The Tropical World Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.
CHAPTER XVIII.
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