"Scarabaeus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... varieties. Here are the remarkable burying-beetle, that deposits its eggs in the rotting flesh of small dead animals, and then, with the assistance of some kindred beetles buries the body, leaving its progeny to enjoy the carrion when they quicken; the sacred scarabaeus of the Egyptians, and the British variety of the same beetle, that bury their eggs in their dung. Upon the next table (2) are the golden tropical beetles, whose wings are used by the natives as ornaments; the celebrated glow worms, the females of which emit a phosphorescent ...
— How to See the British Museum in Four Visits • W. Blanchard Jerrold
... scarabaeus: Latin for "beetle," and the scientific term in entomology. While there are various golden beetles, Poe's was a ...
— Selections From Poe • J. Montgomery Gambrill
... harbour, and the news quickly spread to the city and to the vessels in port. Intense excitement ensued on land and water, among the citizens of the place as well as its defenders. Every man who had a post of duty was instantly at it; and in less than half an hour the British man-of-war Scarabaeus, which had been lying at anchor a short distance outside the harbour, came steaming out to meet the enemy. There were other naval vessels in port, but they required more time to be ...
— The Great War Syndicate • Frank Stockton |
