Chapter 6 No.6

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 (Proven?al 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, 245-7

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