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THE INSECT WORLD. 



The innumerable tribe of Harpalidce. contains carnivorous beetles 

 of very small size, sometimes of a bronze-green, sometimes black, 

 either dull or shining, and which render great service to our gardens. 

 Hidden under stones, in dry leaves, at the foot of trees, they attack 



-Tefflus Megerlei. 



Fig. 514. — Damaster blaptoides. 



a number of small insects, caterpillars, millepedes, &c., and thus 

 exterminate a quantity of vermin. The Harpalus ce?ieiis (Fig. 518), 

 which is seen shining in the midst of the paving stones like a little 

 bronze plate, is found everywhere. The Galeritas (Figs. 519 and 520) 

 are distinguished by their antennae, which are thick at the base ; they 



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