LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (PART II) xv 



FIGURE PAGE 



172. A Tadpole showing hind and fore limb ..... 43 



173. A Horse-chestnut bud opening and showing a bunch of young flowers . 43 

 174-5. A Pill Wood-louse rolled up and crawling ..... 44 



176. A Centipede ......... 47 



177. A Millipede ......... 48 



178. A Lily bud ......... 54 



179. Silkworm Eggs ........ 55 



180. "May" 58 



181. A dried Fritillaria plant ....... 61 



182. A dried branch of Alder ....... 61 



183. A Lily bud swelling ........ 62 



184. A Drone Bee ......... 64 



185. An Observatory Hive ........ 65 



186. A Nucleus Hive ...... .67 



187-8. The egg and larva of the Honey Bee ...... 68 



189. The pupa of a Drone in its cell ...... 69 



190. A Humble Bee visiting Snap-dragon ...... 70 



191. A Lily bud about to open ....... 72 



192. A Silkworm Caterpillar ....... 73 



193. The Blind Wood-louse that lives in Ants' nests .... 75 



194. A gallery in an Ants' nest with their "Cows " .... 77 



195. An Ant's cow, underside . . . . . . .77 



196-7. A Lily bud opening and the flower ...... 79 



198. A Privet-hawk Caterpillar ....... 80 



199. A Lobster Caterpillar ........ 82 



200. A Hover-fly ......... 83 



201. The egg of the Hover-fly, enlarged ...... 83 



202. The larva of the Hover-fly, preying on aphides .... 84 



203. A white Butterfly . . . . . . . .85 



204. The Common Snail . . . . . . . .88 



205. The underside of a Snail ....... 89 



206. The great grey Slug ........ 91 



207. A Worm-eating Slug . ...... 92 



208. The egg of a Worm-eating Slug . . . . . .92 



209. A newly hatched Worm-eating Slug ...... 93 



210. The egg of a Worm-eating Slug broken open to show the young one inside 93 



211. A Spine of Hawthorn . . . . . . . .96 



212. Spines of False Acacia ........ 97 



213. The Prickles of Wild Rose ... . .97 



214. A Gorse shoot . 98 



