CONTENTS

CHAPTER I PAGE

[MY WORK AND MY WORKSHOP] 1

CHAPTER II

[THE SACRED BEETLE] 11

CHAPTER III

[THE CICADA] 25

CHAPTER IV

[THE PRAYING MANTIS] 40

CHAPTER V

[THE GLOW-WORM] 54

CHAPTER VI

[A MASON-WASP] 69

CHAPTER VII

[THE PSYCHES] 89 [[viii]]

CHAPTER VIII

[THE SELF-DENIAL OF THE SPANISH COPRIS] 109

CHAPTER IX

[TWO STRANGE GRASSHOPPERS] 121

CHAPTER X

[COMMON WASPS] 138

CHAPTER XI

[THE ADVENTURES OF A GRUB] 157

CHAPTER XII

[THE CRICKET] 175

CHAPTER XIII

[THE SISYPHUS] 198

CHAPTER XIV

[THE CAPRICORN] 209

CHAPTER XV

[LOCUSTS] 227

CHAPTER XVI

[THE ANTHRAX FLY] 249 [[ix]]

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