LIST OF DESIGNS vii 



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Draped in the Glittering Meshes 116 



Spider-egg Cocoon 120 



Initial. The Lace-wing Fly 122 



The Wolf in the Fold 123 



A Tempting Aphis Brood 127 



Where the Aphides Swarm 128 



Initial. A Woodland Path ijo 



The Perfumed Beetles ijj 



Initial. A Spore-print ij6 



Spore Surface of a Polyporus IJQ 



Spore Surface of a Polygaric IJQ 



Method of Making Spore-prints 141 



Spore-print of a Boletus 143 



Initial. A Nocturnal Bird 145 



From a Correspondent 147 



The Contents of the Cocoon 149 



Where the Cocoon Came From . . 150 



" The Owl on Muffled Wing " 152 



Initial. Nettles 154 



Leaf-tents of the "Comma" Caterpillar 757 



A Design for a Jeweller 160 



Initial. The Evening Primrose 163 



Two Kinds of Buds ." 166 



The Evening Primrose 7^7 



" The Worm i' the Bud" 168 



The Chrysalis and its Moth i6g 



The Substitute for the Bud 770 



Initial. Dandelions 777 



The Nest-builder I75 



Initial. A Fly Model 178 



An Interrupted Toilet ijg 



An Episode of Fly-time 181 



A Victim of Fly Fungus 184 



Initial. Sweet-fieas 185 



