LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Drawings by the Author. 



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The Author's Quarters While in Palm Springs 4 



In Palm Canyon 10 



Andreas Canyon 10 



The Desert, near Palm Springs 14 



The Palm Canyon Nature Man 14 



Waterfall, Tahquitz Canyon, near Palm Springs 18 



Barrel Cactus, near Palm Springs 18 



The "Desert Canary," near Palm Springs 22 



San Jacinto Range, facing the Desert 22 



Honey Ant, as it Appears when Inflated with Honey, Stored for Future Use. . . 24 



The Male Form of the Argentine Ant 26 



The Queen 28 



The Worker of the Argentine Ants. From Drawing by Miss Charlotte M. King 30 



The Black Widow Catches Flies with Her Hind Feet 32 



The Black Widow in Captivity 34 



The Head of the Kissing Bug 36 



The Reduviidae — The Kissing Bug 38 



Baby Wasp 40 



The Wasp Nest in the Bottle • .42 



The Skunk that Raided and Destroyed the Wasp Nest in the Bottle 43 



Carpenter Bee — Natural Size 46 



Dead Tree Stump, Showing Occupancy by Carpenter Bees 48 



Deerwood 50 



Flag-Raising at Deerwood 52 



Looking Out the Ampitheatre, Deerwood 52 



House at Deerwood 54 



Tumble Bug Rolling its Pill 54 



Bee Tunnels 56 



Bombardier Beetle " 58 



Valley at the Head of Diablo Canyon 62 



Lake at Lower End of Diablo Canyon 62 



Sketch from Life of One of the Larger Species of Robber Flies 66 



Wood Boring Beetles 68 



Wasps Commonly Seen About Habitations in the Country 70 



Wasp Carrying Rock from Hole 74 



Wasp Dragging Locust to Its Nest 76 



Masonry Work— Roof of a Wasp Hole 78 



Brazil Water Lily 80 



A Sprouted Acorn — Beginning of the Oak Tree 82 



Oak Leaves Beginning to Grow 87 



Monument on Summit of Mt. Diablo 92 



General View from Diablo Country Club Grounds 94 



Lake of the Diablo Country Club 98 



A Plucky Wasp 100 



The Wasp Ammophlia Urnaria 104 



Spider Hunting Wasp 106 



