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A sequence of close field observations details the biology and behavior of a regional scorpion species, treating its dwelling, feeding habits, venom, larval immunity, courtship, pairing, and family care in successive chapters. Experimental anecdotes and precise descriptions illuminate hunting techniques, physiological responses, and reproductive rituals. A separate section surveys plant-sucking insects and their plant interactions, addressing pentatomids, masked bugs, gall-forming lice, migrations, and oak kermes, with emphasis on life cycles and ecological relationships. The account combines vivid natural-history narrative with systematic description of insect life histories.

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INDEX

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A

Acridians, 66, 68, 102, 104, 126

Alpine Ibex, 257

Angular Epeira, 57

Ant, 44, 99, 152, 310, 316, 317, 318, 320, 322, 337

Ant-lion, 30, 126

Aphides, 295

Arachnids, 5

Asidæ, 33

Avignon, 4, 155

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B

Balaninus, 200

Banded Epeira, 57

Bed-bug, 225, 237, 239, 240, 241

Bee, 99

Bee-eater, 90

Beetle, 34, 71, 74, 75, 95, 96, 321

Berry Pentatoma (P. baccarum), 195

Black-bellied Tarantula, 12

Blackbird, 184

Black-horned Pentatoma (P. nigricorne), 193, 196

Black Scorpion (Scorpio europæus), 7, 8, 162, 166, 168, 169, 174

Black Scorpion, 7, 8, 20, 24

Bluebottle, 216

Boitard, 207

Bombyx, 101

Burying-beetle, 208

Butcher-birds, 184

Butterfly, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 75, 81, 82, 186

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C

Cabbage Bug, 196

Cabbage Butterfly, 32, 36

Capricorn, 72, 73, 92, 93, 94, 101

Carabus, 72, 73

Cat, 166

Caterpillar, 46

C. cerdo (Cerambyx cerdo), 73, 92

Centipede, 4, 5, 78, 79, 80, 81, 102

Cerambyx heros, 73, 93

Cetonia, 72, 73, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 94, 96, 102, 103, 106, 107, 109, 110, 220

Chaffinch, 291

Chalcidians, 321

Characias, 294

Chick, 168, 171, 176, 206, 207, 209, 215, 234

Chrysomelæ, 225 [340]

Chusclo, Lachusclo, 294

Cicada, 71, 208, 224

Cicindelæ, 34

Clothes-moth, 43, 217

Clotho Spider, 50, 58, 290, 291

Clythra-beetle, 34, 187

Cockchafer, 72, 73, 94

Cockroaches, 100

Common Black Scorpion, 161

Common Cockchafer, 93

Copris, 72

Crayfish, 9

Cricket, 39, 100, 149

Cryptops, 31, 78

Crystal Palace, 29

Cuckoo, 90, 111

Curiosités d’historie naturelle, 207

Curlew, 184

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D

D. Characias (see Dorthesia)

Dead Sea Fruit, 244

Decticus, 70, 100, 222

De Geer, Baron Karl, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 215

De Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault, 205

Dermestes (D. Frischii), 217, 226, 227, 241

D. Frischii (see Dermestes)

Dipteron, 99

Dog, 19, 84, 95

Dorcus parallelopipedus, 94

Dorthesia, 290–310; 290, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 310, 311

Dove, 131

Dragon-fly, 70, 75, 126

Dufour, Leon, 161

Dulcinea, 131

Dung-beetle, 72

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E

Earwig, 100

Epeira, 57, 58, 102

Ephippiger, 69, 70

Etruscans, 196

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F

Field Cricket, 32, 33

Fish, 226

Flea, 99

Flesh-flies, 241

Flies, 99, 217, 222, 241

Forest Bug, 220, 228, 229, 230, 239

Frog, 84

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G

Gall-flies, 99

Galls, 242–270

Garden Spider, 57

Geotrupes, 72

Gipsy Spider, 304

Glomeres, 33

Gnats, 99, 222, 295

Gold Beetle, 73, 95, 102

Golden Apple-beetle, or Leaf-beetle, 225 [341]

Golden Carabus, 73

Grasshopper, 67, 68, 69, 70, 100, 126, 225, 280

Great Centipede, 78

Great Peacock Moth, 75, 77, 98, 99, 135

Greater Spurge, 294

Green-fly, 316

Green Locust, 40

Grey Bug, 209, 210, 212, 215

Grey Locust, 66, 100

Ground-beetle, 94

Guinea-pig, 84

Gull, 184

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H

Hawk-moth, 101, 107, 108

Hedgehog, 87, 88, 89, 90

Hemiptera, 219, 234

Hen, 171, 176, 206, 207, 209, 215

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 270

Herschel, Sir William, 270

Holy Land, 243

Hornet, 57

Hunting Wasp, 208

Hymenopteron, 99

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I

Ichneumon-flies, 99, 292

Iuli, 33

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K

Kangaroos, 304

Kermes, 311–338

Kermes Oak, 311, 312

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L

Labyrinth Spider, 291

Lamb, 167

Landes, 161

Languedocian Scorpion, 3–180; 3, 4, 5, 8, 18, 21–24, 28, 30, 47, 53, 54, 83, 111, 134, 153, 160, 163, 165, 168, 174, 176

Large White Butterfly (see Cabbage Butterfly)

Leaf-beetle (see Golden Apple-beetle)

