INSECT INTRUDERS. 



And the fair ones of those great ancient 

 races did not disdain to wear the image 

 and sign of the Scarab, even though it 

 ^ had the likeness of a 

 ' nasty horrid insect.' 



What will not 

 custom and habit do 

 for us all ! We may 

 yet wear * black beetle ' 

 lockets ! ! 



Sadly unlocked for, 

 are the vagaries of our 

 insect friends and 

 most unpremeditated 

 of the episodes their 

 give rise to. The 

 curious antipathy their presence 

 arouses in the human breast is 

 probably one of the most inexplic- 

 able of the many unexplainable 

 phenomena in nature, for it is 

 indisputable that many are of the 

 utmost benefit to man. Indeed, 

 it is a matter of common scientific 

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