Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 567
veral kinds of beetles whose hornycovering is thus sword-proof. I have seen arobber-fly drop a Buprestis—the pretty gold-and-green beetle that boys call coat-tails —after many vain attempts to force its proboscisthrough the beetles hard coat. Samuel Francis Aaron. Robber-flies are indeed, as one… … NEVER DID KNIGHTS-ERRANT CHARGE MORE GALLANTLY. igo30 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. IO37 ^BECAUSE WE1 WANT TO KNOW
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