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Beetle or Chafer (dael). 
x>Aot (7), ciAjAAun (9), cojAriAOAn (7), -oejA (9), teifMfs (6), -ouO- 
X)Am (9), AiUfe (7), cuil.-6tir) (6), i^AX<tA (6), c|\iompAltAn (7), 
p|\nnpeAllA.i (7), ptMompoU-An (7), •ouOeOil (7), -ouXit.AOl (6). 
Black-beetle or Cockroach (kearog) — ci-At\o5 (9), x>ai^X) x^a'X 
(9). 
According to Colgan the first word is applied to any kind 
of black beetle, of which there are many species, and this corres- 
ponds with the meaning of the word which is " little black 
one." 
Click-beetle (marjen smach) — m^i|\m ftneAC (11). The "wire- 
worm " (cAoC-i^uAt) 7) is the grub of this beetle. It is most 
injurious to crops. 
Death-watch Beetle — xA\<tA (6). Although O'Reilly trans- 
lated this word merely by beetle, Forbes (8) states that in 
Scotland the equivalent " fairche " is applied particularly to 
this species. 
Devil's Coach-horse Beetle (dara dael) — -oaiaa X)ao\ or "oeAtA^ 
X)Aot (3), x>AxX) x>Ao\, (7 Munster), 'oeAf\5A x>ao\. (7 Conn.). 
Dung-beetle (primpallan) — p|\ioinpAitAti (3), p|\itnpeAtl^n (3). 
This is the large beetle which flies about at dusk making a 
booming noise. Its grub or larva may be the copAn ; believed 
by Dinneen to be destructive to potatoes, etc., although it is 
quite harmless. 
Lady-bird Beetle (daelog-vjrak) — t)Ao 165-1:) lAeAc (6), t)|AeACT)- 
-oeAfs (8). This is one of our most useful insects for it lives 
entirely on destructive green -fly (aphis). 
Long-horn Beetle — ? ceA|vnAtUn (10). 
Maybug or Cockchafer (faeljacan) — peiliocAn (6), p^ileACAti 
(7). The same word is current in Scotch-Gaelic. This large 
brown beetle has occasionally been injurious to Irish plan- 
tations. (See Butterfly). 
Whirligig Beetle ? (meal-mona) — miot-monA-O (6). The Irish 
word means a small animal swimming on the surface of standing 
water. Although this description applies to many kinds of 
invertebrates, the whirligig beetle is the commonest and the 
most conspicuous of that class, possessing the habit referred to. 
