INDEX 



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Idalia. See Butterflies. 



JIBING neighbors, 68 

 Johnny-jumper, 46. 

 Jussieu, 202. 



KEATS, JOHN, quoted, 164. 



LACE-WING fly (Chrysopa oculatd): 

 Color of eyes and wings, 122 ; 

 lasting odor ; ways of the gauzy 

 sprite, 123; method of egg-laying ; 

 born in a land of plenty, 124 ; a 

 voracious appetite ; tubular teeth, 

 126. 



Lady-bug, larva of, 129. 



"Laphria-fly," 182. 



Lilac-bushes, 75. 



Lindley, 202. 



Linnaeus, 202, 206. 



Locust, 232, 246. 



Lotus clover, 222. 



Lovelorn maiden, 213. 



Lowell, James Russell, 224. 



McCooK, Rev. Dr., quoted, 110-118. 



Meadow contrasts, 247. 



Mignonette, 204. 



Monk's-hood blossom, 205. 



Morning gossamer, 112. 



Moths : Polyphemus ( Telea poly- 

 phetmis), Attacus prometheiis, 

 75,196; Trisignata ( Gra matophora 

 trisignata), 8 1 ; Cecropia, Bull's- 

 eye (Saturnia Id), 156; twi- 

 light moth; common clothes moth 

 (Tineida?), 170. 



Mullein ( Verbascum tkrapstis), 25. 



Mummy -cases, 54. 



Mushrooms, 138 ; color of polypo- 

 rus, 139 ; manner of making a 



spore -print, 140-144 ; colors of 

 prints; high relief , 142 ; fixing the 

 prints, 143. 

 Mutilla ant, 197. 



NASTURTIUM, 205. 



Nature, check to rapid increase of, 



195- 



Nelumbo, water-lily, 45. 



Nettle (Celtis), 154. 



Nettle-leaf tent -builders, laying the 

 egg, 155 ; contents of the curled 

 leaf, 156; gray and spine-covered, 

 156 ; rapid change of home, 157 ; 

 another specimen of different 

 color, stingless, 158 ; size of full- 

 grown specimen ; a surprise ; pre- 

 paring for the transformation, 

 159; an ever - interesting reve- 

 lation; quaint golden ear- 

 drops, 1 60 ; an astonishing trick, 

 161. 



New England farmers, 65. 



Niagara Suspension-bridge, manner 

 of laying, 105 ; identical with that 

 of the spider, 106. 



Noctiluca, marine phosphorescent 

 animalculse, 21. 



Noisy wigglers, 76. 



NymphcEa, water-lily, 45. 



OAK-apple, 43. 



October rowen-fields, 116. 



Odor of woods, 131. 



Oil beetle. See Beetles. 



Old rose, 73. 



Orb- weavers, 120. 



Orchard oriole, 172. 



Osmoderma scabei, perfumed beetle, 



134- 

 Ovid quoted, 93. 



