xiv CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Stars of the Sea 6a 



Builders in the I leean 66 



Corals, and How they are Studied Ills. Elizabeth 0. Agassi*. 70 



The Coral Grove Pcrcival 76 



Crabs and their Ways Uev. Samuel Lockwood. 78 



Fiddlers upon the Shore . . . .Rev. Samuel Lockwood. 81 



Sea-Hermits and their Homes Rev. Samuel Lockwood. 83 



PART IV. 



HIGHER LIFE IN WATERS. 



The Devil-Fish and his Kin 86 



Shooting and Angling Fishes Francis Francis. 91 



Hunting-Fishes Francis Francis. 94 



Fishes Armed with Lightning 97 



PART V. 



PIGMY WORKERS AND BUILDERS. 



Ants : their Homes and Habits 101 



The Aphides and their Keepers Rev. J. 0. Wood. 10o 



Spinners of the Mulberry-Trees 109 



Honey-Gatherers 113 



The Humblebee Emerson. 119 



PART VI. 



QUEER LITTLE FOLKS. 



The Pit-Digger and its Victims 7'. W. Higginson, 122 



How Mosquitoes Manage Reaumur. 123 



Plant-Eating and Omnivorous Ants 128 



Carnivorous and Agricultural Ants 132 



The Praying Mantis Science Monthly. 1 37 



The Katydid Holmes. 140 



PART VII. 



CURIOUS DWELLERS OF SWAMR AND FOREST. 



The Monarch of the Swamp 142 



Capture of a Cayman Charles Waiertou. 148 



