CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE CITY, FIFTEEN DAYS OLD 

 NEST OF TREE WASP, TWO ASPECTS 

 WASP'S HEAD IN FIVE ASPECTS 

 Ql'EEN WASP WITH FOLDED WINGS 

 PART OF TWO WINGS 

 THE POISON-BAG . 



DARTS MAGNIFIED . 

 THE WASP'S BRUSH AND COMB 

 TUCKS IN THE SEGMENTS 



. 158 

 164, 165 

 168-172 



173 



74 



'75 

 . 176 

 . 176 



177 



ABIDING CITIES . 



A WOOD ANTS' NEST, EXTERIOR 

 A WOOD ANTS' NEST, INTERIOR 

 " LET'S GO SLAVE-HUNTING " . 

 A SLAVE-HUNT 



PAYING OFF OLD SCORliS . 



A LONG PULL AND A STRONG PULL 



THE GARDEN ANT . 



HEAD OF GARDEN ANT 



THE ANT'S BRUSH AND COMB . 



. 179 

 180 



. 181 

 . 186 

 . 189 

 190 

 . 191 



'94 



196, 197 



199 



A FROZEN WORLD 204 



THE GREAT POND-SNAIL IN SUMMER .... 212 

 THE GREAT POND-SNAIL IN WINTER .... 213 

 THE CURLED POND-WEED PRODUCING SHOOTS . . 214 

 THE SHOOTS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER FROST 215-217 

 THE WHIRLIGIG BEETLE DANCING AND SLEEPING 221, 223 

 THE FROGBIT IN SUMMFR AND WINTER . . 225, 227 

 ITS BUDS RISING IN SPRING 229 



BRITISH BLOODSUCKERS 232 



THE MOSQUITO'S EGG-RAFT, IN TWO ASPECTS . . 236, 237 



THE EGGS HATCHING AND YOUNG ESCAPING . . . 238 



THE MOSQUITO LARVA STANDING ON HIS HEAD . . 239 



THE LARVA'S BREATHING-TUBE 241 



THE CHRYSALIS BREATHING 242 



THE MOSQUITO EMERGES 244 



AND MAKES A BOAT OF HER OLD SKIN .... 246 



