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Show An lutrlllgint lid lie. IT WOULD COll II AT TIIL SOl'Ml OP ITS CAlrpH'S VOICB. Something over a yeir ngon joimc tidy of my acquaintance hid on cxpen nice with n I cede, which I think, showed a very marked digrce of inlelll gence In the insect, and, as such instances instan-ces are somewhat rare, I venture to send you nn account of It This beetle wns a specimen of 1 etid not punctati Unu, which was given to her In September I rom the first ilia would taku the Insect In her lingers Several times 11 diy nnd stroke oC cress It, also pulling it to hirhiis and talking to It ill the w title she Inndled it. When she put it to her lips it would brush its antennas over them with a gentle caressing motion When she Icit her room she would shut the ' bugkle up In lis box One day, about two weeks after she received It, she was called out suddenly nnd neglected this precaution. She was absent a considerable length of time, ami when she returned the Insect wis not In its box nor anvwhero to be seen I earing tint she lulj.ht Injure it she stood still niid called ' btij,gii, bugLle," when it came crawling from its retreat toward her After this she would frequently leivo It free In the room when she went out, nnd when she returned, If tlie insect was not in sUht shu would call it and it would crawl or Ily to her As this was continued it would more and more frc quentlylly to her insleiil of crawling, until at list it Hew nearly every time it wis called When It cime In this way she would put it to hir lips or to her nose and the insect would ippear tu be pleased moving Us nntcnnie gently over her lips or liking the end of her nose bctw ecu them and touching it w itli a pitting motion. shekipt It In her room In this wnv, at the hotel where she wis spending tlie summer, until about the 1st of Novetn bcr She then returned to Iter home, about 300 miles farther south, taking the Insect with her Here she at first kept It in her clumber, but the nljitl being sometimes er cool it would become torpid and not . et lively av,aiu until aftirnoon Ihlnklng it too cool for 'luggie' there she removtd It to the kitchen As it still appeared more or less dormant dor-mant she put it on a cloth abovo the hot-water boiler llirelt revived somewhat, some-what, but w is not vcrv lively, nor did it eat very much About the middle of December it fell to the lloor nicidently, by which fill It was evident!) iniured, as after tint lime it would eai nothing mil no longer re cognised the joting lidy. About a week later it died lettuce |