CONTENTS

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CHAPTER
I [THE CETONIÆ] 1
II [SAPRINI, DERMESTES AND OTHERS] 34
III [THE BEADED TROX] 55
IV [MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: THE BURROW] 72
V [MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: FIRST ATTEMPTS AT OBSERVATION] 98
VI [MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS] 125
VII [MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: MORALITY] 152
VIII [THE ERGATES; THE COSSUS] 172
IX [THE PINE COCKCHAFER] 194
X [THE VEGETARIAN INSECTS] 215
XI [THE DWARFS] 238
XII [SOME ANOMALIES] [[viii]]255
XIII [THE GOLD BEETLES: THEIR FOOD] 278
XIV [THE GOLD BEETLES: THEIR NUPTIAL HABITS]299
[INDEX] 317

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