Part 22

Hyacinth, 45.

Ichneumon flies, 196.

Idalia. See Butterflies.

Jibing neighbors, 68.

Johnny-jumper, 46.

Jussieu, 202.

Keats, John, quoted, 164.

Lace-wing fly (Chrysopa oculata):--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 polyphemus), Attacus prometheus, 75, 196; Trisignata (Gramatophora trisignata), 81; Cecropia, Bull's-eye (Saturnia io), 156; twilight moth; common clothes moth (Tineidae), 170.

Mullein (Verbascum thrapsus), 25.

Mummy-cases, 54.

Mushrooms, 138; color of polyporus, 139; manner of making a spore-print, 140-144; colors of prints; high relief, 142; fixing the prints, 143.

Mutilla ant, 197.

Nasturtium, 205.