286 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 





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MALE STAG-BEETLE 



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low trees soon after sunset, while the 

 smaller COCH-Y-BONODHU the "Cockcr- 

 bundy" of the angler often appears about 

 the same time in hundreds of thousands. 

 The beautiful 



ROSE-BEETLE, 



too, with its 

 bright golden- 

 green wing- 

 cases marked 

 with w a v y 

 whitish lines, 

 may often be 

 seen sunning 

 itself in roses 

 or on the 

 blossoms of 

 pinks. 



The 

 famous 

 EGYPTIAN 

 SCARAB.-EUS is 

 also a member 

 of this group, 

 for the sacred 



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SKIPJACK BEETI.K 



The larva of tkii family are 

 as Wire-iuormt 



It is remarkable not only 

 character attributed to it 

 by the ancient Egyptians, but also for its 

 curious habit of rolling along balls of dung 

 until it can find a soft spot in which to 

 bury them. When the egg hatches, the grub feeds upon the dung, the quantity provided 

 being exactly sufficient for its requirements. The common DOR BEETLE is allied to this in- 

 sect; it tunnels down to a 

 depth of 14 or 15 inches be- g] 

 neath a patch of excrement, and 

 lays its egg at the bottom of 

 the burrow. 



The SKIPJACK BEETLES, 

 parents of the well-known \Vire- 

 worms, which cause so much 

 mischief by feeding upon the 

 roots of cultivated crops, repre- 

 sent another group. These 

 beetles owe their popular title 

 to their singular method of re- 

 gaining their feet when they 

 happen to roll over upon theii 

 backs. Their bodies being very 

 smooth and polished, and their 

 legs very short, they cannot re- 

 cover their footing in the 

 ordinary manner. On the lower 

 part of the body, however, is a 

 highly elastic spine, known as 



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HERCULES 



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BEETLE FLYING 



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