INDEX 



Acorn -Weevil, see Elephant - 



Beetle 

 Ameles, see Mantis, the Grey 

 Anacreon, on the Cigale, 9 

 Ant, fable of the Cigale and the, 

 1-16 

 Devours the Cigale, 9 

 Robs the Cigale, 8 

 Arum, Serpent or Putrid, the, 

 attracts and captures in- 

 sects by means of its 

 offensive effluvia, 230-2 



B 



Balaninus, see Elephant -Beetle 



Bean, ancestry of, 258-9 



Bean, see Haricot 



Bean- Weevil, see Weevil 



Bees, victims of Philanthus, see 

 latter 



Bembex, 168, 172 



Bolboceras Gallicus, 217-37 

 Appearance of, 223 

 Habits and diet, 226-30 

 Lodging of, 225 



Bruchus pisi, see Pea- Weevil 



Bruchus lenti, see Lentil- Weevil 



Buprestes, 21 



C 



Cacan, the, 36-9 



Capricornis, 21-2 



Cerceris, 172, 178 



Chrysomela, 151, 172 



Cigale, the, 1-67 



Burrow of the, 17-30 



Deafness of the, 41-3 



Diet, 7 



Eggs of the, 45-67 



Eggs, hatching of, 61-7 



Eggs, method of laying, 



Enemies of the, 47-50 

 Excavation, method of, 23-7 

 Fable of Ant and, 1-16 

 Larva of the, 17-30 

 Larva, habits of, 61-7 

 Mechanism of sound, 31-4 

 Pupa, emergence from, 28 

 Song of the, 2, 6, 31-44 

 Species of, 31-6 



Cigalo e la Fournigo (Provengal 

 poem), 10-16 



Cricket, Field, the, 120-9 

 Eggs of, 120-2 

 Excavations of, 124-5 

 Fertihty of, 123 

 Song of, 126-8 



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