. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. alls and roll long distances(Fig. 49). The dung-rolling habithas long excited interest; indeed,among the Egyptians it was asource of superstition. So highwas the veneration of this peoplefor this their sacred beetle, thatthey reproduced it in their paint-ings and sculpture. The ball ofdung is really intended for the dep-osition of an egg, and it is rolledby both males and females to a hole in the ground which has been dug in a safe place for its reception. The leaf-eating lamellicorns include the May
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. alls and roll long distances(Fig. 49). The dung-rolling habithas long excited interest; indeed,among the Egyptians it was asource of superstition. So highwas the veneration of this peoplefor this their sacred beetle, thatthey reproduced it in their paint-ings and sculpture. The ball ofdung is really intended for the dep-osition of an egg, and it is rolledby both males and females to a hole in the ground which has been dug in a safe place for its reception. The leaf-eating lamellicorns include the May-beetles or June-bugs (Lachnosterna1) which are attracted by lamplight at night. They enter with a busy humming sound, soon come in violent contact with the wall or a piece of furni-ture, and fall heavily to the floor. They feed at night upon the foliage of trees and shrubs. Another common species is the rose-bug,2 which bears the name Macro- dactylus 3 subspinosus. It is destructive to the blossoms and young fruit of grapes, FIG. 49. —Copris, a tumble-bug. Nat. size. Photo, byW.^H. n sheeps wool ; arepvov, the Fig. 50. 3 /^a/epos, large ; finger. FIG. 50. — Macro-dactylus, therose-bug. Photo, byW. H. C. P. THE BEETLE AND ITS ALLIES 51
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