CONTENTS 



PAGE 



author's preface . ,. . ^., . V 

 translator's note xxiii 



CHAPTER 



I the sacred beetle ... I 



n THE SACRED BEETLE IN CAPTIV- 

 ITY 41 



III THE SACRED BEETLE : THE BALL 60 



IV THE^SACRED BEETLE : THE PEAR 80 



V THE SACRED BEETLE: THE MOD- 

 ELLING 105 



VI THE SACRED BEETLE: THE LARVA II 9 



VII THE SACRED BEETLE: 'THE 



NYMPH; THE RELEASE . . 138 



VIII THE BROAD-NECKED SCARAB; 



THE GYMNOPLEURI . . .162 



IX THE SPANISH COPRIS : THE LAY- 

 ING OF THE EGGS . . . 184 



X THE SPANISH COPRIS: THE HAB- 

 ITS OF THE MOTHER . . . 215 



XI ONTHOPHAGI AND ONITICELLI . 248 



