CONTENTS 



PAGE 



translator's note ..... V 



CHAPTER 



I THE CETONI^ I 



II SAPRINI, DERMESTES AND OTHERS 34 



III THE BEADED TROX . . • • 55 



IV MINOTAURUS TYPHCEUS : THE 



BURROW 72 



V MINOTAURUS TYPHCEUS: FIRST 



TEMPTS AT OBSERVATION . . 98 



VI MINOTAURUS TYPHCEUS: FUR- 

 THER OBSERVATIONS . . • 125 



VII MINOTAURUS TYPHCEUS: MORAL- 

 ITY 152 



VIII THE ERGATES; THE COSSUS . . 172 



IX THE PINE COCKCHAFER . . -194 



X THE VEGETARIAN INSECTS . . 215 



XI THE DWARFS 238 



XII SOME ANOMALIES . . . -255 



