CONTENTS
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE v
CHAPTER
I THE CETONIÆ 1
II SAPRINI, DERMESTES AND OTHERS 34
III THE BEADED TROX 55
IV MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: THE BURROW 72
V MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: FIRST ATTEMPTS AT OBSERVATION 98
VI MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS 125
VII MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: MORALITY 152
VIII THE ERGATES; THE COSSUS 172
IX THE PINE COCKCHAFER 194
X THE VEGETARIAN INSECTS 215
XI THE DWARFS 238
XII SOME ANOMALIES 255
XIII THE GOLD BEETLES: THEIR FOOD 278
XIV THE GOLD BEETLES: THEIR NUPTIAL HABITS 299
INDEX 317