. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 126 COLEOPTEEA. is completed. We select one or two familiar ex- amples as illustrative of the habits of this immense group. The Scavenger Beetles (Geotrupes) are among the most useful insects met with in tropical climates: no sooner is the presence of filth announced by its scent, than the scavengers are heard coming booming up the wind, and roll it away at once in large pieces as big as billiard balls, and when they reach a place proper by its softness for the deposit of their eggs, and the safety of their young, they dig the
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 126 COLEOPTEEA. is completed. We select one or two familiar ex- amples as illustrative of the habits of this immense group. The Scavenger Beetles (Geotrupes) are among the most useful insects met with in tropical climates: no sooner is the presence of filth announced by its scent, than the scavengers are heard coming booming up the wind, and roll it away at once in large pieces as big as billiard balls, and when they reach a place proper by its softness for the deposit of their eggs, and the safety of their young, they dig the soil out from beneath the ball, till they have quite let it down and covered it. They then lay their eggs within the mass. While the larvae are growing, they devour the inside of the ball before coming above ground. These beetles, with their gigantic balls, look like Atlas with the'world on his back, only they go backwards and with their heads down, push with their hind legs, as if a boy should roll a snow-ball with his legs while standinG; on his head.—Dr. Livingstone. u,\ ?'m'^rri-i'^s^ -\ (? Flu So. —int. GOU\.TH LLLILE, AND IIIICCLL'- LLhTLL The Lamellicorn beetles embrace some of the largest of the insect race, equally remarkable for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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