INDEX 



263 



Sheep-spit, 84, 



Singular mimic fruit, 42. 



Small speckled beetle, 86. 



Smilax, 188. 



Snake expert, 67. 



Snake stories, 65. 



Snake-spit, 84, 85. 



Snapping beetle. .See Beetles. 



" Snowin' 'pider-webs," 113. 



Sphinx cuterpiWar {C/iarocawJ>a pam- 

 penatrix) with his burden, 241, 

 242 ; the mischief-maker (^Micro- 

 gaster, 245. 



Spice-bush, 131, 132. 



Spiders, webs one hundred feet long; 

 autumn best time for observa- 

 tion, 106; precocious baby spiders; 

 building a bridge, 108; moored by 

 guy threads, no ; ballooning, 112; 

 at sea, 113. 



Sponge -ball, commonly known as 

 Bedegnar, 43. 



Sprengel, 166, 202, 206. 



" Spume - bearer " {Aphrophora), 89 ; 

 allied to bugs ; his aerated bath ; 

 graduation from his surroundings, 

 87 ; his color and size ; his alert- 

 ness, 88 ; time of egg laying and 

 hatching ; power of leaping, 8g ; 

 no secret process of making suds; 

 sun's evaporation necessitates con- 

 tinuous additions, 90. 



Squirrel, 153. 



Statue of Liberty, 108. 



Stems assuming the functions of 

 roots, 187. 



Summer meadows, 83. 



Sweetbrier sponge, 40. 



Sweet-pea, 188. 



Tachiiia, a parasitic fly, 200. 



Tendrils, what they are ; a stem or 

 modified root, 187 ; reaching for 

 conquest, 188 ; not a special or 

 primal organ, 189 ; method of con- 

 traction, 191 ; the reverse twist, its 

 function, 192 ; singular botanical 

 prank, 194. 



Tlielaphora carulea, fox-fire, 22. 



Tiger- beetle, wonderful speed and 

 agility of, 2. 



Toad-spit, 84. 



Toadstools, ig, 138 



Trailing cobwebs, 113. 



True locust, the, 232. 



Tulip, blue, 45. 



Tumble - bug, his former eminence, 



53 ; used for ornaments and deco- 

 rative purposes ; hisproud lineage, 



54 ; male and female inseparable ; 

 the two familiar species ; its season, 

 55; curious antics; bug talk, 56; a 

 question of selection, 58 ; indefati- 

 gable workers ; manner of working, 

 59 ; Mrs. Tumble-bug's industry, 

 60 ; singular manner of burying 

 the ball, 61 ; the chrysalis state, 

 62; young Mr. Tumble-bug begins 

 life, 63. 



Twilight moth. See Moths. 



U.NION Square Fountain, 45. 



ViREO, strange materials in the nest 

 of, 147, 164, 171, 172. 



Wasps, as cross-fertilizers, 30 ; man- 

 ner of transferring pollen, 31, 91 ; 

 " Digger," sand hornets, 242, 252. 



Weeds, artistically treated, 27 ; 

 barn-yard weeds no longer com- 

 monplace, 28. 



