SCARAB^ID^. 



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Fig. 402. 



united into a compact club, as in the Scarabeidae, and the 

 mentum is usually large. The genus Lucanus, called the Stag- 

 horn beetle, is of large size, with enormously developed jaws 

 in the male, as in Lucanus 

 dama Fabr. (Fig. 402, 

 $). The larva of Lu- 

 canus dama (Fig. 403, and 

 cocoon, natural size) is 

 long, thick, nearly cylin- 

 drical, and the corneous 

 rust-colored head is armed 

 with two large jaws. Liv- 

 ing in rotten wood, like 

 the Cerambycidoi, it 

 constructs a cocoon of the 

 chips it makes. The larva 

 of the European L. cervus 

 is stated by Eoesel to live 

 six years. Harris states that they lay their eggs in crevices of 

 the bark of trees, especially near the roots. The larvae resem- 

 ble the grubs of the Scarabaeaus in color and form, but are 



smoother, being less 

 wrinkled. Dorcas hre- 

 vis Say (Fig. 404) is 

 an exceedingly rare in- 

 sect whose habits are 

 unknown. In Passalus 

 cornutus Fabr., belong- 

 ing to a more aberrant 

 genus, the body is long 

 Fig. 403. and flattened with a 



short bent hook on the head, and the elytra deeply striate. 

 Madam Merian describes the larva of Passalus as being a 

 thick fleshy worm, with a small scaly head, six legs, and 

 slender posteriorly ; it lives in decaying wood. 



ScARAB^iD^ Erichson. This family, the Lamellicornia of 

 Latreille, is one of immense extent, being divided into more 

 than 700 genera, comprising some 6,000 species, or three- 



