CHAPTER I PAGE

THE FABLE OF THE CIGALE AND THE ANT 1

CHAPTER II

THE CIGALE LEAVES ITS BURROW 17

CHAPTER III

THE SONG OF THE CIGALE 31

CHAPTER IV

THE CIGALE. THE EGGS AND THEIR HATCHING 45

CHAPTER V

THE MANTIS. THE CHASE 68

CHAPTER VI

THE MANTIS. COURTSHIP 79

CHAPTER VII

THE MANTIS. THE NEST 86

CHAPTER VIII