CONTENTS. Vll 



EVENING NINETEENTH. 



Maternal affection of spiders Water spiders Raft 

 building spiders Trap-door spider South American 

 bird-destroying spider Pet spiders Anecdote of 

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EVENING TWENTIETH. 



Katy.did Musical instruments House-fly Its wings 

 Proboscis Structure of the feet Aphides 

 Variety of color Peculiarity of the eggs White 

 blight Grails Fire-fly Tropical fire.flies Curi- 

 ous account of them Fire-flies mistaken for Spa. 

 niards Used instead of candles Glow worm Lan- 

 tern fly Electric centipede Luminous appearance 

 of the ocean Conclusion, .... 224 



