45

CHAPTER V

THE MANTIS. THE CHASE 68

CHAPTER VI

THE MANTIS. COURTSHIP 79

CHAPTER VII

THE MANTIS. THE NEST 86

CHAPTER VIII

THE GOLDEN GARDENER. ITS NUTRIMENT 102

CHAPTER IX

THE GOLDEN GARDENER. COURTSHIP 111

CHAPTER X

THE FIELD CRICKET 120

CHAPTER XI

THE ITALIAN CRICKET 130

CHAPTER XII

THE SISYPHUS BEETLE. THE INSTINCT OF PATERNITY 136

CHAPTER XIII

A BEE-HUNTER: THE _PHILANTHUS AVIPORUS_ 150

CHAPTER XIV

THE GREAT PEACOCK, OR EMPEROR MOTH 179

CHAPTER XV

THE OAK EGGAR, OR BANDED MONK 202

CHAPTER XVI

A TRUFFLE-HUNTER: THE _BOLBOCERAS GALLICUS_ 217

CHAPTER XVII

THE ELEPHANT-BEETLE 238

CHAPTER XVIII

THE PEA-WEEVIL 258

CHAPTER XIX

AN INVADER: THE HARICOT-WEEVIL 282

CHAPTER XX

THE GREY LOCUST 300

CHAPTER XXI

THE PINE-CHAFER 317

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE MANTIS: A DUEL BETWEEN FEMALES; DEVOURING
A CRICKET; DEVOURING HER MATE; IN HER ATTITUDE
OF PRAYER; IN HER "SPECTRAL" ATTITUDE _Frontispiece_

DURING THE DROUGHTS OF SUMMER THIRSTING INSECTS,
AND NOTABLY THE ANT, FLOCK TO THE DRINKING-PLACES
OF THE CIGALE 8

THE CIGALE AND THE EMPTY PUPA-SKIN 28

THE ADULT CIGALE, FROM BELOW. THE CIGALE OF
THE FLOWERING ASH, MALE AND FEMALE 36

THE CIGALE LAYING HER EGGS. THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER,
THE FALSE CIGALE OF THE NORTH,
DEVOURING THE TRUE CIGALE, A DWELLER IN
THE SOUTH 48

THE NEST OF THE PRAYING MANTIS; TRANSVERSE SECTION
OF THE SAME; NEST OF EMPUSA PAUPERATA;
TRANSVERSE SECTION OF