CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I THE HARMAS 3 



II THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER . . . 16 



III THE EMPUSA 30 



IV THE CAPRICORN 43 



V THE BURYING-BEETLES : THE BURIAL 59 



VI THE BURYING-BEETLES: EXPERIMENTS 76 



VII THE BLUEBOTTLE 101 



VIII THE PINE-PROCESSION ARY 119 



IX THE SPIDERS 142 



X THE BANDED EPEIRA 169 



XI THE EUMENES 202 



XII THE OSMIyK . 221 



XIII THE GLOW-WORM 268 



XIV THE CABBAGE-CATERPILLAR 289 



INDEX 319 



NOTE. Chapters V and VI have been translated by Mr. Bernard 

 Miall; the remainder by Mr. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. 



