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INDEX 



laphria, 182 ; ichneumon, 196 ; 

 parasitic, 200 ; harvest, 87, 246. 



Floundering beetle, color of, i ; 

 funny characteristics of; leaking 

 habits, 2 ; playing possum, 3 ; feats 

 of; diminutive size when young ; 

 golden-yelfow case, 4 ; number of 

 joints, 5 ; a snug resting-place ; 

 first outing, 6 ; in the bee hotel ; 

 transformation, 8 ; in the mummy- 

 case ; change of diet, 10. 



Fly-fungus, 184. 



Flying-machine, toy, 117. 



Fox-fire, a column of phosphores- 

 cence, of greenish, ghostly hue, 12 ; 

 prosaic fence-post ; effect of a reflec- 

 tion of lantern in water, 13; feeding 

 on darkness, 14, short life of, 15 ; 

 village spook; haunted mill, 16; a 

 night terror, 18 ; six square feet 

 of brilliancy, 19 ; yeast as a pos- 

 sible cause ; dead fish ; curious ef- 

 fect from decaying potatoes, 20 ; 

 phosphorus not always present ; 

 burnt oyster-shells in combina- 

 tion with certain acids ; the sup- 

 posed secret of, 22 ; decoy for 

 deer ; the largest on record, 23. 



Frog-hoppers, 89. 



Frog-spit, 84, 89. 



GALL-FLY ( Cynips seminator, Cynips 

 roscz), 40 ; a cousin to the wasps ; 

 magician in chemistry, 41. 



Genista, 223. 



Geometrical web-makers, 120. 



Ghost-fire, 15. 



Gold-banded flower- fly, larva of, 129. 



Gossamer showers, 113. 



Gramatophora trisignata, ''Professor 

 Wiggler," 8 1, 82. 



Grape-vine, 186-194. 



Grasshoppers, 71, 195 ; "Quakers;" 

 camp-meeting ground, 197 ; a para- 

 lyzed specimen ; unnatural move- 

 ments, 198 ; a transparent body, 

 199 ; a swarm of flies, 200 ; 246. 



Green roses, 187. 



Grew, Nehemias, 205. 



HANG-BIRD, 172. 



Harris, " Insects Injurious to Vegeta- 

 tion," quoted, 89, 134, 233, 237. 



Harvest-fly, 87, 246. 



Hawthorne's fox-fire, 19, 23. 



" History of Selborne," 114. 



Hollyhock, 45. 



Honey-dew, 126. 



Honey-sippers, 221. 



Hornet, 87, 92 ; as mad as, 93 ; 

 always on the rampage, 94, 100, 

 102. 



Horse -hair snakes, New England 

 farmers' idea of the origin of ; 

 stories of, 65 ; flying over the 

 meadows in haying time, 66 ; two 

 specimens in alcohol, 69 ; what 

 was found in a bait-box, 71. 



" Hot-foot," 92. 



House - fly ( Musca domestica ), his 

 never-ending toilet, 178 ; a curious 

 tag, 179; live young lobster, 

 strength of his grip, 180 ; his 

 many enemies ; abundant use for 

 all his eyes, 182 ; September and 

 October danger months ; the white 

 nimbus ; acute dyspepsia, 183. 



Houstonia, bluets, 208, 209. 



Hunters, 161. 



Hyacinth, 45. 



ICHNEUMON flies, 196. 



