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Method of colleSling Inf elds of the 
Beetle Kind. 
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By infects of the Beetle kind, we 
mean all fuch as have thin membranous 
wings covered with hard cafes or lhells, 
and included in Linnaeus’s fir ft clafs of 
infects, Coeeoptera. Thefe have 
generally been termed Scarab^i, or 
Beetles : fome few of them have obtained 
cliftinct Englifh names, as the Chafer, 
Lady-bird, Earwig, &c. and ail have 
been divided by Linnaeus into Genera 
and Species. 
The infedts of this, as well as of the 
preceding and following clafles, may 
be found in their Caterpillar or Grub 
ftate, in which they are often extremely 
deftructive to the roots of plants ; and 
may in like manner be brought to their 
perfett or fly ftate, regard being had to 
their 
