268 INDEX 



Gold-fish, Scales of, 250, 251 

 Gold-Tailed Moth, Scales from wing of, 244 

 Gray Chi Moth, Eggs of the, 151, 152 

 Ground Hornbill, Eggs of parasite of, 140 

 Growing-point of a stem, 64-66 



Hairs of Mammals, 257-264 

 Insects, 245, 246 

 Colour of, 259 

 Human, 259-261 

 Sections of, 261, 262 

 of plants, 36, 37 

 Hippopotamus, Parasite of, 158 

 Hollyhock, Pollen of, 93 

 House-fly, Eggs of, 133-135 



Parasites of, 165, i65 

 Hover-fly, Eggs of, 137 



Curious habits of larvae, 137, 138 

 Tongue of, 241, 242 

 Humble Bee, Hairs of, 246 



Parasite of, 160-162 

 Humming bird, Feather of, 253 

 ■Hyper-{)arasitism, 167 



Ichneumon Fly, depositing eggs in aphides, 203 

 Foot of, 202 

 LarvK of, 200 

 Ovipositor of, 198-202 

 Insects, Aquatic, 207, 208 



Eggs, Artistic engravings on, 154-156 

 number deposited, 135 

 Structure of, 142 

 Parasites of, 158-166 

 powers of increasing numbers, 135, 136 

 Production of living young by, 136 

 Ivy, Structure of stem, 53 



Lacewing-fly, Eggs of, 138 

 Laurel leaf. Structure of, 59-62, 64 

 Leaf, Fall of, 76 



