THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER THE LIFE OF THE FLY THE MASON-BEES BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS THE HUNTING WASPS THE LIFE OF THE CATERPILLAR THE LIFE OF THE GRASSHOPPER THE SACRED BEETLE AND OTHERS THE MASON-WASPS THE GLOW-WORM AND OTHER BEETLES
TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS FELLOW OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.
PAGE I THE GLOW-WORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II THE SITARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
III THE PRIMARY LARVA OF THE SITARES . . . . . . . 46
IV THE PRIMARY LARVA OF THE OIL-BEETLES . . . . . 84
V HYPERMETAMORPHOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
VI CEROCOMÆ, MYLABRES AND ZONITES . . . . . . . . 144
VII THE CAPRICORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
VIII THE PROBLEM OF THE SIREX . . . . . . . . . . . 207
IX THE DUNG-BEETLES OF THE PAMPAS . . . . . . . . 235
X INSECT COLOURING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
XI THE BURYING-BEETLES: THE BURIAL . . . . . . . . 294
XII THE BURYING-BEETLES: EXPERIMENTS . . . . . . . 319
XIII THE GIANT SCARITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
XIV THE SIMULATION OF DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
XV SUICIDE OR HYPNOSIS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
XVI THE CRIOCERES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
XVII THE CRIOCERES (_continued_) . . . . . . . . . . 428
XVIII THE CLYTHRÆ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
XIX THE CLYTHRÆ: THE EGG . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
This is the second volume on Beetles in the complete English edition of Henri Fabre's entomological works. The first is entitled _The Sacred Beetle and Others_; the second and the third will be known as _The Life of the Weevil_ and _More Beetles_ respectively.
_The Glow-worm_, which gives its name to the present book, did not form part of the _Souvenirs entomologiques_ as originally published. It is one of two essays written specially, at my request, for translation into English, towards the close of Henri Fabre's life; in fact, this and _The Ant-lion_, a short essay for children, were the last works that came from the veteran author's pen. _The Glow-worm_ appeared first in the _Century Magazine_. Of the remaining chapters, several have appeared in various periodicals, notably the _English Review_ and in _Land and Water_, the editor and proprietors of which admirable weekly have shown the most enlightened interest in Fabre's work.