INSECT INTRUDERS. 



The large black carnivorous Beetle 

 with the six white spots is common 

 throughout the country and feeds 

 probably on a variety of insect food, not 

 despising young locusts when this 

 pernicious pest is out on its great forays 

 through the country. 



The other one is one of the Tiger 

 Beetles, those brilliantly metallic colour- 

 ed little insects which are often met run- 

 ning rapidly along the forest rides or fly- 

 ing in short swift flights in front of one. 

 Difficult to catch are they, and probably 

 amongst the most actively carnivorous 

 of all insects, their brilliant metallic 

 colouring and rapid active movements 

 doubtless greatly aiding them in their 

 continual predatory forays on their 

 insect relatives. 



It is perhaps almost superfluous to 

 mention here that curse of the tropics 

 the termite or * White Ant. ' 



No true ant is he, though having the 

 appearance of one and possessing many 

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