 | Cuthbert William Johnson - Agricultural chemistry - 1844 - 1210 pages
...gorgeous lively of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet wiih a rapid bowing of the shoulders, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - Trees - 1846 - 548 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female, attended by her partner, creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennae, and dropping... | |
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 390 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female, attended by her partner, creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennae, and dropping... | |
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 392 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...salute those they meet, with a rapid bowing of the shoul ders, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or defiance. Having paired,... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1852 - 536 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female, attended by her partner, creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennae, and dropping... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - Agriculture - 1853 - 550 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, conrsing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...salute those they meet with a rapid bowing of the shoulder.-, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or defiance. Having paired,... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1862 - 700 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...shoulders, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of * Lrptura picta, Drury; Clytusflexvosiis, Fabricius. recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female,... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1862 - 682 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...shoulders, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of * Lspturn picta, Drury; Clytusflexuosus, Fubricius. recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female,... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - Agricultural chemistry - 1869 - 1296 pages
...gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every...recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female, attended by her partner, creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennoe, and dropping... | |
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In the month of September these beetles gather on the locust trees, where they may be seen glittering in the sunbeams, with their gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their... 
