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Order— COL EOF TER A. 
Siting tmz li&e Jorm 
GENUS i—SCARABEUSBEETLE. 
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H E larv ae, grubs or caterpillars, of many beetles, 
lead a fedentary life under ground ; mod of them 
deliglit in and feed upon dung: fome (fuch as the 
garden beetle and cock chafer) live under, and con- 
lume the roots of plants ; and, in fome parts of Eng- 
land, the latter, commonly called Dai', will drip 
the oaks almoft entirely of their leaves ; thefe are 
the trees which they mod: affeft ; but in feafons when 
the Dors abound,cmany other trees are defpoiled, 
Dor : or Cockchafer 0 
The grub of the chafer is three years under 
ground; and when it is nearly full grown, makes 
dreadful havock among the roots of grafs and corn. 
The rooks and fea-mews deftroy many of -thefe de- 
drudtive larvae, by which they render efTentiai fer- 
vice to mankind, as famine mud: enfue if the grubs 
were to abound a few years in fucceflion, 
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