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

Note 61 — ORDER I. COLEOPTERA—BEETLES.

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De Pauw tells us that the description of the Scarabæus as given by Orus Apollo (Horapollo) is, that “it resembles the sparkling luster of the eye of a cat in the dark.”(!)—ii. 104.

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