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SUBKINGDOM ARTICULATA. 



pjete, the soft larvae usually having a horny head with sim- 

 ple eyes and distinct jaws. 



Scarabaeidae (cased). The May-beetle, or Dor-bug, lays 

 its eggs in the ground during May or June. They hatch in 

 about three months. The larva, called by farmers the 

 " white-worm," grows to the size of the little finger, devour- 

 ing voraciously every kind of vegetable. After remaining 

 some years in this state, passing the winter in the ground 

 below frost, it changes to a p.upa, emerges a beetle, lays its 

 eggs, and dies. 



Fig. S70. 



Luc&nus cervus, Stag-beetle, Europe. 



Lucanidse. The Horn-lugs* lay their eggs under the 



* So strong are the jaws of Stag-beetles that one has been known to gnaw a hole 

 an inch in diameter through the side of an iron canister. 



