black Snake 192 



