THE STAC-BEETLE. 3^3 



l)e*tween it and the body, is narrower than either, and 

 marginated around. The elytra of this beetle ar^ very 

 plain, being unadorned with either (Ireaks or lines. The 

 colour of the whole animal is uniformly of a deep 

 lirown. 



The refidence of thefe animals is commonly the oak j 

 in fome parts of the country they are but rarely to be 

 met with ; and though the largeft of ail the coleopterous 

 In this part of the world, they are much fmaller than 

 thofe of the fame fpecies, in countries where woods arc 

 more extenlive, and the climate is Warmer. In thefe 

 they acquire an amazing rtrength and vigour ; and this 

 jnaxlllce, whofe ordinary office is to tear the bark of 

 trees, are occafionally converted into oiTenfive weapons, 

 v/hich are carefully avoided by fuch as have experienced 

 fbe feverity of their bite. 



'^js P-arallelipiped Beetle *, 



i «E body of this fpecies is blac-k ; the horns fmaller 

 than thofe of the preceding, which in other refpefts it 

 nearly refembles, and the body is oblong, and of that 

 fhape expvclTed by the ZinU'-rafi name, which we have 

 "borrowed f. It frequents the meadow grounds, and its 

 Z z 2 habits 



* Lucanus parallelipipedus, Lin. Syft Se^rabsus platycepos, Rai. 

 I Kil Infed. p. 75- 



