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It has three horns, all riiins from 



This fpecies is larger than any of the others, being commonly about an inch and 

 half quarter in length, and three quartei 

 the cover of the back 

 but the lower, which is 

 vided at the top. 



the 



the ftrongeft 



two uppermoft of thefe lrretch ftraight forward 



bed 



little 



pwards, and {lightly d 





SCARABEUS 5. Minor glaber, jubcinereus i mif 



cell. 



DERMESTES 1. Major defrefli 



I The 



led Saw} 



atro 



> 



dorfi lirid lonvitudinali 



not at a i elitris Jtriatis 

 fundi at is* Tab. 44. f. j 



atq 



The large black B 





This curious infect is about 



ch and half quarter 



in length, of an oblong 



6 



form, and flatted. The forceps is broad, ferrated and ftrong ; the head rugged; the e) 

 pretty large, and the antenna (h 



but the body is very fmall bet 



about the reg 



of 



fmocth 



Th 



feet 



The J cut a of the thorax is fquare and i'mooth ; 



that and the fore part of the belly, which 



lecond and third pair of- legs, and is very glofly and 



its 



y 



th 



s 



eafe into 



hole runs always upwards in the beginning, and th 



ny tree or timber ; 

 off horizontally 



but 



which difpofition, it always fecures its refidence from the approach of moifture 



LUC ANUS 1. Fufcus maximus, forcipibus femiuncia- 





libus bifurcatis at que j err at is. Tab.C rpi ,* p , 



44 



%. 



8. 



Buceros iuzan naficorni ace e dens. Pet. Gaz. t. 29. f. 2. 



This is the largeft infect of the fly kind I have obferved in Jamaica ; it is about 

 two inches and a half in length, from the tip of the forceps to the end of the elitra, 

 and about one inch over. The prongs of the forceps rife from the fore-part of the 

 lie^d ; they are arched a little inwards, and divided (lightly towards the top, to hold 

 the prey the fafter ; but in the females, they are fawed below the divifion, tho' 



nerallv (hotter than thofe of the males ; 



See fig. 8 



e- 



a. 



The eyes are large; the 



fcuta of the thorax oblong, but moflly extended crofs- ways, margined and toothed 



at the fides. The antenna are long, (lender, and jointed; and the feet proportioned 

 to the body. 



This infect breeds in the decayed trunks of trees, particularly thofe of the plumb 

 and filk cotton trees ; where their large caterpillars, commonly called Macaccas t fee 



fig. 8 



b. are fludioully fought for by fome people, who think them a very great 



delicacy. They are near three inches and a half in length, and about the thick- 

 neis of a man's little finger. The body is of a white colour, and fuitains a fmall 

 brown head, which is generally cut off when they are ufed. They are always 

 tted, opened, and warned before they are drefTed; and when well fried, are 





thought, by many people, to be one of the greateft delicacies in America. 



CURCULIO 



1. Major functus elitris ^^> A" 7 The ftreaked fl^g 



jciis longitudinalibus varie jplen 

 dentibus virgatis. Tab. 43. f. 9. 



Curculio. 





This beautiful infect is generally about an inch in length. The fnout and fore-part 



of the body is narrow j but the reft is thick and oblong, and covered with ftrong 

 and beautifully (haded elitra y which defcend very low upon the fides of the belly. 





CURCULIO 2. Medius, elitris nigra viridibus aureo Jlri- 



atim varie fplendenti bus , fcutd thoracicdfThe green Fly 

 Jubnigrd. Tab. 43. f, 10. 



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b 



This 





