INDEX, 



Page 



Beetle, the female stag - - ifa*,^ - *19o 



. the tumble-dung, or pill chafer - - *190 



i>7- . . .. , . . . various operations of *191 



\l.-: . the violet- - ^ &*.-), - - *195 



Blindworra, the, description of >,\ ^ ,fi J. 99 



Boa, the, bodies of stags found in the gullet of ia i- ' - . 98 



capable of crushing a man to death - 94 



fc'i . description and enormous size of - - - 93 



encounter between, and a buffalo '.?'*'#) u^t. 9T 



, . its, bite destitute of venom >;ii L. - - . 99 



manner in which one was skinned by a negro - . 96 



Bomare's account of a tame French snake - * - 92 



Bombardier, the, description of -'. :>;* >>-' - *195 



t , . its defence against enemies * 'jV- ib- 



Boverich, Mr. his curious exhibitions of a flea - - 151 



Boyle, Hon. Mr. "Robert, on the tarantula - 139 



Boyuna of Ceylon, the, description of 100 



Brickell, Dr. his account of a battle between a rattlesnake 



and a dog - - - 89 



Brown, Sir Thomas, on the tarantula - - - 138 



Bug, the common, description of - - - - 161 



','jj| *. ._, . . directions for destroying - - 163 



.. . ; .. . . fecundity of - - 162 



. supposed first to have been brought to 



London in fir timber - - - 161 



; . the harvest, description of - - - 168 



. . the paradoxical - - * * 163 



Butterfly, the, description of - - 298 



. ._ the large garden white - 301 



* .. the marsh frittillary - 302 



the nettle tortoise-shell - * - - 303 



Cameleon, the, description of * 30 



. . its manners when assuming a change of colour 36 



singular property of its changing its colour - 39 



'.$ . . various opinions of writers on - 32, S3, 34, 35 



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