BEETLES. 83 



that come within its range. The home of "birds and 

 of flowers, must also be the home of gentle hearts, 

 the circle of kindness and affection. 



The Cloak-bearing Capricorn. (Desmocerus palliatus.) 



Plate III. Fig. 14. 



Is another Beetle of the same family. It is about 

 one inch long, and of a changeable blue colour, except 

 the upper part of the wing-covers, which is of a pale 

 orange colour, and gives the animal the appearance 

 of one carrying a cloak across his shoulders. Hence 

 its name. Its antenna? are a little longer than half 

 the length of its body. This Insect may be found 

 upon the common Elder, and its grubs in the stems 

 of the same shrub. 



The largest Capricorn of the southern parts of 

 North America is the Stag-beetle Capricorn (Prionus 

 cervicoruis), which is three inches and a half long, 

 of a brown colour, and has jaws like a Stag-beetle 

 one inch long. 



But the handsomest of all is the Long-armed 

 ■Capricorn (Lamia longimana) of South America. 

 It measures two and a half inches in length, and 

 one inch in breadth. Its fore-legs are five inches 

 long. Its head, thorax and wing-covers are dark 

 olive-green, striped with red, yellow and white in a 

 very singular manner, and resembling hieroglyphics. 



