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Show HJ An Odoriferous Beetle. HJ A rather unusual visitation was suf- HJ fcrcd by a South Carolina town last He summer, through tho presence of what HJ is known ns the thlnocoros boetlo. 3 which bears tho same unapproachable HJ position In tho Insect world that the H skunk docs among animals. A colony HJ of theso beetles oetubllshod thorn- HJ sdros In some aBh trees which wero HJ grown for shndo. nnd the odor wns so HJ strong nnd offensive that the town HI council ordered eighty of tliese troes HK to bo cut down. As tho. treon wori H estimated to bo worth $100 each, tho HK unusual visitation cost tin town about HK $8,000. |