[58] Also known as the Musk Beetle. The insect emits a strong smell of musk and is found crawling on decaying willows.—Translator’s Note. [59] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xii. and xiii.—Translator’s Note. [60] Cf. idem: chaps. xv. and xvi.—Translator’s Note. [61] Cf. idem: chaps. xiii. and xiv.—Translator’s Note. [62] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. iv.—Translator’s Note. [63] Cf. The Life of the Spider, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. x.—Translator’s Note. [64] I do not wish to correct the author; but I find that all the books of reference in my possession describe the pea-nut (Arachis hypogea) as a native of Brazil and I am inclined to think that African, in the French edition, may be a misprint for American.—Translator’s Note. [65] .156 to .195 inch.—Translator’s Note. [66] For the Pea-weevil and the Haricot-weevil, cf. The Life of the Weevil, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. xi. to xiii.—Translator’s Note. [67] For the Sloe-weevil, cf. idem: chap. x.—Translator’s Note. [68] Cf. idem: chap. ii.—Translator’s Note. [69] Cf. idem: chap. vi.—Translator’s Note. [70] Cf. idem: chap. xiv.—Translator’s Note. [71] For the Saperda-beetles cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chap. viii.—Translator’s Note. [72] .468 inch.—Translator’s Note. [73] .702 inch.—Translator’s Note. [74] ¾ inch.—Translator’s Note. [75] 1 inch.—Translator’s Note. [76] .326 inch.—Translator’s Note. [77] ½ inch.—Translator’s Note. [78] ¾ inch.—Translator’s Note. [79] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chap. ii.—Translator’s Note. [80] Cf. idem: chap. viii.—Translator’s Note. [81] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chap. iii.—Translator’s Note. [82] Cf. idem: chap. viii.—Translator’s Note. [83] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chap, xv.—Translator’s Note. [84] Cf. The Life of the Weevil: chap. xiv.—Translator’s Note. [85] The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. xvii.—Translator’s Note. [86] The highest mountain in the neighbourhood of Sérignan; 6,268 feet. Cf. The Hunting Wasps: by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. xi.—Translator’s Note. [87] A wild Bee. Cf. Bramble-dwellers and Others, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. xii. to xiv.—Translator’s Note. [88] Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (fl. sub Augusto), author of De Architectura.—Translator’s Note. [89] Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar: chaps. i. to vi.—Translator’s Note. [90] Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux (1627–1704),—author of many famous religious, historical and political works.—Translator’s Note. [91] The Pine Processionary is the caterpillar of the Moth known as the Pine Bombyx.—Translator’s Note. [92] The larva of the Tiger-moth (Celonia caja) Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar: chaps. vi. and vii.—Translator’s Note.