684 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



low trees soon after sunset, while the 

 smaller CoCH-Y-BONDDHU — the "Cocker- 

 bundy" of the angler — often appears about 

 the same time in hundreds of thousands. 

 The beautiful 



wmg- 

 marked 



PAolo by iV. P. Danda^ F.Z.S. 



MALE STAG-BEETLE 



T/ie maks arc often 2 inches long ; the females ha've comparati'vely small 

 tales 



bury them. When the egg hatches, the g 

 being exactly sufficient for its requirements 

 sect ; it tunnels down to a 

 depth of 14 or 15 inches be- ' , 

 neath a patch of excrement, and 

 lays its egg at the bottom of 

 the burrow. 



The Skipjack Beetles, 

 parents of the well-known Wire- 

 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 their 

 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 



Rose-beetle, 

 too, with its 

 bright golden- 

 green 

 cases 

 w i t h wavy 

 whitish lines, 

 may often be 

 seen sunning 

 itself in roses 

 or on the 

 blossoms of 

 pinks. 



The 

 famous 

 E G Y P T I A N 

 SCARAB.EUS is 

 also a member 

 of this group. 



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Phelo by IV. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 

 Reiint'i Park 



SKIPJACK BEETLE 



The lar'VtS of this family are knozvn 

 as Jf^ire-ii'orms 



It is remarkable not only 

 for the sacred 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 

 rub feeds upon the dung, the quantity provided 

 The common DOR Beetle is allied to this in- 



HERCULES 



iNiW r«ri 



BEETLE FLYING 



The most remarkable feature about this insect is its huge horn-like pro'fcction from the thorax, 

 ivhich Is nearly as long as the rest of it: body 



