LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Harmas Frontispiece 



FACING 

 FACE 



The Empusa 32 



Insects at Rest 40 



The Larva of the Great Capricorn 48 



The Great Capricorn : The Male and the Female 56 



Experiments The Burying-beetles and the Mole .... 84 



Experiments The Burying-beetles and the Mouse .... 88 



Experiments The Burying-beetles and the Suspended Mole . 92 



Experiments The Burying-beetles and the Suspended Mole . 96 



The Bluebottle Laying Her Eggs in the Slit of a Dead Bird's 

 Beak 104 



The Lycosa Lifting Her White Bag of Eggs Towards the Sun, 

 to Assist the Hatching 156 



The Banded Epeira Inscribing Her Flourish, After Finishing 

 Her Web 172 



The Banded Epeira Letting Herself Drop by the End of Her 

 Thread 172 



The Banded Epeira Swathing Her Capture 184 



Osmia-nests in a Bramble Twig 236 



Osmia-nests Inside a Reed 236 



Artificial Hive Invented by the Author to Study the Osmia's 

 Laying 236 



Old Nests Used by the Osmia in Laying Her Eggs . . . . 260 



The Glow-worm 284 



The Cabbage-caterpillar 284 