Lenz, 87

Lhomond, Abbé Charles François, 265

Linnæus, Carolus (Karl von Linné), 237, 238, 239, 240

Lithobius, 31, 78

Lizard, 226

Locust, 30, 32, 39, 40, 41, 45, 57, 66, 67, 70, 71, 100, 101, 102, 105, 126, 178, 187, 220, 221, 224, 225, 240

Lou Pesouious (see Lou Petelin)

Lou Petelin, 244

Louse-seeds, 248

Lucretius, 3

Lycosa, 12, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 65, 75, 81, 102, 170, 171, 172, 177, 311 [342]

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M

Mammifers, 304

Mantis, 32, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 75, 81, 82, 100, 101, 102, 225

Masked Bug, or Masked Reduvius (R. personatus), 216–241; 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 228, 229, 230, 239, 241

Miall, Bernard, 200

Mice, 114

Midge, 237

Milky Way, 270

Millipede, 78, 82

Mithridates, 89, 106

Mole, 64, 226

Mole-cricket, 64, 65, 66, 80, 81, 82, 100, 101

Monodontomerus, 309

Mosquito, 43, 99

Moth, 75, 76, 77, 96, 97, 98, 103, 113, 126, 156, 186

Mulberry Bombyx, 77

Myriapod, 4, 31, 78, 79, 80

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N

Narbonne Lycosa, or Black-bellied Tarantula, 12, 54, 304

Necrophorus, 208

Nightingale, 183

Nut-weevil, 200

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O

Omophlus lepturoides, 34

Opatra, 33

Opossum, 304, 305

Ornate Pentatoma (P. ornatum), 195

Orthoptera, 100, 101, 104

Oryctes, 96, 101, 102

Oryctes nasicornis (see Rhinoceros Beetle)

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P

Pale-green Pentatoma (P. præsinum), 194

Pall-bearing Cetonia, 220

Paralysing Wasp, 222

Pasteur, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160

P. baccarum (see Berry Pentatoma)

Pemphigus, 255

Pemphigus cornicularius, 258

Pemphigus follicularius, 256

Pemphigus semilunaris, 256

Pemphigus utricularius, 257

Pentatoma, 183–215; 183, 187, 190, 192, 202, 205, 208, 209, 212, 214, 231, 232, 234

Pentatoma griseum, 205

Pentatoma nigricorna (see Forest Bug)

Persius, 293

Pieres, 37, 39

Pill-Millipedes (see Glomeres)

Pine-chafer, 73

Plant-lice, 183–338; 242, 244, 250, 253, 257, 258, [343]261, 262, 265, 266, 276, 289, 295, 316, 318, 319

Platycleis, 222

P. nigricorne (see Black-horned Pentatoma)

P. ornatum (see Ornate Pentatoma)

P. præsinum (see Pale-Green Pentatoma)

Praying Mantis, 42, 58, 71, 80, 81, 150, 225

Processionary Caterpillar, 90

Procrustes, 74, 96, 102

Procrustes coriaceus, 95, 96

Provence, 161

Psyche, 324

Puff-adder, 63

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R

Rattlesnake, 63

Raven, 184

Redstart, 243

Reduvius, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 231, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240

Rhinoceros Beetle, 72, 74, 91

Rhone, 4

Rose-chafer, 72, 73

R. personatus (see Masked Bug)

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S

Sacred Beetle, 72, 80, 81, 102, 208

Sawfly, 99

Scarabæus, 72, 322

Scarab Beetle, 72, 73

Scolopendra, 4, 5, 80

Scolopendra cingulata (see Centipede)

Scolopendra (Smorsitans), 78, 80

Scorpio europæus (see Black Scorpion)

Scorpio occitanus (see Languedocian Scorpion)

Sea-snail, 185

Sérignan, 243, 294

Sheep, 166, 167, 214

Siskin, 291

Silkworm, 97, 98, 99, 107, 155, 157, 159

Silkworm Moth, 98, 107

Silky Epeira, 57

Snail, 49, 95

Snake, 63, 88, 226

Sodom, 243, 244

Spain, 161

Sparrow, 31

Spider, 5, 32, 54, 55, 56, 58, 63, 151, 223, 236, 241, 304

Spurge Hawk-moth, 75, 98, 107, 108

Spurge-louse, 304

Stag-beetle, 94

St. Mèdard, 138

Stonechat, 192

Striped Hawk-moth, 75

Swallow, 111

Swallowtail, 36, 75, 77

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T

Tachytes, 60

Taiocebo, 64 [344]

Terebinth, or Turpentine Tree, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 255, 274, 279, 283, 286, 289

Terebinth-louse, 242–289; 242, 255, 271, 283, 296

Tiger-beetle, 34

Toads, 228, 280

Tortoise, 213

Tree-bug, 30

Tryxalis, 68, 100, 101

Turpentine Tree (see Terebinth)

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V

Villeneuve, 4

Vine Ephippiger, 68, 69, 70

Viper, 63, 88, 90

Vulcan, 75

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W

Wall Parmelia, 245

Wasp, 55, 60, 90, 99, 223

Wheat-ear, 183

White-faced Decticus, 70, 100

White Worm, 94

Wood Leopard Moth, 97

Wood-lice, 33

Worm-like Millipedes (see Iuli)

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Y

Yellow-hammer, 183

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Z

Z. Æsculi (see Wood Leopard Moth)

Zeuzera, 96, 97