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Curculio, Briichus) may be found in a morning 

 about the bottoms of perpendicular rocks and 

 sand banks, and also upon the flowers of trees 

 and herbaceous plants. 



Many kinds (Gyrinns, Dyliscus) may be 

 caught by a net at the end of a long pole, in 

 rivers, lakes, and standing pools. 



In the middle of the day when the sun shines 

 hot, some (Coccinella, Buprestis, Chrysomela, 

 Cantharisy Elater, Necydalis) are to be seen on 

 plants and flowers, blighted trees and shrubs ; 

 others (Lampyris) in moist meadows, and are 

 best discovered at night, by the shining light 

 which they emit. 



A great variety (Cassida) sit close on the 

 leaves of plants, particularly of the burdock, 

 elecampane, coltsfoot, dock, thistle, &c. or feed 

 on different kinds of tender herbs (Meloe). 



Numbers (Tenebrio) may be found in houses, 

 dark cellars, damp pits, caves, and subterrane- 

 ous passages, or on umbelliferous flowers (Ce- 

 rambyx, Ptinus) ; on the trunks as well as the 

 leaves of trees; in timber-yards, and in the 

 holes of decayed wood. 



