Contents 



PAGE 



translator's note ..... V 



CHAPTER I 



THE BUPRESTIS-HUNTING CERCERIS . . I 



CHAPTER H 



THE GREAT CERCERIS ..... l8 



CHAPTER HI 



A SCIENTIFIC SLAUGHTERER . . . . 40 



CHAPTER IV 



THE YELLOW-WINGED SPHEX .... 58 



CHAPTER V 



THE THREE DAGGER-THRUSTS • • • 75 



CHAPTER VI 



THE LARVA AND THE NYMPH ... 86 



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