ANALOGIES OF THE CAPBICORNES. 



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Analogies of the Capbicoknes to the Typical Verte- 



BBATA. 



Tribes of the 



COLEOPTERA. 



Lamellicornes. 

 Predatores. 



Malacodermes. 

 Monilicomes. 



Capricornes. 



Analogies. 



Orders of the 



Mammalia. 



Legs formed for grasping. Quadrumana. 

 f Carnivorous ; and rapa- 7 pg~^ 



X CiOUE. 5 



f Feet shortor none; much } Cetacea 

 \ compressed. 3 



Most aberrant. Glires. 



'Appendages to the head' 



highly developed.either ^ u^g^i^ta. 



in the shape of horns, 

 crests, or antennee. 



:i' 



Orders of 

 Birds. 



Insessores. 

 Raptores. 



Natatores. 

 GraUatores. 



Rasores. 



Without detaining the reader by additional explan- 

 ations on the first four of these resemblances, we shall 

 merely premise that the two last columns are arranged 

 strictly according to their affinities as explained in 

 former volumes, and that the analogies are expressed 

 horizontally. We thus find the Capricorn beetles fall 

 in a line with the ungulated quadrupeds (or the oxen, 

 antelopes, and all other horned genera), the represent- 

 ations, as every zoologist knows, of the peacock, turkey, 

 and other rasorial birds. As this comparison, therefore, 

 establishes the analogy of the two groups in a general 

 way, we may now proceed a step further, and ascertain 

 how far this theory holds good when we come to ex- 

 amine the conteilts of each. 



Analogies of the Capricorn Tribe and the Ungu- 

 lated Quadrupeds. 



Families of the 

 Capricornes. 



Prionid*;. 

 Cerambycid£. 



Lgpturid^. 

 bostrichid£. 



CURCULIONin^. 



Analogies, 



Size gigantic; body thick, heavy. 



Strong ; robust. 

 C Slender ; graceful ; horns or an- ) 

 } tenn£B very long. 5 



f Thick obtuse snouts; prone as-l 

 \ pect; antenuEB short. 3 



r Head produced into a long snout 1 

 J or rostrum ; mouth terminal, > 

 L very small. j 



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Tribes of the 

 Vngulata. 



Pachvdermata. 

 solipedes. 



ruminantes. 

 Anoplotheres. 



Edentata. 



