Reproduced from the Smithsonian Report, 1919. 



ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF "THE ABUNDANCE OF LIFE*' 



A collection of beetles from near Washington, belonging to the one order 

 Coleoptera. i. a snail-eater; 2, a tree-climbing caterpillar-hunter; 3, a con- 

 spicuous snapping-beetle whose larvre devour the grubs of wood-borers; 4, a 

 stage-beetle; 5, a "long-horn," very inconspicuous on the bark of pine-trees; 

 6, a "Russia-leather" beetle with that characteristic smell; 7, a dull-black 

 beetle breeding in rotten wood; 8 and 9, stag-beetles with big jaws in the male, 

 small jaws in the female; 10, the Betsy-bug beetle, boring in decaying logs, 

 unique in the parental care exhibited by both males and females, and remark- 

 able also for the sound produced both by adults and young; ix. the "tumble- 

 bug" beetle that flies at night and is often attracted to lamps. 



