ILLUSTRATIONS 



Opening Buds Linden, Horse- 

 chestnut, and Hickory .... 48 

 The Dogwood Flower, from Bud to 



Bloom 49 



Puss Willows 51 



The Toad and his Bagpipe ... 53 



Toy " Locust" 54 



A Japanese Frog Trio 56 



Azalea May-apple 57 



May Woods 58 



Mandrake May-apple 59 



False May-apple 60 



The "Painted-cup" 6r 



,\ Meadow Glimpse 62 



The Fringed Polygala 63 



Tail-piece 64 



The Ground-nut Ginseng .... 65 



Edge of the Woods 66 



Polyphemus Moth and Cocoons . . 67 



A Bewitched Cocoon 68 



A Spurious Brood from a Cocoon . 69 

 The Ichneumon at Work .... 70 

 The Bombardier Beetle . . . . 74 



Among the Weeds 75 



A Grassy Wood-road 76 



The Devil's Coach-horse .... 78 



The Crusader Beetle 79 



The Asterias Butterfly 80 



Butterfly Hunters 81 



Asterias Caterpillar 83 



Archippus Butterfly and Haunt . . 84 

 The Milk-weed Caterpillar ... 85 



Tail-piece 86 



Poison-sumach 89 



Poison-ivy 91 



White Berries of Poison-sumach . 93 

 Leaf of the Virginia Creeper ... 95 



Awakening Mummies 97 



Dryocampa Moth 98 



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The Gold Beetle .... 

 Wild Bind-weed .... 

 A Country Road .... 



Dog-bane 



Dog-bane Beetle . . . , 

 Hazel Packet-roller at Work 



Hazel Packets 



The River-bank ... 



Scouring-grass 109 



The Stone Skeleton of the Scour- 

 ing-grass no 



Scouring-grass Brush m 



Nasturtiums 112 



Bees at Home 113 



Varieties of Pollen 115 



A Victim of Milk-weed Pollen . .116 



A Grassy Road 117 



Insects from the Sweep-net . . .118 



A Pocket Magnifier 120 



Night-flowering Catchfly . . . .121 



A Midnight Walk 123 



Horse-tail Plant in the Dew . .124 

 Blue-bottles by Day and Night . .125 

 Dew Diamonds of Jewel-weed . .127 



A Summer Meadow 128 



The Yellow-winged Sparrow . . 129 

 Haunt of the Sparrow . . . .130 

 The Meadow Grasshoppei . . . 131 

 Spice-bush with Folded Leaves . 133 

 Caterpillar of the Spice-bush . . 134 

 The Protege of the Evening Prim- 

 rose 135 



Evening Primrose 136 



The Evening Primrose Moth . . 137 

 The Fiddling Beetle (Prionus) . . 138 

 Musical Beetles (Saperda) . . .140 



Zebra Beetle (Clytus) 141 



A Titillator 142 



Caterpillar of Puss Moth .... 144 



