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LITTLE FOLKS 
A FEW MORE BEETLES. 
Here is the picture of the Stag Beetle. The first curled up 
individual in the left lower corner, is Mr. Stag Beetle as he appears 
in his grub state. The next uncomfortable looking bundle of an 
object, is the same personage when he has come to his full growth 
as a grub, and become what is called a pupa — or chrysalis. Both 
of these are represented as being in the ground, because they do 
pass their lives in seclusion, though naturalists of late, affirm that 
this particular family always lives in the wood of trees. Outside, 
at the top of the picture, you see Mr. Stag Beetle himself, with his 
tremendous horns, and his modest wife without any. I'm sure 
she needs none. One such pair of horns must be enough for any 
one family. 
