IN THE BUNGALOW. 



cockroach. The insect is more sinned 

 against than sinning, as has been and 

 is the case with so many other forms of 

 animal life, for it really acts to some extent 

 the part of a scavenger and a scavenger 

 of no mean importance in India. 



The horror and loathing which attaches 

 to cockroaches or ' black beetles,' to keep 

 to popular parlance, is probably due to 

 the rapid movements and skulking habits 

 of these insects. They are particularly 

 nocturnal in their habits, the appearance 

 of even the modest hand lantern sending 

 them skurrying back to their holes in 

 rapid flight. The common cockroach of 

 this country is a brown insect of lighter 

 build and more active habits than his 

 English confrere. His home of origin 

 from which he takes his specific name is 

 America, but it is probably a century 

 or so since he spread throughout the 

 world. He is a domesticated insect and 

 will be found commonest in the home in 

 towns and large villages ; also on river and 



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