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SUBKINGDOM ARTICULATA. 



Mg. 372. 



. 373. 



Ceram&yx moschatus, 

 Long-horned Musk Beetle. 



Scolfitus destructor, 

 Bark-borer. 



Fig. 37U. 



galleries bearing a rude resemblance to written characters, an 

 egg being placed at the termination 

 of each gallery. 



Curculionidae. The Weevils 

 have a long proboscis for boring 

 holes in which to deposit their 

 eggs. Different species attack every 

 part of a plant. The Plum-weevil 

 makes a crescent-shaped incision 

 into a plum, and its egg hatches a 

 whitish grub that soon penetrates 

 to the kernel of the fruit. Bren- 

 tlms attacks hazel-nuts. 



Dytiscidse. The Water-beetles 

 are oval in form, and have strongly- 

 fringed hind-legs for swimming. 

 The larvae are called " Water- tigers/' 

 as their scissor-like jaws enable 

 them to snip off the tails of tad- 

 poles, and even hold on to young 

 fishes while sucking their blood. 

 On assuming the pupa state, they 



