266 BENJ. PIKE'S, JR., DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Spiders' heads, legs, claws, eggs, webs, and the insects that 



infest them. 



Silkworms, webs, and all parts of their body, curious. 

 Stings of insects, very interesting objects. 

 Spiral proboscis of the butterfly, ditto. 

 Strawberries, outward skin of, very interesting objects. 

 Skin of the human body, very thin slices of, ditto. 

 Silk, small pieces of. Steel filings, ditto. 

 Silver, native. 

 Skin of a melon. 



Thorns from sweet briar, or rose bushes. 

 Thistles, the down and seeds of small ones. 

 Trees, bark of, and rind of young branches. 

 Trasparent stones, pebbles, agates, <fec. 



Vinegar, stale, animalcula to be seen in. 

 Veined woods, fine shavings of, very curious. 



Wings of all small insects, very pretty and proper. 



Water stagnant, abounds with animalcula. 



White poppy seeds, whole or divided. 



Wheat, tuft on the embryo grain, beautiful. 



Worm-wood, cut transversely, ditto. 



Wasps, every part of, truly interesting. 



Wood lice, legs of, &c. Worms of all kinds. 



Water insects, very interesting objects. 



Webs of spiders, silkworms, &c. 



Wood, very thin shavings of. 



Walnut, root of. 



