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Excerpt from The Coleoptera of the British Islands, Vol. 4: A Descriptive Account of the Families, Genera, and Species Indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, With Notes as to Localities, Habitats, Etc;; Lamellicornia, Serricornia, Longicornia, Phytophaga
This series of coleoptera, as above mentioned, includes most of the largest beetles in the world, notably the great Goliath beetles, and others which nearly equal them in size; several authors have proposed to place them at the head of the whole order, partly on the ground of their size and development, and partly, in some cases, because of their internal structure; the question, however, requires very careful con sideration, and in the present state of our knowledge it is far better not to disturb the existing arrangement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
