Translator's Note 



three chapters on the Sacred Beetle, the two 

 treating of the Spanish Copris, the chapter 

 on the Onthophagi and Oniticelli and the first 

 two chapters on the Geotrupes form part of 

 The Life and Love of the Insect, translated 

 by myself for Messrs. Adam and Charles 

 Black and published in America by the Mac- 

 millan Co. Lastly, The Sisyphus: the In- 

 stinct of Paternity occurs in Mr. Fisher Un- 

 win's Social Life 'in the Insect World, trans- 

 lated by Mr. Bernard Miall and published in 

 America by the Century Co. These chap- 

 ters are all included in the Collected Edition 

 by arrangement with the publishers named. 

 It but remains for me (I regret to say, 

 for the last time) to express my thanks to 

 Miss Frances Rodwell, my very capable 

 assistant, who has done so much to assist me 

 in preparing this and most of the previous 

 volumes. 



Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. 

 CHELSEA, lo September, 191 8. 



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