Devours the Cigale, 9
Robs the Cigale, 8

Arum, Serpent or Putrid, the, attracts and captures insects by means
of its offensive effluvia, 230-2

B

_Balaninus_, _see_ Elephant-Beetle

Bean, ancestry of, 258-9

Bean, _see_ Haricot

Bean-Weevil, _see_ Weevil

Bees, victims of Philanthus, _see_ latter

Bembex, 168, 172

Bolboceras Gallicus, 217-37
Appearance of, 223
Habits and diet, 226-30
Lodging of, 225

_Bruchus pisi_, see Pea-Weevil

_Bruchus lenti_, see Lentil-Weevil

Buprestes, 21

C

_Cacan_, the, 36-9

Capricornis, 21-2

Cerceris, 172, 178

Chrysomela, 151, 172

Cigale, the, 1-67
Burrow of the, 17-30
Deafness of the, 41-3
Diet, 7
Eggs of the, 45-67
Eggs, hatching of, 61-7
Eggs, method of laying, 50-4
Enemies of the, 47-50
Excavation, method of, 23-7
Fable of Ant and, 1-16
Larva of the, 17-30
Larva, habits of, 61-7
Mechanism of sound, 31-4
Pupa, emergence from, 28
Song of the, 2, 6, 31-44
Species of, 31-6

Cigalo e la Fournigo (Provencal poem), 10-16

Cricket, Field, the, 120-9
Eggs of, 120-2
Excavations of, 124-5
Fertility of, 123
Song of, 126-8

Cricket, Italian, the, 130-5
Appearance of, 130
Song of, 131-4

D

Dermestes, victims of arum, 232

Dioscorides on the Cigale, 29

Diptera, 168, 172

Dog, its love of stenches, 233
Scent of the, 220-22
A truffle-hunter, 218-20

E

Elephant-Beetle (Balaninus or Acorn-Weevil), 238-57
Boring acorns, habit of, 240-4
Eggs, method of laying, 245, 254-7
Motives in boring, 246-50
Snout of, 238-9

Emperor Moth, _see_ Great Peacock Moth

_Empusa pauperata_, _see_ Mantis

Eucores, 176

G

Golden Gardener, the, 102-19
Cannibal habits of, 111-19
Courtship of, 103-10
Ferocity of, 101-4, 108-10
Nutriment of, 102-10
Vermin killer, as a, 107

Grandville, illustrates La Fontaine's fables, 2

H

Halictus, 176, 178

Haricot bean, the, 282-9

Haricot-Weevil, the, _see_ Weevil

Heredia, J.-M. de, 287-90

Hydnocystus, a fungus, 228

Hymenoptera, habits of, 137-8, 150, 162, 171-2, 175-6

L

La Fontaine, fable of the Cigale and the Ant, 3

Locust, Grey, the, 300-16
Larva of, 300
Metamorphosis of, 300-9
Wing, formation of, 309-15

M

Mantis,