Note 1 — Chapter XII · SOME ANOMALIES
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
In the adult form, the Sacred Beetle and his kinsfolk, the Half-spotted Scarab,1 the broad-necked Scarab2 and the Pock-marked Scarab3—the only three that I know—are likewise atrophied: all of them lack the tarsi of the fore-legs. These four witnesses prove to us that this singular mutilation is common to the whole group.