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by a curved, forked band of the same material as tliat of which 

 tlie head is composed. 



The head and the upper part of the tliorax are very polished 

 and smooth, but on either side the latter is deeply wrinkled. 

 The elytra are also black, but not so shining, and on either side 

 of the suture there is a line of punctures. The oeneric name 



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Flo. 62. — Mcgaeeras clinriiiou.s. 

 (Black.) 



of Mcgaccras sii^aiifies " large-horned," and is given to the insect 

 on account of tlie great size of the horns with which the head 

 and thorax fire armed. 



In those .Dynastides and Oryctides which we have examined, 

 the projections of the thorax are the most conspicuous parts of 

 the insect. In the present example the thorax, though it rises 

 rather high, and is developed into a double point in front, is 

 quite thrown into the background by the enormous development 

 of the head. The Megaceras has the end of the head-horn ex-, 

 panded and formed into two bhmt ])rnjections, l)ut this Beetle 



