NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1923

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Copyright, 1923,
By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, Inc.

First printing, June, 1923
Second printing, November, 1923

PRINTED IN U. S. A.
VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC.
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

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CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE DWELLING]3
II [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: FOOD]30
III [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE POISON]53
IV [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE IMMUNITY OF THE LARVÆ]83
V [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: PRELUDES TO THE WEDDING]111
VI [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE PAIRING]134
VII [THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE FAMILY]153
VIII [THE PENTATOMÆ AND THEIR EGGS]183
IX [THE MASKED BUG]216
X [THE TEREBINTH LOUSE: THE GALLS]242
XI [THE TEREBINTH LOUSE: THE MIGRATION]271
XII [THE DORTHESIA]290
XIII [THE KERMES OF THE OAK]311
[INDEX] 339

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THE LIFE OF THE SCORPION