om which these essays are taken is
Entomological Memories, or, Studies relating to the Instinct and Habits
of Insects.--Translator's Note.

{17} A species of Grasshopper.--Translator's Note.

{18} An insect akin to the Locusts and Crickets, which, when at rest,
adopts an attitude resembling that of prayer. When attacking, it assumes
what is known as 'the spectral attitude.' Its forelegs form a sort of
saw-like or barbed harpoons. Cf. Social Life in the Insect World, by J.
H. Fabre, translated by Bernard Miall: chaps. v. to vii.-- Translator's
Note.

{19} .39 inch.-- Translator's Note.

{20} These experiments are described in the author's essay on the Mason
Bees entitled Fragments on Insect Psychology.--Translator's Note.

{21} A species of Wasp.--Translator's Note.

{22} In Chap. VIII. of the present volume.--Translator's Note.

{23} Jules Michelet (1798-1874), author of L'Oiseau and L'Insecte, in
addition to the historical works for which he is chiefly known. As a
lad, he helped his father, a printer by trade, in setting
type.--Translator's Note.

{24} Chapter III. of the present volume.--Translator's Note.

{25} A species of Dung-beetle. Cf. The Life and Love of the Insect, by
J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap.
v.--Translator's Note.

{26} A species of Beetle.--Translator's Note.

{27} Cf. Insect Life, by J. H. Fabre, translated by the author of
Mademoiselle Mori: chaps. i. and ii.; The Life and Love of the Insect, by
J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. i. to
iv.--Translator's Note.

{28} Chapter II.--Translator's Note.

{29} .39 inch.--Translator's Note.

{30} The Processionaries are Moth-caterpillars that feed on various
leaves and march in file, laying a silken trail as they go.--Translator's
Note.

{31} The weekly half-holiday in French schools.--Translator's Note.

{32} Cf. Social Life in the Insect World, by J. H. Fabre, translated by
Bernard Miall: chap. xiv.--Translator's Note.

{33} Cf. Insect Life, by J. H. Fabre, translated by the author of
Mademoiselle Mori: chap. v.--Translator's Note.

{34} The Scolia is a Digger-wasp, like the Cerceris and the Sphex, and
feeds her larvae on the grubs of the Cetonia, or Rose-chafer, and the
Oryctes, or Rhinoceros Beetle. Cf. The Life and Love of the Insect, by
J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap.
xi.--Translator's Note.

{35} Cf. So