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trunk of a tree : the inhabitants did not bring them 

 to us, as they suppose them to be large ants, and 

 are apprehensive of being stung by them. We ob 

 tained three sorts of Catascopus, nineteen aquatic 

 Scarabams, six Hydruphilus, five Bitprestis, five 

 MeloJuntha, four Anomala. Scarabceus Gideon is 

 found in great abundance in the thick bushes, where 

 it climbs up the branches by means of its long legs 

 and large claws. Of Oryctes nasicornis, a Malay 

 one day brought us no less than sixty, taken out of 

 some decayed wood. A green Cetonia, of the size 

 and form of the ch mensis, of a coppery brightness, 

 is rare. Three small Lucanides, of those called by 

 Mac Leay Nigidius and Figulus, are found in the 

 wood of living trees. 



Of wingless Heteromerides, we found only one 

 Tagenia, and that under the dry bark of a tree. 

 For Pimeliades the soil is unfavourable, there not 

 being, as far as we could learn, in the country 

 round Manilla, either stones, or low, broad-leafed 

 plants, under which these animals can find shelter 

 from the binning rays of the sun : they are found 

 jDnly under dry bark, and about the root of the 

 Opatrum, Uloma, and similar plants. The Helopi- 

 des, on the other hand, must be looked for on the 

 dry branches in the tops of trees, but we obtained 

 only six varieties. Of the twenty-six stag-beetles 

 collected here, it is necessary to observe, that they 

 are all essentially different from those found in 

 South America. 



