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. 



