[{9}] Like the Solitary Wasps.—Translator’s Note.
[{10}] Such as the Hairy Ammophila, the Cerceris and the Languedocian Sphex, Digger-wasps described in other of the author’s essays.—Translator’s Note.
[{11}] The desnucador, the Argentine slaughterman whose methods of slaying cattle are detailed in the author’s essay entitled, The Theory of Instinct.—Translator’s Note.
[{12}] A family of Grasshoppers.—Translator’s Note.
[{13}] A genus of Beetles.—Translator’s Note.
[{14}] A species of Digger-wasp.—Translator’s Note.
[{15}] The Cicada is the Cigale, an insect akin to the Grasshopper and found more particularly in the South of France.—Translator’s Note.
[{16}] The generic title of the work from which these essays are taken is Entomological Memories, or, Studies relating to the Instinct and Habits of Insects.—Translator’s Note.
[{17}] A species of Grasshopper.—Translator’s Note.
[{18}] An insect akin to the Locusts and Crickets, which, when at rest, adopts an attitude resembling that of prayer. When attacking, it assumes what is known as ‘the spectral attitude.’ Its forelegs form a sort of saw-like or barbed harpoons. Cf. Social Life in the Insect World, by J. H. Fabre, translated by Bernard Miall: chaps. v. to vii.—Translator’s Note.