LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Sacred Beetle Frontispiece 



Dung Beetles gathering Provender . Facing page 6 



Geotrupes stercorarius fighting for the 



Pellet ,, „ 12 



Cerceris bupresticida and its Prey ; 



BUPRESTICIS MICANS AND BUPRESTIS 



flavomaculata ,, „ 46 



Cerceris tuberculata dragging Weevil 



to its Burrow ,, n 54 



Cerceris ferreri and its Prey, the Weevil; 

 Rhynchites betul^ on Birch Leaves, 

 showing two leaves rolled up by 

 the Weevil ... . . • „ ,, 58 



Sphex flavipennis about to seize Grass- 

 hopper „ „ 120 



Sphex occitanica taking a Sun Bath . ,, „ 136 



The Sphex of Languedoc dragging to its 



Burrow an Ephippiger of the Vine „ ,, 156 



The Sphex of Languedoc and its enemy, 



the Praying Mantis . . . . ,, „ 166 



