I. THE CITY IN THE SHADOWS: THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS, 235 II. THE ANTS:--THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY--THEIR NUPTIALS, 245 III. THE ANTS:--THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR SLAVES, 259 IV. THE ANTS:--CIVIL WAR--EXTERMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY, 271 V. THE WASPS: THEIR FURY OF IMPROVISATION, 283 VI. "THE BEES" OF VIRGIL, 293 VII. THE BEE IN THE FIELDS, 301 VIII. THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY, 311 IX. HOW THE BEES CREATE THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMON MOTHER, 321 CONCLUSION, 333 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES, 341 ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS, 363 [Illustration] [Illustration] List of Illustrations. DRAWN BY H. GIACOMELLI. [Illustration: arrows] _Engraved by_ _Page_ The Pursuit, _Rouget_, _Frontispiece_ A Home among the Mountains--Lucerne, _Sargent_, 15 On the Watch, _Berveiller_, 17 Border--Amongst the Flowers, _Berveiller_, 18 Border--Insect Life, _Berveiller_, 19 Border--Mailed Insects, _Méaulle_, 20 Border--Bees and Beetles, _Méaulle_, 21 Border--Grasshoppers and Beetles, _Méaulle_, 22 Tailpiece--Naturalist's "Traps," _Berveiller_, 22 Border--Caterpillars, _Coste_, 23 Tailpiece--The Author's Implements, _Ansseau_, 35 The Forest of Fontainebleau, _Rouget_, 39 The Woodpecker, _Berveiller_, 46 Tailpiece--Flowers, _Morison_, 52 Fallen Fruit, _Whymper_, 55 Horned Beetles, _Méaulle_, 57 The Childhood's Home of Madame Michelet, _Rouget_, 59 Tailpiece--Insect Prey, _Méaulle_, 63 A Winged Intruder, _Sargent_, 65 War! _Méaulle_, 67 Between Chillon and Clarens, _Jonnard_, 71 The Field--Various Insects, _Berveiller_, 72 Tailpiece--An Etherized Prisoner, _Méaulle_, 75 World-Builders, _Méaulle_, 77 Polyzoa, _Jonnard_, 79