LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xvii 



FACING PAGE 



Comb-like antenna of Cockchafer, showing the delicate hairs 



and pits . 157 



The Palm Weevil 157 



Great Hydrophilus Beetle 157 



Goliath Beetle .160 



Sacred Scarab Beetles . . . . . . . .160 



Rhinoceros Beetle 161 



Hercules Beetle . . . . . . . . .161 



Elephant Beetle 161 



Solitary Wasps 176 



Ection and Wood Ants . . . . . . .176 



Ichneumon Flies 176 



Queen, Worker, and Drone Hive Bees . . . . .177 

 Humble Bees and Purple-winged Carpenter Bee . . . 177 

 Group of Diptera ......... 186 



Shield Bugs 186 



Stick Insects .187 



European Mantis 187 



The English Cicada; a very rare British insect . . .190 

 Ranatra . . . . . . . . . . 190 



Chinese and Brazilian " Lantern Flies " . . . .191 



Adult and young Cockroaches 191 



Leaf -like Locusts 194 



Leaf Insects . . . . . . . . . 194 



Mole Cricket 194 



Great Green Grasshopper 194 



Ant-lion and Ascalaphus . . . . . . .195 



May-fly ........ . . . 195 



Larva of Frageria elegans . . . . . . .198 



Clavellina lepadiforme . . . . . . . .198 



Salpa mucronata . . . . . . . . .199 



Tonaria larva of Balanoglossus 199 



Lancelots (amphioxus) resting on the sand under water . .199 

 Embryos of Goby ........ 208 



Ear-stones or otoliths of the Plaice . . 208 



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