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CHAPTEE XVII. 

 THE BEETLES, OR SHEATH WINGED INSECTS. 



All beetles are called Goleoptera, the word meaning 

 sheath-winged. Fig. 112 represents a beetle in the act of 



Fig. 113 —A Carabus beetle in the act of waiting or running. Three legs (i,, 

 jRj, is) are directed forward, while the others (i?„ ij. R,^, which are direcled 

 backwai-d toward the tail, have ended iheir activity, a 6, cd, and ef are 

 curves described by the end of the tibiae and passing back to the end of the 

 body; 6 A, d f, and / 9 are curves described by the same legs during the 

 passive change of position. 



