72 CERAMBYX. 



caccos, or Macokkos. The mode of dressing them 

 is first to open and wash them, and then carefully 

 broil them over a charcoal fire, 



Cerambyx cinnamomeus is a somewhat smaller 

 species, and is entirely of a pale ferruginous 

 brown colour: the thorax is marked on each side 

 by two spines, and the wing-shells are each tipped 

 by a very small projecting point. It is a native 

 of South-America. 



Among the European species of this very ex- 

 tensive genus none are more remarkable than the 

 Cerambyx moschalus, Commonly called the musk 

 goatchaffer, so named from its powerful scent, 

 which however is far more agreeable than that 

 of the substance from which it takes its name, 

 resembling rather the combined scent of roses, 

 musk, and ambergris. So diffusive is this agree- 

 able odour, that, whenever the insect makes its 

 appearance, which is commonly in the hottest part 

 of July, it may be smelt to a considerable di- 

 stance, and if taken and rolled up for some minutes 

 in a handkerchief, will perfume it for the whole 

 day. This insect, which is not very uncommon in 

 many parts of our own country, measures about an 

 inch and quarter in length, from the head to the 

 end of the body: its colour is a fine dark green, 

 with a slight gilded tinge on the upper parts, 

 and sometimes it varies in having a strong cast 

 of blue or purple : the antennas are rather 

 shorter than the body. It is chiefly found on 

 willows and poplars, in the decayed wood of 

 which its larva resides. It has been found that the 



