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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 119 — BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.

John Bostock translation

This beetle appears to be unknown. Cuvier suggests that the Scarabæus nasicornis of Linnæus, which haunts dead bark, or the Scarabæus auratus may be the insect referred to.

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