CONTENTS
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE v
CHAPTER
I THE EUMENES 1
II THE ODYNERI 28
III THE PELOPÆUS 60
IV THE AGENIÆ; THE PELOPÆUS’ VICTUALS 84
V ABERRATIONS OF INSTINCT 106
VI THE SWALLOW AND THE SPARROW 133
VII INSTINCT AND DISCERNMENT 155
VIII THE NEST-BUILDING ODYNERUS 176
IX INSECT GEOMETRY 219
X THE COMMON WASP 240
XI THE COMMON WASP (continued) 270
XII THE VOLUCELLA 288
INDEX 313