1. Foraging for patchily-distributed leaf-miners by the parasitoid,Dapsilarthra rufiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). II. Stopping rule for host search

   • Tuyosi Sugimoto
   • Hitokazu Murakami
   • Ryouji Yamazaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 103

2. Reproductive behavior of the dragonfly,Orthetrum japonicum (Odonata: Libellulidae)

   • Eiiti Kasuya
   • Yoshihiko Mashima
   • Joh Hirokawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 113

3. Social behaviour of the australian paper wasp,Ropalidia revolutionalis (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

   • Yosiaki Itô

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 124

4. Tidal rhythms in activity in the intertidal gastropodPolinices incei (Philippi)

   • R. L. Kitching
   • J. M. Hughes
   • H. F. Chapman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 129

5. Mating behavior ofXylotrechus pyrrhoderus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) V. Female mounting behavior

   • Kikuo Iwabuchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 136

6. Does the Siberian chipmunk respond to the snake by identifying it?

   • Tomomichi Kobayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 144

7. Reproductive strategies in a partially protandrous shrimp,Athanas kominatoensis (decapoda: alpheidae): Sex change as the best of a bad situation for subordinates

   • Yasuhiro Nakashima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 159

8. Use of barricades as foraging sites byIlyoplax pusillus (Crustacea brachyura: Ocypodidae)

   • Keiji Wada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 164

9. Mate securing tactics and the cost of fighting in the Japanese horned beetle,Allomyrina dichotoma L. (Scarabaeidae)

   • Michael T. Siva-Jothy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 172

10. Communal nursing in the domestic cat,Felis catus

    • Naomi Ohkawa
    • Toshitaka Hidaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 183

11. Reproductive strategy and interspecific competition in the Lake-living gobiid fish isaza,Chaenogobius isaza

    • Toshitaka Hidaka
    • Sachiko Takahashi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 196

12. A new type of microhabitat, the interface between the log and the ground, observed in the passalid beetle of borneoTaeniocerus bicanthatus (Coleoptera: Passalidae)

    • Masahiro Kon
    • Yutaka Johki

    Short Communications Pages: 197 - 198

13. Multinesting behaviour by the freshwater three-spined stickleback,Gasterosteus aculeatus

    • Seiichi Mori

    Short Communications Pages: 199 - 202

14. Male mating territory and sneaking in a maternal mouthbrooder,Pseudosimochromis curvifrons (Pisces; Cichlidae)

    • Tetsuo Kuwamura

    Short Communications Pages: 203 - 206

15. Preliminary observations on the offshore mass migration of the sand-dwelling hermit crab,Diogenes nitidimanus terao (Crustacea decapoda: Anomura)

    • Akira Asakura

    Short Communications Pages: 207 - 209

16. Are thick-legged larvae ofPemphigus spyrothecae ‘Soldiers’?

    • Yosiaki Itô

    Comment Pages: 210 - 211