. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. The Sacred Beetle and Others in this constant work of purification, hardly vouchsafe the sturdy toilers a contemptous glance. Popular language overwhelms them with harsh epithets. This appears to be the rule: do good and you shall be misjudged, you shall be traduced, stoned, trodden under- foot, as witness the Toad, the Bat, the Hedgehog, the Owl and other helpers who, for their services, ask nothing but a little tolerance. Now, of our defenders against the dangers of filth flaunted shamelessly in the rays of the sun, the most
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. The Sacred Beetle and Others in this constant work of purification, hardly vouchsafe the sturdy toilers a contemptous glance. Popular language overwhelms them with harsh epithets. This appears to be the rule: do good and you shall be misjudged, you shall be traduced, stoned, trodden under- foot, as witness the Toad, the Bat, the Hedgehog, the Owl and other helpers who, for their services, ask nothing but a little tolerance. Now, of our defenders against the dangers of filth flaunted shamelessly in the rays of the sun, the most remarkable in our climes are the Geotrupes: not that they are more zealous than the others, but because their size makes them capable of heavier work. Moreover, when it is simply a question of their nourishment, they resort by preference to the materials which we have most to fear. My neighbourhood is worked by four species of Geotrupes. Two of them, G. mutator,^ IVIarsh, and G. syhaticus, Paxz., are rarities on which we had best not count for connected studies; the two others, on the contrary, G. stcrcorariiis, Lix., and G. hypocrita, Schneid., are exceedingly com- mon. ^ Black as ink above, both of them are magnificently garbed below. One is quite surprised to find such a jewel-case among the 280 -;3im. 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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