THE PERFUMED BEETLE 135 
ma, ' scented skin,' given to these beetles by the 
French naturalists." 
" Nocturnal " they may be, but that they are 
diurnal also I have many times proved. Almost 
any hot sunny day I am even now sure of my 
specimen upon a certain oozy cherry trunk near 
by, the presence even of one beetle being distinct- 
ly announced at a distance of ten feet. 
There are two common species of these beetles, 
the present insect being the Osmoderma scabei, as 
given by Harris. 
