INDEX 



261 



Idalia. See Butterflies. 



Jibing neighbors, 68 

 Johnny-jumper, 46. 

 Jussieu, 202. 



Keats, John, quoted, 164. 



Lace- WING fiy (Chrysopa ocidata) : — 

 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- 

 phemus), Attacus prometheiis, 

 75,196; 'Yn%\%n&t3.{Gramatophora 

 trisignata), 81 ; Cecropia, Bull's- 

 eye {Salurnia lo), 156; twi- 

 light moth ; common clothes moth 

 (^Tineicice)^ 1 70. 



Mullein ( Verhascum thrapsus), 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 

 6gg. 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, 160 ; an astonishing trick, 

 161. 



New England farmers, 65. 



Niagara Suspension-bridge, manner 

 of laying, 105 ; identical with that 

 of the spider, ro6. 



Noctiluca, marine phosphorescent 

 animalculse, 21. 



Noisy wigglers, 76. 



Mymphisa, water-lily, 45. 



OAK-apple, 43. 

 October rowen-fields, 1 16, 

 Odor of woods, 131. 

 Oil beetle. See Beetles. 

 Old rose, 73. 

 Orb- weavers, 120. 

 .Orchard oriole, 172. 

 Osmodemia scabei, perfumed beetle, 



134. 

 Ovid quoted, 93. 



