CONTENTS 



PAGE 



translator's note . . . . vii 



CHAPTER 



^I THE FABLE OF THE CICADA AND 



THE ANT .... I 



H THE CICADA: LEAVING THE 



BURROW .... 25 



III THE CICADA : THE TRANSFORMA- 



TION 42 



IV THE CICADA: HIS MUSIC . . 58 



V THE CICADA: THE LAYING AND 



THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS 82 



VI THE MANTIS : HER HUNTING . II3 



VII THE MANTIS : HER LOVE-MAKING 137 



VIII THE MANTIS : HER NEST . .147 



IX THE MANTIS : HER HATCHING . I70 



X THE EMPUSA . . . . I9I 



-^XI THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS : 



HIS HABITS . . . .211 



V 



