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rove-beetle) are found in the dung of quadrupeds; espe- 

 cially of cows, sheep, and horses. Some, as the stag-beetle, 

 and the Capricorn beetle, lodge in rotten wood, and under 

 the decayed bark of trees. Others, as the carrion-beetle, 

 are seen in putrid carcasses, on bones that have been 

 gnawed by dogs, on flowers of a fetid smell, and on fungous 

 stinking substances. The weevil, the seed-beetle, and 

 others, in the early part of the day frequent the bottoms 

 of perpendicular rocks and sand-banks, the flowers of 

 trees, and herbaceous plants. Many kinds, as the whirl- 

 beetle and the water-beetle, may be caught in rivers, 

 lakes, and standing pools, by means of a small thread-net 

 fixed to a long pole. About noon, when the sun shines in 

 his full splendour, some kinds, as the lady-fly, the burn- 

 cow, the golden honey-beetle, the soft-winged beetle, the 

 spring-beetle, and the clipt-winged beetle, may be seen 

 on plants and flowers, blighted trees and shrubs. Others, 

 as the glow-worm, whose pale light adorns the tranquil 

 summer evening, frequent moist meadows, or hedge-banks, 

 and are best discovered by the lustre which they emit. A 

 great number sit close on the leaves of plants ; particularly 

 of burdock, coltsfoot ; and the like : in such situations the 

 tortoise-beetle is found, while the blister-beetle and others 

 feed on different kinds of tender herbs. The stinking 

 beetle may be found in houses, cellars, pits, and subter- 

 ranean passages ; and numbers on the trunks as well as on 

 the leaves of trees, in timber-yards, and in the holes of 

 decayed wood. Some, us the wood-beetle and the glossy 

 beetle, inhabit wild commons, the margins of pools, 

 marshes, and rivulets ; and are likewise seen creeping on 

 flags, reeds, and other aquatic plants. Multitudes, as the 

 ground-beetle, live under stones, moss, and rubbish, and 

 the fragments of wrecks, near the shores of lakes and 

 rivers; they are also found in bogs, marshes, and moist 

 places, in pits, and in holes of the earth ; and in the even- 

 ing they frequent pathways, after a refreshing shower. 

 Some, as the ear-wig, may be discovered in the hollow 

 stems of decayed umbelliferous plants, and on many sorts 



