9S COLEOPTERA. 
that do not undergo some transforma- 
tion ; and though all do not become pupae, 
they pass some time in an intermediate 
state, between their being larvae, and as- 
suming their last and perfect form. 
Another beetle, with which you are 
better acquainted, is the cockchaffer, or 
scarahceus melolontha* 
Lucy, Is the cockchafFer a beetle ? I 
never should liave guessed that such large, 
buzzing, flying things were beetles. 
Mother. Why are you so much sur- 
prised by a beetle's flying, when you have 
just heard that they are possessed of 
wings r Have you already forgotten the 
pretty lines you so lately learned ? 
Lucy. No indeed, mamma, I remem- 
ber them very well : 
" Or where the beetle winds 
His small but sullen horn. 
As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path. 
Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum/' 
But I did not think just then either of 
the lines or the wings. 
Motlier. That is what I suspected ; 
