Contents
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE V
CHAPTER I
THE BUPRESTIS-HUNTING CERCERIS 1
CHAPTER II
THE GREAT CERCERIS 18
CHAPTER III
A SCIENTIFIC SLAUGHTERER 40
CHAPTER IV
THE YELLOW-WINGED SPHEX 58
CHAPTER V
THE THREE DAGGER-THRUSTS 75
CHAPTER VI
THE LARVA AND THE NYMPH 86
CHAPTER VII
ADVANCED THEORIES 107
CHAPTER VIII
THE LANGUEDOCIAN SPHEX 129
CHAPTER IX
THE WISDOM OF INSTINCT 149
CHAPTER X
THE IGNORANCE OF INSTINCT 174
CHAPTER XI
AN ASCENT OF MONT VENTOUX 196
CHAPTER XII
THE TRAVELLERS 215
CHAPTER XIII
THE AMMOPHILÆ 231
CHAPTER XIV
THE BEMBEX 251
CHAPTER XV
THE FLY-HUNT 271
CHAPTER XVI
A PARASITE OF THE BEMBEX. THE COCOON 284
CHAPTER XVII
THE RETURN TO THE NEST 305
CHAPTER XVIII
THE HAIRY AMMOPHILA 323
CHAPTER XIX
AN UNKNOWN SENSE 341
CHAPTER XX
THE MODERN THEORY OF INSTINCT 354
APPENDIX 379
INDEX 387