BEE 
BEE 
the whole body is of a fine fhining green^ with a 
flight mixture of yellow. It frequents gardens, but 
is rather fcarce. 
Beetle, with clavated feelers, and the cafes of 
the wings on the fore-part. This fpecies, which 
is fmall, has a black head and breaft : the cafes of 
the wings are grey towards the top; but, in other 
parts, are of a dufky blackifh brown, with tranf- 
verfe ftreaks of white. It feeds on the carcafes of 
dead animals, and particularly of birds. Some na- 
turalifts call this fpecies dermeftes. 
Beetle, Green Tortoise, with clavated annu- 
lated feelers. This animal has a fmall oval body, 
convex on the back, and flat on the belly ; the up- 
per part confifts of the cafes of the wings and the 
fhield ; the feelers are of a pale colour, but fome- 
what deeper on their tops than elfewhere; tlie legs 
are of a pale brown ; and a kind of a prominent 
ring runs round the cafes of the wings, which en- 
tirely cover the body. It feeds on mint, and other 
herbs; and is common in moft gardens. Linnasus 
calls Beetles of this kind caflida, from their fliields. 
Beetle, Shield, or Black Cassida, with brift- 
ly feelers, and a roundifli body. This Beetle, which 
is of a duiky black colour, is frequently found in 
houfes, where it is fometimes very mifchievous, 
eating holes in woollen-cloths and iluffs. The 
cafes of the wings are oblong, and lightly, ftreaked 
with feveral very fmall concave fpots; the fhield is 
roundifli, rough on the upper part, with a cruciated 
prominent edge; fometimes two fpots appear on 
the fide towards the hinder part, covered with yel- 
low hairs; and the belly is blackifli. Whenever 
this infe6l is touched, it draws up it's head and 
wings under it's body. 
Beetle, Shield; or. Oval Pale Clouded 
Cassida, with an undivided fhield covering the 
head. This infeft is very fmall; it's body is of an 
oval fliape, and of a pale brown colour, fpotted and 
clouded all over with one of a more dufl<y hue, which 
gives it a diftant refemblance to a tortoife-fhell : it's 
fliield, which is fhaped like a crefcent, is of a pale 
colour, without fpots ; the cafes of it's wings are 
ftreaked and fpeckled, the ftreaks running in crook- 
ed lines; it's body is black; and it's feelers are black 
and flender, Beds of baum or mint are the com- 
mon haunts of this infe£l. 
Beetle, Lady-Cow, with reddifh cafes for the 
wings, and feven black fpots on them. This beau- 
tiful and well-known infefthas a blackhead, with 
two white fpots on the forehead ; and a black breaft, 
which is whitifh near the maro-in : the cafes of it's 
wino-s are of an oranjj-e colour; and towards tlie 
bafe of each there are three black foots, and one 
which is common to both. The feelers of this in- 
fe£l are fmall and clavated; and it's under-part 
is wholly black. 
Beetle, Lady-Cow, with red cafes for the 
wings, and two black fpots on them. This fpe- 
cies has a black breaft, excepting that there is one 
large fpot on it's edge, and two very minute ones 
near the bafe, and alfo two others of the fame fize 
at the infertion of the feelers ; tlie belly, feelers, and 
legs, being black. This Beetle is commonly found 
on alder-trees. 
Beetle, Lady-Cow, with black cafes for the 
wings, and four red fpots on them. The breafls 
of this fpecies are entirely black, and the fpots on 
the cafes of their wings are of a blood-red colour, 
thofe neareft the breaft being the largeft. Thefe 
infects live on maple-trees in the north of Eng- 
land; but are fometimes feen, though feidom, in 
the hedges near London . 
Beetle, Flying, of the Weft Indies. This fpe- 
cies, called acudia by the natives, has a luminous 
appearance, and is almoft as -big as a wren. It has 
four fhining fpots ; two of which are placed near 
the eyes, and two under the wings. 
Beetle, American Ball. This Beetle, to 
which the Americans give the appellation of tum- 
ble-dung, is an exceedingly curious ini'eft. It is 
wholly of a duflcy black colour, but rounder than 
the generality of thofe animals; and, though not 
much larger than the common black Beetle, is fo ve- 
ry powerful, that if placed under a large brafs can- 
dleftick, it will occafion it's moving backwards and 
forwards, as if agitated by an invifible hand, to the 
great admiration of thofe vAio are unaccuftomed to 
the fio-ht. But llich amazino; ftrength feems to be 
imparted to the infeft for a more valuable purpofe 
than that of exciting human curiofity; for there is 
hardly any animal more induftrious, either in pro- 
viding the means of fubfiftence, or a fecure retreat 
for it's young. It is enabled to difcover it's proper 
food, the excrements of men or beafts, by means of 
it's exquifite fenfe of fmelling; on which it inftantly 
tirops, and begins to form round balls or pellets of 
the ordure, depofiting an egg in the centre of each. 
About the month of September, it buries thefe pel- 
lets three feet deep in the earth, where they conti- 
nue till the approach of fpring ; when the eggs arc 
hatched, the ncfts burft, and the infefts make their 
way from their fubterraneous retreats. They inde- 
fatigably affift each other in rolling thefe globular 
pellets to the place where they are to be buried; 
and this they perform with a retrograde motion^ 
raifing up their hinder-parts, and flioving along the 
balls witli their hind-feet. They are always ac- 
companied by Beetles of a larger fize than them- 
felves, and of a more elegant ftrufture and colour^ 
whofe breafts are covered with fhields of a crimfon 
colour, andfiiining like metal ; dieir heads ai'e of the 
fame colourniixed with green, and fiirniftied with 
gloflfy black horns, bent backwards : they are called 
the kings of the Beetles; but for what reafon is un- 
certain, as they are employed in the fame filthy la- 
bour as their companions. 
Beetle, Capricorn, or Goat-Chafer. This 
fpecies is about the fize of the ftag Beetle, and of 
the fame colour. The head is broadiHi ; the eyes are 
large ; the mouth, which is wide and forked, con- 
tains two exceedingly hard crooked teeth, with which 
it gnaws wood, making a noife like tlie grunting 
of a pig; the fhoulders appear as if they were 
carved, and have hafts of the colour and polifh of 
ebony; and the animal has fix legs, three of which 
are furnifhed with joints fo very weak, that they bend 
with the weight of the body. It has two horns grow- 
ing above the eyes, confifting of ten flexible joints, 
not exa(5lly round, but rough liL : thofe of a goat^ 
and longer than it's whole body; thefe horns are 
moveable in any dire6lion at the pleafure of the in- 
fect, except that, in the a£l of flying, they are thruft 
direftly forward ; and, when it is weary, they are 
ufed inftead of feet. This Beetle, when at reft, 
generally fufpends it's body from the branch of a 
tree by m.eans of it's horns or feelers. 
Beetle, Large Green Capricorn, mufk- 
fcented. Tliis is a moft beautiful infeft, it's whole 
body being of a gloflfy blue-green colour, v/ith a 
caft of a fhining gold-yellov/. The wings under the 
cafes are black ; the legs are of a blueifh green hue j 
the breaft is pointed at each extremity; and be- 
tween thefe points there are tliree flnall tubercles 
near the wings, and three ftiil fmaller towards the 
head. The cafes of the wings are oblong, and 
fomewhat 
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