364 THE PARALLELIPIPED BEETLE. 



habits are therefore probably diiTcrent from tliofe of the 

 flag ; but very little relating to its economy is known. 



Linn^us enumerates five other fpecies of the lucanaj 

 yiz. the caprpolus, the trldentatus, the interruptus, the 

 carinatus, and the caraboides : Of thefe the hidentatus 

 is diflin^uilhed by three teeth, with .which the thorax is 

 armed on each fide. The maxillse, like thofe of the lail 

 fpecies, are \x\ the form of a crefcent, prominent, and 

 indented on the inner fide. It is a Swed'ijlo infeft, not 

 much inferior in fiz,e to thofe already defcribed, and bears 

 a ftrong refemblance to them in many particulars of its 

 economy. 



