CONTENTS 



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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ..... 5 



CHAPTER 



I THE PINE PROCESSIONARY : LAY- 

 ING THE EGGS .... 9 



II THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE 



NEST; THE COMMUNITY . . 27 



III THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE 



PROCESSION 56 



IV THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: ME- 



TEOROLOGY 9O 



V THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE 



MOTH Ill 



VI THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE 



STINGING POWER . . . . 128 



VII THE ARBUTUS CATERPILLAR . 150 



VIII AN INSECT VIRUS .... l6l 



IX THE PSYCHES: THE LAYING . 1 86 



X THE PSYCHES: THE CASES . . 217 



XI THE GREAT PEACOCK . . . 246 



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