CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER VIII 



PACE 



THE SELF-DENIAL OF THE SPANISH COPRIS . . 109 



CHAPTER IX 

 TWO STRANGE GRASSHOPPERS 121 



CR\PTER X 

 COMMON WASPS 138 



CHAPTER XI 

 THE ADVENTURES OF A GRUB 157 



CHAPTER XII 

 THE CRICKET 175 



CHAPTER XIII 

 THE SISYPHUS 198 



CHAPTER XIV 

 THE CAPRICORN 209 



CHAPTER XV 

 LOCUSTS 227 



CHAPTER XVI 



THE ANTHRAX FLY 149 



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