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THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE DON. 
INSECTs. 
The following are a few of the Znsects which I have observed in 
this country, but they are only a few of those to be found. 
Scarabeeus typhzeus 
uchicornis 
tarlus 
i 
seearirius - the 
dor-beetle : 
When it flies 
in the evening 
testudinarius: 
v re 
melolontha; the 
r 
strikes against 
persons and 
other objects, 
as if blind; 
commo: 
provers As 
blind as a 
beetle 
solstitialis. This 
to the leaves 
of t the elm 
nobilis 
—— parallelipipedus 
araboid In 
des. 
e Wi 
| Dermestes se Tee nag 
pellio 
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dom 
Bostricus BoliePaphiis 
typo 
Ptinus cerevisize 
molli 
the a ceestiong: 
fe) 
destructive to 
books 
sticus 
graphus: on 
fir trees near 
Forfar 
scolytus ; often 
destructive to 
elms 
age seme fe 
trees 
Fortar. “which it 
often destroys 
is; destructive 
to drie Bh ants 
fur ; it is 
most 
des reve insect 
yrrhus scro phularize 
Silpha vespillo 
atr ao 
thor: 
Nitidula biiplistulata 
Cassida vi ae 
Cacti: aneer 
7-punctata 
