2 Golden-apple Beetles.—Translator's Note.
3 Blackbeetles or Cockroaches.—Translator's Note.
4 A genus of Weevils.—Translator's Note.
5 A mushroom-eating Beetle. Cf. The Life of the Fly: chap. xviii.—Translator's Note.
6 Ladybirds.—Translator's Note.
As much must be said of the Beetles well-equipped for pedestrian escape. Some remain motionless for a few seconds; others, more numerous still, behave in an ungovernable fashion. In short, there is no guide to tell us in advance:
"This one will readily assume the posture of a dead insect; this one will hesitate; that one will refuse."
There is nothing but shadowy probabilities, until experiment has given its verdict. From this muddle shall we draw a conclusion which will set our minds at rest? I hope so.