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insects/ 



(Insecta.) 



Each moss, 



Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank; 

 Important in the plan of Him who form'd 

 This scale of beings; holds a rank, whichlost 

 Would break the chain, and leave a gap 

 That Nature's self would rue ! 



Ill this Case is a brilliant display of the Insect tribe, 

 consisting of a selection of about 500 of those most 

 remarkable for their beauty of colours, extraordinary- 

 form, or singularity of manner or economy. A bare 

 recitation of the names of this very numerous class 

 would add but little to the information or pleasure of 

 the general reader, and would increase the size and 

 expence of this Catalogue unnecessarily : we shall 

 therefore give only those best known or most remark- 

 able. 



Hercules Beetle (Scarabaeus Hercules). 



The Beetle herg described is a native of the island 

 of Guadaloupe ; on the continent of New Spaini 

 this species is said to be often seen of very large 

 dimensions. The horn of this species is toothed above 

 on each side, and beneath it is covered with a sub- 

 stance resembling yellow plush ; the proboscis below 

 is also toothed. Between these, it is said, the insect 

 takes the smaller branches of trees, and by swiftly 

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