ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



1. NESTS OF MASON-WASP . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



2. COCOONS OF A SILK-MOTH . . . .10 



3. MIXERS OF SILK AND WOOD-FIBRE . . .11 



4. SILKEN COCOONS ...... 14 



5. SOME SCARABS ...... 15 



6. MINERS ........ 54 



7. NESTS OF A MASON-WASP .... 55 



8. YELLOW-FOOTED MUD-DAUBER AND ITS NEST . 76 



9. MUD-DAUBERS ...... 77 



10. NESTS OF TERMITES OR " WHITE ANTS " . 86 



11. TERMITES OR "WHITE ANTS" ... 87 



12. NESTS OF CARPENTER-BEE .... 98 



13. MINES OF ELM-BORING BEETLES . . .99 



14. BORINGS OF A BEETLE GRUB . . . .118 



15. THE TIMBERMAN . . . . . .119 



1 6. A TIMBER BEETLE TRACK OF A DESTROYER . 122 



17. HORN-TAILED WASPS . . . . .123 



1 8. THE LEAF-CUTTER BEE . . . . .132 



19. A HUGE HONEYCOMB AND ITS MAKER . . 133 





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