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BEETLES. 



likely be stated to be " quite unaccountable." Order 

 and cleanliness, proper clearing out of old skins and 

 rubbish, scalding out dog-kennels and slaughter-houses, 

 and all other head-quarters of filth, and letting brooms, 

 scrapers, and whitewash do their work in poultry-sheds, 

 and all other places, will promptly reduce the armies. 



CHAPTER V. 



BEETLES (COLEOPTERA). 



Cockchafers, Click Beetles, &c. 



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Fig. 04. — Common Cockchafer, maggot, and pupa. 



We now pass on to the order of Beetles (Colcoptera) . 

 From the fact of there being a very large number of 



