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BEETLES. 



and furnished ■with stiff hairs. Both grubs and^ 

 insects help us in clearing off other insect presence. 



Fig. 69.— Sculptured Eove Beetle and grub ; nat. size and mag. 



The third section is that of the Necrophaf/a, or Clavi- 

 cornes, which includes Beetles of very various habits,. 



Fig. 70. — Corn Ciicnjita and Cadelle : 2-4, Ciicitjiis testaceus; 5-8, 

 Trogosita mauritanica ; magnified, -with nat. size. 



but for the most part feeding on decayed matter (es- 

 pecially the division often known as Sexton Beetles,. 

 which live for the most part in dead animals, carrion, 

 and what we may shortly describe as " filth " gene- 

 rally). Their horns are usually enlarged or club- 

 shaped towards the tip, or bent as if they had an 



