95
Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chap. vii. —Translator's Note.
96
Cf. idem: chap. xv. —Translator's Note.
97
John James Audubon (1780-1851), the noted American ornithologist, of French descent, author of Birds of America (1827-1830) and Ornithological Biography (1831-1839). —Translator's Note.
98
Or Shell-bearing Slug, found along the shores of the Mediterranean. —Translator's Note.
99
Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar: chap. xi. —Translator's Note.
100
Or Bombardier Beetles. When disturbed, they eject a fluid which volatilizes, on contact with the air, with a slight report. —Translator's Note.
101
The Pimelia is a wingless Beetle. —Translator's Note.
102
Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chaps. ii. and vii. —Translator's Note.
103
The Cellar-beetle is one of the wingless Beetles. —Translator's Note.
104
Golden-apple Beetles. —Translator's Note.
105
Blackbeetles or Cockroaches. —Translator's Note.
106
A genus of Weevils. —Translator's Note.
107
A mushroom-eating Beetle. Cf. The Life of the Fly: chap. xviii. —Translator's Note.
108
Ladybirds. —Translator's Note.
109
For the habits of the White or Languedocian Scorpion, cf. The Life and Love of the Insect: chaps. xvii. and xviii. —Translator's Note.
110
"… So powerless let me lie,
Gout-ridden, legless, armless; if only, after all,
I live, it is enough: more than content am I."
111
A genus of Weevils, the essays upon whom will appear in a later volume to be entitled The Life of Weevil. —Translator's Note.
112
.959 inch. —Translator's Note.
113
This subject is continued in the essay on the Foamy Cicadella. Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. xx. —Translator's Note.
114
Cf. The Mason-wasps: chap. i. —Translator's Note.
115
.039 inch. —Translator's Note.