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I saw a collection of scarabaei, or beetles, which were anciently worshiped in this country.

From A Trip Abroad by Janes, Don Carlos

The collection of scarabaei includes one recording the marriage of Amenophis III. to Queen Taia, and several bearing the name of Rameses, or Sesostris, according to the Greeks.

From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard

Never mind what your hobby is—books, prints, drawings, china, scarabaei, lepidoptera—keep it to yourself and for those like-minded with you.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

The outlines of the gazelles, scarabaei, and flowers are as clean-cut and as elegant as if drawn with the pen upon a wall- surface or a page of papyrus.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)

"Give me the names of the better-known species of the British scarabaei," said he.

From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir