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be called in Swedish Ek-Oxe (Oak ox). It is supposed that it eats 

 the leaves also. It sometimes attacks insects. Westwood says that 

 it has been seen to descend from a tree carrying a caterpillar in its 



Fig. 443. Megacerus chorinseus. 



Fig. 444. Megalosoma anubis (male). 



mandibles. Swammerdam had one which followed him like a dog 

 when he offered it honey. They only fly in the evening, holding 

 themselves nearly straight, so as not to see-saw. Their larvae which 



