{6} Provencal for the bit of waste ground on which the author studies his insects in the natural state.--Translator's note.

{7} 'Thanks to the Bumble-bee.'

{8} Like the Dung-beetles.--Translator's Note.

{9} Like the Solitary Wasps.--Translator's Note.

{10} Such as the Hairy Ammophila, the Cerceris and the Languedocian Sphex, Digger-wasps described in other of the author's essays.--Translator's Note.

{11} The desnucador, the Argentine slaughterman whose methods of slaying cattle are detailed in the author's essay entitled, The Theory of Instinct.--Translator's Note.

{12} A family of Grasshoppers.--Translator's Note.

{13} A genus of Beetles.--Translator's Note.

{14} A species of Digger-wasp.--Translator's Note.

{15} The Cicada is the Cigale, an insect akin to the Grasshopper and found more particularly in the South of France.--Translator's Note.

{16} The generic title of the work from which these essays are taken is Entomological Memories, or, Studies relating to the Instinct and Habits of Insects.--Translator's Note.