

CONTENTS 



PAGE 



translator's note .... V 



CHAPTER 



I the EUMENES I 



II THE ODYNERI 28 



III THE PELOP.^US 60 



IV THE AGENL^; THE PELOP^US' 



VICTUALS 84 



V ABERRATIONS OF INSTINCT . . I06 



VI THE SWALLOW AND THE SPARROW 1 33 



VII INSTINCT AND DISCERNMENT . 1 55 



VIII THE NEST-BUILDING ODYNERUS . I76 



IX INSECT GEOMETRY 219 



X THE COMMON WASP .... 24O 



XI THE COMMON WASP (continued) 270 



XII THE VOLUCELLA . ... .288 

 INDEX 313 



