CONTENTS
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE v
CHAPTER
I. THE SACRED BEETLE 1
II. THE SACRED BEETLE: THE PEAR 18
III. THE SACRED BEETLE: THE MODELLING 32
IV. THE SACRED BEETLE: THE GRUB, THE METAMORPHOSIS, THE HATCHING CHAMBER 42
V. THE SPANISH COPRIS 63
VI. THE ONTHOPHAGI 79
VII. A BARREN PROMISE 88
VIII. A DUNG BEETLE OF THE PAMPAS 99
IX. THE GEOTRUPES: THE PUBLIC HEALTH 113
X. THE MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS 127
XI. THE TWO BANDED SCOLIA 143
XII. THE RINGED CALICURGUS 157
XIII. THE OLD WEEVILS 171
XIV. LEAF ROLLERS 184
XV. THE HALICTI 199
XVI. THE HALICTI: THE PORTRESS 210
XVII. THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION 223
XVIII. THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE FAMILY 243