| THE MANTIS: A DUEL BETWEEN FEMALES; DEVOURING |
| A CRICKET; DEVOURING HER MATE; IN HER ATTITUDE |
| OF PRAYER; IN HER "SPECTRAL" ATTITUDE | [Frontispiece] |
| |
| DURING THE DROUGHTS OF SUMMER THIRSTING INSECTS, |
| AND NOTABLY THE ANT, FLOCK TO THE DRINKING-PLACES |
| OF THE CIGALE | [8] |
| |
| THE CIGALE AND THE EMPTY PUPA-SKIN | [28] |
| |
| THE ADULT CIGALE, FROM BELOW. THE CIGALE OF |
| THE FLOWERING ASH, MALE AND FEMALE | [36] |
| |
| THE CIGALE LAYING HER EGGS. THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER, |
| THE FALSE CIGALE OF THE NORTH, |
| DEVOURING THE TRUE CIGALE, A DWELLER IN |
| THE SOUTH | [48] |
| |
| THE NEST OF THE PRAYING MANTIS; TRANSVERSE SECTION |
| OF THE SAME; NEST OF EMPUSA PAUPERATA; |
| TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE SAME; VERTICAL |
| SECTION OF THE SAME; NEST OF THE GREY MANTIS; |
| SCHEFFER'S SISYPHUS (see Chap. XII.); PELLET OF |
| THE SISYPHUS; PELLET OF THE SISYPHUS, WITH |
| DEJECTA OF THE LARVA FORCED THROUGH THE |
| WALLS | [88] |
| |
| THE MANTIS DEVOURING THE MALE IN THE ACT OF |
| MATING; THE MANTIS COMPLETING HER NEST; |
| GOLDEN SCARABÆI CUTTING UP A LOB-WORM | [90] |
| |
| THE GOLDEN GARDENER: THE MATING SEASON OVER, |
| THE MALES ARE EVISCERATED BY THE FEMALES | [114] |
| |
| THE FIELD-CRICKET: A DUEL BETWEEN RIVALS; THE |
| DEFEATED RIVAL RETIRES, INSULTED BY THE |
| VICTOR | [124] |
| |
| THE ITALIAN CRICKET | [132] |
| |
| THE GREAT PEACOCK OR EMPEROR MOTH | [180] |
| |
| THE GREAT PEACOCK MOTH. THE PILGRIMS DIVERTED |
| BY THE LIGHT OF A LAMP | [196] |
| |
| THE GREY LOCUST; THE NERVATURES OF THE WING; |
| THE BALANINUS FALLEN A VICTIM TO THE LENGTH |
| OF HER PROBOSCIS | [244] |
| |
| THE PINE-CHAFER (MELOLONTHA FULLO) | [318] |
