Contents 



PREFACE : THE INSECT S HOMER, BY MAURICE 



MAETERLINCK V 



translator's note XXXV 



CHAPTER I 

 the black-bellied tarantula ... I 



CHAPTER II 

 the banded epeira 42 



CHAPTER III 



THE NARBONNE LYCOSA 70 



CHAPTER IV 



THE NARBONNE LYCOSA! THE BURROW . . QO 



CHAPTER V 



THE NARBONNE LYCOSA : THE FAMILY . . II9 



