COCK-TAIL BEETLES. 



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be made into a skeleton should be soaked in water, to get 

 all the blood out, then dried and placed with the hoppers 

 in a covered box; a few birds' feathers should be put over 

 them, as they will work only in the dark." 



Another great family of beetles is well known by their 



Fig. 45. THE DKVIL'S COACH-HORSE. 



peculiar habit of turning their tails over their backs, after 

 the manner of scorpions, which has earned for them the 

 name of Cock -tails. They are also called Rove-beetles, 

 from their great agility, and Short-wings, because their 

 outer, or sheath-wings, are so short that the long wings 



