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■entirely cover the dorsal surface of the body. The male is usually 

 larger than the female. A curious point about these insects is the re- 

 markable variation in size found amongst individuals of the same spe- 

 cies. If a series of stag-beetles are compared this will be immediately 



Fig. 94.— Lucanus lunifer (India) $. 



FlG. 95. — Lucanus lunifer (India), male. A number of individuals showing the 

 remarkable variation in size. 



noticed (Fig. 95). Five ventral abdominal segments are visible. The 



larva has the last two segments of its body swollen up in a bag-like 



