ILLUSTEATIONS 



THE SACRED BEETLE (page 8) ... Frontispiece 



PAUE 



THE CICADA . . . . . .24 



THE PRAYING MANTIS . . . . 3g 



PELOP^US SPIRIFEX . . . . .48 



PSYCHE . . . . . . .64 



THE SPANISH COPRIS AND O VOIDS . . . 80 



THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS , . . .88 



COMMON WASPS (PART OF COVER OF NEST REMOVED TO SHOW 



COMBS) . . . . . . . . 104 



THE FIELD CRICKET . . . . . . 128 



SISYPHUS 186 



ITALIAN LOCUST . .. . . . . 160 



ANTHRAX FEVESTRATA . , . . . 168 



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