I have seen, too, a Scarabaeus engraved upon a seal, the joints of whose tarsi numbered but twenty-eight.
Donovan suggests that perhaps this is the larvae of the Scarabaeus (copris) molossus, the general description and abundance of which insect in China favors such an opinion.
Scarabaeus in pale white steaschist, with three emblems that cannot well be explained.
Scarabaeus in the same substance, with a motto of doubtful meaning.
Chifflet has figured an abraxas which contains a Scarabaeus having the sun for its head, and the arms of a man for legs.
Pliny says the green Scarabaeushas the property of rendering the sight more piercing of those who gaze upon it, and that hence, engravers of precious stones use these insects to steady their sight.
The Scarabaeus entered also into the royal scutcheons.
Small Scarabaeus in dark steaschist, with a man in adoration to a king or deity, wearing a crown of the upper country, and holding in the left hand a lotus flower.
De Pauw finds some traces of the Egyptian worship of the Scarabaeus in this fondness for the music of the "holy Crickets," as he calls them, of Madagascar!
A Scarabaeuswith a hawk-headed gryphon, emblem of Menta-Ra, or Mars.
Cuvier suggests that the Scarabaeus nasicornis of Linnaeus, which haunts dead bark, or the S.
He observed a species ofScarabaeus (Ateuchis pilularius?
Mr. Bree describes the Scarabaeus horticola as "exceedingly destructive in gardens.
You remember that picture of the scarabaeus which, yesterday morning, frightened you into a state of semi-idiocy.
The following engraving represents an intaglio on a scarabaeus ring, of fine workmanship, preserved in Vienna.
This last manner of mounting the scarabaeuswas often used by the Egyptians, the shank being made of every kind of metal; it was also the common setting of the Phoenician stones of this form.
One is of gold, on which is a scarabaeus in cornelian; the stomach of the scarabaeus is engraved hollow and represents a naked man holding a vase.
Colonel Barnet possesses an Egyptian signet-ring formed by a scarabaeus set in gold.
On the breast was a large scarabaeus of green porphyry, set in gold.
The scarabaeus hung quite clear of any branches, and, if allowed to fall, would have fallen at our feet.
After some inquiries respecting his health, I asked him, not knowing what better to say, if he had yet obtained the scarabaeus from Lieutenant G--.
The spot where we discovered the scarabaeus was on the coast of the mainland, about a mile eastward of the island, and but a short distance above high-water mark.
I presume you will call the bug scarabaeus caput hominis, or something of that kind--there are many similar titles in the Natural Histories.
Footnote J: The Ateuchus sacer, or Sacred Scarabaeus of the Egyptians.
His work with the Scarabaeus was over; for it had been ordered by the Syndicate that its vessels should not encumber themselves with prizes.
Every man on board the Scarabaeus was wild with amazement and excitement.
As soon as the approach of Scarabaeus was perceived by Repeller No.
Perceiving instantly that it would be difficult to strike this nimble and almost submerged adversary, the commander of the Scarabaeus thought it well to let it alone for the present, and to bear down with all speed upon the repeller.
This proceeding astonished the commander and officers of the Scarabaeus almost as much as the extraordinary attack which had been made upon their ship.
This was to be avoided, for the Scarabaeus was a much larger vessel than Repeller No.
The course of the Scarabaeus was instantly changed, and every effort was made to get the vessel into a position to run down the crab.
The Scarabaeus lost no time in availing herself of the facilities offered.
So far as motive power was concerned, the Scarabaeus was totally, disabled.
Crab A soon came so near the Scarabaeus that it was impossible to depress the guns of the latter so as to strike her.
To the present day certain of the inhabitants of the Sûdân, pound the dried scarabaeus or beetle and drink it in water, believing that it will insure them a numerous progeny.
MacLeay, in the progress of his inquiries to ascertain the station of Scarabaeus sacer, discovered that the thalerophagous and saprophagous Petalocerous beetles resolved themselves each into a circle containing five such groups.
To this genus or subgenus Scarabaeus Syphax, Antaeus, Titanus, &c.
Thus Aphodius luridus has sometimes pale elytra with the striae black (Scarabaeus nigro-sulcatus Marsh.
The genusScarabaeus is what I have chiefly confined myself to, and ought to have studied exclusively.
To be 'of the blood of the Scarabaeus,' is merely to be one of that family of which the Scarabaeus is the insignium.
The Scarabaeus was the insignium or the 'arms,' of a very distinguished and very rare patrician family.
But upon the wrappings of the throat I saw the green jasper of the sacredscarabaeus shining again like a living eye.
Dear Sir, The scarabaeus fullo I know very well, having seen it in collections; but have never been able to discover one wild in its natural state.
The appearance and flying of the scarabaeus solstitialis, or fern- chafer, commence with the month of July, and cease about the end of it.
Brasilian genus, Scarabaeus dytiscoides (near Anamnesis Vigors and supposed to be the Eucranium arachnoides Dejean Cat.
In an instant the air was rent by loud cries of-- "Let the scarabaeusdevour him!
The sacred Scarabaeus was destroyed by dynamite, and the Throat of Death widened until it now forms one of the entrances to the land so long unknown.
The dimly-lit interior was magnificent, but as they dragged me forward, I saw placed beneath the central dome a colossal figure of the sacred Scarabaeus a hundred feet in height, and two hundred feet square, plated over with gold.
The scarabaeus is very often met with on the breastplates.
The scarabaeuswas the emblem of the demiurgic god Phtha.
Firstly, as to the symbols proper, the lotus andscarabaeus may be mentioned as of most frequent occurrence.
Scarabaeus sacer contrives a filter at the smaller end of its pear-shaped ball, by means of which the grub is able to breathe?
Why, for example, is the Scarabaeus sacer born and why does it remain maimed all its life; that is to say, deprived of all the digits on the anterior limbs?
Scarabaeus lowers his head, arches his back, draws himself up on his twitching legs.
I select as my first patient the sacred beetle, Scarabaeus sacer, who thanks to his size and sturdiness, lends himself admirably to an experiment of this kind.
It was a ring of no ordinary pattern, the flat golden scarabaeus being set upon a swivel, while the remaining part of the ring was oval, so as to fit the finger.
Romanelli glanced at his ring, and thought the ancient blue scarabaeushad grown darker--a precursory sign of evil.
A small company were present of men and women, talk flowed easily and when it came my turn I told the story of the Yankee and the scarabaeus which I had heard that day.
Pausing at last before the great scarabaeus of polished syenite whose huge size required a place in the centre of the corridor, he said with a twinkle, "I must tell you a story about this of which one of your countrymen is the hero.
I presume you will call the bug Scarabaeus caput hominis, or something of that kind--there are many similar titles in the Natural Histories.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scarabaeus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: amulet; charm; fetish; hoodoo; mascot; phylactery; scarab; swastika; talisman; voodoo
