LUCAXUS. STAG-CHAFFER. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna clavatse : clava 

 compressa latere latiore 

 pectinate- fissili. 



Maxilla porrectse, exsertae, 



Antenna clavated, with 

 compressed tip, divided 

 into lamellae on the inner 

 side. 



Jaws stretched forwards, ex- 



dentate, serted, and toothed. 



X HIS genus, as the reader will perceive by at- 

 tending to the generic character, differs chiefly 

 from the preceding in having the jaws consider- 

 ably elongated, so as to give the appearance of a 

 pair of denticulated horns ; while the antennae 

 terminate in a laterally-flattened tip, divided on 

 the interior side into several lamellae. 



The principal species is the Lucanus Cervus, 

 commonly known by the name of the Stag-Beetle, 

 or Stagchafier. It is the largest of all the Euro- 

 pean coleopterous insects, sometimes measuring 

 near two inches and a half in length, from the tips 

 of the jaws to the end of the body. Its general 

 colour is a deep chesnut, with the thorax and 

 head, which is of a squarish form, of a blacker 

 cast: and the jaws are often of a brighter or red- 

 der chesnut-colour than the wing-shells: the legs 



