TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FULL-PAGE PLATES. 



The ^^etamorphoses of the Stag Beetle - . . . . Frontispiece. 



The Metamorphoses of /"(i-////!) wrt("/ia^« - . . . . To face Page 78 



The Metamoiphoses of Vanessa lo - - - - - - ,, ,,82 



The IVretamorphoses of the Marbled White (^r^'^^(z/rt/'/^£a) - - ,, ,,84 



The Metamorphoses of A'i'/rt rt'/Z/i'rw/.f ------ ,, ,,96 



The Metamorphoses of Zj/^7?«(j!/7;/»t'«(///Az', the " Six Spot Burnet" ,, ,, 98 



The Metamorphoses of the ^///«x «///it7;'/5/(S .... ^^ ,, lOo 



The Metamorphoses of ^//rf«« /««« . - - . - - ,, ,,112 

 The Metamorphoses of the Bonibyx processioiiea and of Calosoma 



sycophaiita ......... ^^ ,,114 



The Metamorphoses of /'j'y(/^<?^/'aw/;/t'//rt . - - - - ,, ,,120 



The Metamorphoses of the Goat Moth ((7t?i-j-/« /;|o-«/^^(/rt) . . ,, ,, 122 



Tlie Moths and Caterpillars of CuciiUia verbasci . - - - ,, >> 130 



(joWs oi Cynips tenninalis - - - - - - - - ,, ,,180 



ChrysididcB -.---....-- ,, ,, 194 



'Y\\t.'^t.'i^. oi Formica rufa -.-.-.-- ,, ,, 200 



The Metamorphoses of ^•t;//(Z /?(?z'//;-<7«j - - - - - ,, ,,218 



Vespa sylvestris and Nest - - - - - - - - ,, ,, 234 



Pohstes gallica and Nests - - - - - - - - ,, ,, 236 



Polybia palmarum and Nests - - - - - - - ,, ,, 238 



Tatua niorio oxKk'iiQSt - - - - - - - - ,, ,, 240 



Leaf-cutting Bees and Nests - - ,, ,, 248 



A nf^ocopa papaveris and Nests - - - - - - - ,, ,, 250 



The Metamorphoses of ^w/Zzij/z^t^nz /c7'j't';/rtAi .... >, ,, 252 



Bombiis muscorum - - - - - - . - - ,, ,, 254 



The Iciest of Afe/ipona scutei/aris • - - - - - ,, ,, 260 



The Metamorphoses of the Cockchafer (i1/c'/(7/i3«^/ia z'«/o-(?;7j) . „ ,, 274 



The Metamorphoses of Z?>'//j'r«j' Wfir^'/w^z/w . - - - ,, ,, 298 



The ^leta.morphosis of Aca/i//iop/iorus serraticornis - - - ,, ,, 324 



The Eggs and immature and Adult forms of /*//////«/« j-/ct//(>//«w - ,, „ 338 



The Metamorphoses of the Great Green Grasshopper ... ,, >> 340 



The Metamorphoses of the Mole Cricket (6';7/^/(?^« z/^/jrtr/j-) - ,, ,, 342 



Tiie Metamorphoses of Locusts {^'f«m'a'/«w /tfr^^/7««/;i) - - - ,, ,, 344 



The Metamorphoses of the May Flies ,, ,, 354 



The Metamorphoses of the Dragon Fly (^V/i;«« ;wa<r«/a/w//;w) - ,, ,, 356 



The Metamorplioses of Cicada fraxini - - - - - - „ ,, 366 



The Garden Spider (Epeira diadema) ...... ^^ ^^ 427 



Mygale fodiens and its Nest ,, ,, 428 



Carcinus mcsnas - - - - - . - . . . ^^ ^^ 456 



The Spiny Lobster (/*(2/«««;'Wj' z/w/^arw) ,, ,, 462 



Lobster F'ishery on the Coast of Normandy >> ,, 464 



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