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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions

Note 180 — ORDER I. COLEOPTERA—BEETLES.

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This insect has received its English names, of Mole-cricket and Earth-crab, from its burrowing like a mole, and some species of W. Indian crabs; and, from its supposed jarring song at night, it is also called Eve-churr, Churr-worm, and Jarr-worm.—Ibid.

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