THE SCARAB.-FJDyE. 269 



they form a rounded or egg-shaped cocoon, and undergo their 

 metamorphosis into nymphs. In order to make the cocoon, they 

 bring together either grains of the soil or pieces of wood and 



THE METAMORPHOSES OF THE ROSE BEETLE {Ceionia aurato). 



rubbish, and unite them together with their saHva. The principal 

 types of the family of the ScarahmdcE, when arranged in different 

 tribes, are the Cctoniidce, the Glaphyrida;, the Mdolonthidcc, the 



