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TRANSLATOR’S NOTEv
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I. [THE SACRED BEETLE] 1
II. [THE SACRED BEETLE: THE PEAR] 18
III. [THE SACRED BEETLE: THE MODELLING] 32
IV. [THE SACRED BEETLE: THE GRUB, THE METAMORPHOSIS, THE HATCHING CHAMBER] 42
V. [THE SPANISH COPRIS] 63
VI. [THE ONTHOPHAGI] 79
VII. [A BARREN PROMISE] 88
VIII. [A DUNG BEETLE OF THE PAMPAS] 99
IX. [THE GEOTRUPES: THE PUBLIC HEALTH] 113
X. [THE MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS] 127
XI. [THE TWO BANDED SCOLIA] 143
XII. [THE RINGED CALICURGUS] 157
XIII. [THE OLD WEEVILS] 171
XIV. [LEAF ROLLERS] 184
XV. [THE HALICTI] 199
XVI. [THE HALICTI: THE PORTRESS] 210
XVII. [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION] 223
XVIII. [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE FAMILY] 243

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