[6] Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. xiv.—Translator’s Note. [7] The Cetonia is also known as the Rose-chafer (C. aurata). Cf. More Hunting Wasps, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: Translator’s Note. [8] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. i to vii. and in particular chap. iv.—Translator’s Note. [9] This Beetle, also known as C. Oxythyrea, Muls., is black and, in the males, covered with white spots, suggesting a pall.—Translator’s Note. [10] .117 inch.—Translator’s Note. [11] 732 cubic inches.—Translator’s Note. [12] The Rhinoceros-Beetle.—Translator’s Note. [13] René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), the French physicist and naturalist, inventor of the Réaumur thermometer and author of Mémoires pour savoir à l’histoire naturelle des insectes.—Translator’s Note. [14] Cf. The Life of the Fly, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. x.—Translator’s Note. [15] Cf. idem: chaps. xiv. to xvi.—Translator’s Note. [16] Carolus Linnæus (Karl von Linné, 1707–1778), the celebrated Swedish botanist and naturalist.—Translator’s Note. [17] Or Greenbottles. Cf. The Life of the Fly: chap. ix.—Translator’s Note. [18] Under carrion: S. subnitidus, De Mars: S. detersus Illig.: S. maculatus, Ros.: S. æneus, Fab.—Author’s Note. Under dung: S. speculifer, Latr.: S. virescens, Payk.: S. metallescens, Erich: S. furvus, Erich: S. rotundatus, Illig.—Author’s Note. [19] S. carnaria is the Grey Flesh-fly.—Translator’s Note. [20] Or Burying-beetle. Cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. xi. and xii.—Translator’s Note. [21] Cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chaps. xi. and xii.—Translator’s Note. [22] An order of insects consisting mainly of Bugs.—Translator’s Note. [23] The essay on the Masked Reduvius will appear in the following volume, the last volume of the series.—Translator’s Note. [24] Or Rove-beetles.—Translator’s Note. [25] Gustave Doré (1833–1883), the French illustrator of Dante, Rabelais, La Fontaine and many others.—Translator’s Note. [26] The Anoxia is a Beetle akin to the Cockchafer.—Translator’s Note. [27] A genus of Land-Snails.—Translator’s Note. [28] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. vi. to ix.—Translator’s Note. [29] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps, xii. to xiv.—Translator’s Note. [30] Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), the author of La Physiologie du Goût.—Translator’s Note. [31] Or True Ground-beetles. Cf. Chapters XIV and XV of the present volume.—Translator’s Note.