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FACE 



TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . . . . , vii 



I THE BUPRESTIS-HUNTING CER- 



CERIS I 



II THE GREAT CERCERIS . . .19 



"III A SCIENTIFIC SLAUGHTERER . . 42 



* IV THE YELLOW-WINGED SPHEX . 6 1 



V THE THREE DAGGER-THRUSTS . 80 



5 VI THE LARVA AND THE NYMPH . 92 



VII ADVANCED THEORIES . . .115 



VIII THE LANGUEDOCIAN SPHEX . .139 



IX THE WISDOM OF INSTINCT . . l6l 



X THE IGNORANCE OF INSTINCT . 1 88 



XI AN ASCENT OF MONT VENTOUX 2 I 2 



XII THE TRAVELLERS 233 



XIII THE AMMOPHIL^E . . . .250 



XIV THE BEMBEX 272 



XV THE FLY-HUNT 294 



XVI A PARASITE OF THE BEMBEX. 



THE COCOON 308 



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