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brown pods, resembling eggs, in which to lie during their pupa 
state. 
The insect, a large oblong beetle, smooth and shining, of a 
chestnut or mahogany color, the males with stout sickle-shaped 
jaws as long as the head, and having a small tooth on their inner 
edge near the middle. Length 1.00 to 1.20. Often flies in at 
open windows, in warm evenings in July. See Harris’s Treatise, 
p. 40. 
7. Rough Osmoderma, Osmoderma scabra, Beauvois. (Coleoptcra Melolon- 
thidao.) 
A worm similar in size and shape to the preceding, but much 
more rough and wrinkled transversely, changing to a broad oval 
black beetle, coarsely punctured, flattened upon its wing covers, 
which are rough from irregular elevations and have impressed 
lines along the middle; the males smaller, purplish black and 
slightly coppery, with the head flat and its edges turned upward. 
Length 0.80 to 1.10. Appears in July. See Harris, p. 37. 
8. Smooth Osmoderma, Osmoderma eremicola. Knoch. 
This doubtless has the same form and habits with the preceding 
though it has not yet been observed in its larva state. The beetle 
is also similar in size and form, but is perfectly smooth, shining 
and of a deep mahogany brown color, the males having a broad 
transverse excavation on the fore part of the thorax. See 
Harris, p. 38. 
9. Big-eyed snapping beetle, Alaus oculatus, Linnaeus. (Coleoptera Elatc- 
ridie.) 
A smooth flattened tawny yellow worm, dark brown or black 
at each end, growing to two and a half inches in length by 0.40 
in width, rather broadest in the middle, the last segment with two 
thorn-like points curving upward, and on its under side a large, 
soft retractile pro-leg, with six small slender legs anteriorly; 
changing to a long, rather flat black snapping beetle, with its 
wing covers speckled with white, and on its thorax two large eye¬ 
like spots of coal black, surrounded by a white ring. Length 
LOO to 1.80. Occurs in June and July. See Harris, p. 48. 
