Horse-hair snakes, New England farmers' idea of the origin of; stories of, 65; flying over the meadows in haying time, 66; two specimens in alcohol, 69; what was found in a bait-box, 71. "Hot-foot," 92. House-fly (_Musca domestica_), his never-ending toilet, 178; a curious tag, 179; live young lobster, strength of his grip, 180; his many enemies; abundant use for all his eyes, 182; September and October danger months; the white nimbus; acute dyspepsia, 183. _Houstonia_, bluets, 208, 209. Hunters, 161. 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. Linnæus, 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 (_Tineidæ_), 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. Nature, check to rapid increase of, 195. _Nelumbo_, water-lily, 45. Nettle (_Celtis_), 154. Nettle-leaf tent-builders, laying the egg, 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; preparing for the transformation, 159; an ever-interesting revelation; 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, 106. _Noctiluca_, marine phosphorescent animalculæ, 21. Noisy wigglers, 76. _Nymphæa_, water-lily, 45. Oak-apple, 43. October rowen-fields, 116. Odor of woods, 131. Oil beetle. See Beetles. Old rose, 73. Orb weavers, 120. Orchard oriole, 172. _Osmoderma scabei_, perfumed beetle, 134. Ovid quoted, 93.