{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.