CONTENTS

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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE vii

CHAPTER

I THE FABLE OF THE CICADA AND THE ANT 1

II THE CICADA: LEAVING THE BURROW 25

III THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATION 42

IV THE CICADA: HIS MUSIC 58

V THE CICADA: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS 82

VI THE MANTIS: HER HUNTING 113

VII THE MANTIS: HER LOVE-MAKING 137

VIII THE MANTIS: HER NEST 147

IX THE MANTIS: HER HATCHING 170

X THE EMPUSA 191

XI THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: HIS HABITS 211

XII THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS 231

XIII THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: THE INSTRUMENT OF SOUND 246

XIV THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER 275

XV THE CRICKET: THE BURROW; THE EGG 300

XVI THE CRICKET: THE SONG; THE PAIRING 327

XVII THE LOCUSTS: THEIR FUNCTION; THEIR ORGAN OF SOUND 354

XVIII THE LOCUSTS: THEIR EGGS 378

XIX THE LOCUSTS: THE LAST MOULT 401

XX THE FOAMY CICADELLA 424

INDEX 447