long johns
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Many fine lamellicorns, that were generally numerous, were not seen at all; neither were many species of longicorns, usually common.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
The most noticeable of these beetles are the numerous longicorns, to the collection of which I paid a great deal of attention, and brought home more than three hundred species.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
Some of the fine longicorns that appear in April were numerous.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
The year before, when the season was nearly as wet, beetles, especially longicorns, had been very abundant; and the first half of 1872 had not been characterised by any scarcity of them.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
At night many species of beetles, especially longicorns, are to be found running over the trunks, that lie closely hidden in the day-time.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
