[22] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chapters i. to v.—Translator’s Note. [23] Cf. idem: chapter xiv. and passim.—Translator’s Note. [24] Cf. The Life of the Fly: chapter iii.—Translator’s Note. [25] Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chapter xiv., in which the activities of one of the Ichneumon-flies, Microgaster glomeratus are described.—Translator’s Note. [26] Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (fl. 1st century B.C.), the Roman architect and engineer, author of De Architectura.—Translator’s Note. [27] For the Onitis and Onthophagus Dung-beetles, cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chapters xi. and xiv. to xviii.—Translator’s Note. [28] Rose-chafers. Cf. More Hunting Wasps: chap. iv.—Translator’s Note. [29] ·585 by ·39 inch.—Translator’s Note. [30] ·585 inch.—Translator’s Note. [31] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chaps. ix., x. and xvi.—Translator’s Note. [32] Or Burying-beetle. Cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chaps. xi. and xii.—Translator’s Note. [33] Cf. The Hunting Wasps: chaps. iv. to x.—Translator’s Note. [34] The Large White, or Cabbage, Butterfly. Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar: chap. xiv.—Translator’s Note. [35] A genus of very decorative Butterflies, including such well-known species as the Red Admiral, the Painted Lady, the Camberwell Beauty, the Tortoiseshell Butterfly and the Peacock Butterfly.—Translator’s Note. [36] Cf. The Hunting Wasps: chaps. i. to iii.—Translator’s Note. [37] The nearest mountain to the author’s village. Cf. The Hunting Wasps: chap. xi.—Translator’s Note. [38] From the Latin balanus, an acorn.—Translator’s Note. [39] The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. xiv.—Translator’s Note. [40] The Mason-bee. Cf. The Mason-bees: passim.—Translator’s Note. [41] Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695).—Translator’s Note. [42] Cf. The Hunting Wasps: passim; also More Hunting Wasps, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: passim.—Translator’s Note. [43] The Silk-worm Moth.—Translator’s Note. [44] Francis Vincent Raspail (1794–1878), a French physician and politician, one of the early advocates of universal suffrage.—Translator’s Note. [45] H. pomatia is the Large Edible Snail.—Translator’s Note. [46] Or Wheel Animalcule.—Translator’s Note. [47] For these Cotton-bees and Resin-bees, cf. Bramble-bees and Others, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. ix. and x.—Translator’s Note. [48] Cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chaps. ix. and x.—Translator’s Note. [49] ·156 inch.—Translator’s Note. [50] About 1⁄25 inch.—Translator’s Note. [51] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chaps. ix. and x.—Translator’s Note. [52] For both these Beetles and also for the next insect mentioned in the text, Phanæus Milon, cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chap. ix.—Translator’s Note.