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caccos, or Macokkos. The mode of dressing them 
is first to open and wash them, and then carefully 
broil them over a charcoal fire. 
Ccrambyx cinnamnmeus is a somewhat smaller 
s[iecies, and is entirely of a pale ferruginous 
brown colour: the thorax is marked on each side 
by two spines, and the wing-shells are each tipped 
by a very small projecting point. It is a native 
of South-America. 
^Among the European species of this very ex- 
tensive genus none are more remarkable than the 
Cerambyx moschatiis, commonly called the musk 
goatchaffer, so named from its powerful scent, 
which however is far more agreeable than that 
of the substance from which it takes its name, 
resembling rather the combined scent of roses, 
musk, and ambergris. So diffusive is this agree- 
able odour, that, whenever the insect makes its 
appearance, which is commonly in the hottest part 
of July, it may be smelt to a considerable di- 
stance, and if taken and rolled up for some minutes 
in a handkerchief, will perfume it for the whole 
day. This insect, which is not very uncommon in 
many parts of our own country, measures about an 
inch and quarter in length, from the head to the 
end of the body: its colour is a fine dark green, 
with a slight gilded tinge on the upper parts, 
and sometimes it varies in having a strong cast 
of blue or purple : the antennm are rather 
shorter than the body. It is chiefly found on 
willows and poplars, in the decayed wood of 
which its larva resides. It has been found that the 
