CONTENTS 



PAGE 



author's preface . . ... I., . V 

 translator's note xxiii 



CHAPTER 



I THE SACRED BEETLE ... I 



II THE SACRED BEETLE IN CAPTIV- 

 ITY 41 



III THE SACRED BEETLE : THE BALL 60 



IV THE SACRED BEETLE: THE PEAR 80 



V THE SACRED BEETLE: THE MOD- 



ELLING 105 



VI THE SACRED BEETLE : THE LARVA II 9 



VII THE SACRED BEETLE: THE 



nymph; THE RELEASE . . I38 



VIII THE BROAD-NECKED SCARAB; 



THE GYMNOPLEURI . . . 162 



IX THE SPANISH COPRIS : THE LAY- 

 ING OF THE EGGS . . . 184 



X THE SPANISH COPRIS: THE HAB- 

 ITS OF THE MOTHER . . .2X5 



XI ' ONTHOPHAGI AND ONITICELLI . 248 



