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ANIMAL ACTIVITIES . 
I Have Found Spiders. Are Spiders of Any Use ? 
The Mosquito’s Boat. My Experience in Rearing 
Butterflies. Lightning-bugs. Injurious Insects. Some 
Insect Friends. Aphides as Cows of Ants. Valuable 
Substances Furnished by Insects. The First Paper- 
makers. Do Insects Talk ? Insects I Dislike. 
VOCABULARY. 
A e'ri al (Gr. aer, the air), inhabit¬ 
ing the air. 
A quat'ic (Lat. aqua, water), in¬ 
habiting the water. 
Ceph al o tho'rax (Gr. kephale, 
head, and thorax ), the union of 
head and thorax in one division 
of the body. 
Drone, a male bee. 
Fau'na (Lat. Fauna , the sister of 
Faunus, the god of agriculture), 
the characteristic animals of 
a district. 
Habitat (Lat. habito , to dwell), 
the natural abode of an ani¬ 
mal. 
Ma rine' (Lat. mare , the sea), in¬ 
habiting the salt water. 
Range, the region in which an 
animal naturally lives. 
Spin ner et', one of the projections 
from which the spider’s web 
issues. 
Su ture (Lat. suo , to sew), a seam 
or joint. 
Ter res'tri al (Lat. terra , the earth), 
inhabiting or living on the land. 
