THE SCARAB^EUS AND ITS MODERN 

 WORSHIPPERS. 



"Like to those balls which sordid Beetles roll, 

 Infusing into them their dunghill soul." 



WHAT a striking contrast is there between the two insects 

 which figure most conspicuously in the annals of antiquity 

 the butterfly and the dung-beetle ! The former was regarded 

 by the ancients as an emblem of the soul, the latter was 

 made by them an object of the soul's worship. The one, all 

 beauty, vivacity, and buoyancy ; having no business in life 

 but pleasure no habitation but among the beautiful flowers, 



