[1] For these Cotton-bees and Resin-bees, cf. Bramble-bees and Others, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. ix. and x.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[2] Cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chaps. ix. and x.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[3] ·156 inch.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[4] About 1⁄25 inch.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[5] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chaps. ix. and x.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[6] For both these Beetles and also for the next insect mentioned in the text, Phanæus Milon, cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chap. ix.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

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Chapter xi

THE PEA-WEEVIL: THE EGGS