CHAPTER XVIII

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TROPICAL INSECTS, SPIDERS, AND SCORPIONS.

Gradual increase of Insect life on advancing towards the Line-- The Hercules Beetle--The Goliath--The Inca Beetle--The Walking-leaf and Walking-stick Insects--The Soothsayer-- Luminous Beetles--Tropical Spiders--Their gaudy colours-- Trap-door Spiders--Enemies of the Spiders--Mortal Combat between a Spider and a Cockroach--Tropical Scorpions--Dreadful Effects of their sting 205

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