Translator's Note 



A part of the chapter entitled The Dung- 

 beetles of the Pampas figures in Messrs. 

 Adam & Charles Black's volume, The Life 

 and Love of the Insect (New York: the 

 Macmillan Co.), translated by myself; and 

 the chapters on the Capricorn and Burying- 

 beetles will be found in Mr. T. Fisher Un- 

 win's volume, The Wonders of Instinct 

 (New York: the Century Co.), translated 

 by myself and Mr. Bernard Miall, which also 

 contains The Glow-worm. These chapters 

 are included in the present edition by consent 

 of and arrangement with the publishers 

 named. 



Lastly, Mr. Bernard Miall has earned my 

 gratitude by the valuable assistance which he 

 has given me in preparing the translation of 

 the greater part of this volume. 



ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS. 

 CHELSEA, 5 September, 1919. 



