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BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRE 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
THE GLOW WORM AND OTHER BEETLES BY J. HENRI FABRE
TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
FELLOW OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1924
COPYRIGHT, 1919
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.
CONTENTS 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
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
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. A part of the chapter entitled The Dung beetles of the Pampas
figures in Messrs. Adam & Charles Black's volume, The Life and Love
of the Insect (New York: the Macmillan Co.), translated by myself;
and the chapters on the Capricorn and Burying beetles will be found in
Mr. T. Fisher Unwin's volume, The Wonders of Instinct (New York: the
Century Co.), translated by myself and Mr. Bernard Miall, which also
contains The Glow worm . These chapters are included in the present
edition by consent of and arrangement with the publishers named. Lastly, Mr. Bernard Miall has earned my gratitude by the valuable
assistance which he has given me in preparing the translation of the
greater part of this volume. ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS. CHELSEA, 5 September , 1919.
CHAPTER I
THE GLOW WORM
Few insects in our climes vie in popular fame with the Glow worm, that
curious little animal which, to celebrate the little joys of life,
kindles a beacon at its tail end. Who does not know it, at least by
name? Who has not seen it roam amid the grass, like a spark fallen
from the moon at its full? The Greeks of old called it [Greek:
lampouris], meaning, the bright tailed. Science employs the same term:
it calls the lantern bearer, Lampyris noctiluca , LIN. In this case,
the common name is inferior to the scientific phrase, which, when
translated, becomes both expressive and accurate... Continue reading book >>
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