[692] Ibid. 385.

[693] Insects of the beetle tribe, especially such as undergo their metamorphosis under ground, in the trunks of trees, &c., are often a considerable time after quitting the puparium before their organs acquire the requisite hardness to enable them to make their way to the surface. Thus, the newly-disclosed imago of Cetonia aurata remains a fortnight under the earth, and that of Lucanus Cervus, according to Rösel, not less than three weeks.

[694] See above, Vol. I. p. [34]—.

[695] Jurine Hymenopt. 9. Note 1.

[696] Oliv. N. i. t. i. f. 1. c. f. N. 3. t. iii. f. 22. a b c. t. v. f. 33. t. vi. f. 5. t. xiii. f. 124. a b.

[697] Reaum. vi. 423.

[698] Kirby Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. t. xvi. f. 12, 13. t. xvii. f. 10-12.

[699] Reaum. iv. 393.

[700] See above, Vol. I. [473]—.

[701] De Geer vii. 304.