460 THE INSECT WORLD. 
The common Stag Beetle (Figs. 446* and 447) attains to a length 
of two inches or more including its mandibles, and is of a dark brown 












Fig. 444.—Megalosoma anubis (female). Fig, 445.—Dynastes Hercules. 
chestnut colour. They are met with during the months of May, 
* The figure may possibly mislead, as it shows the larva and pupa in the ground, 
for although recent observations show that this species does occasionally undergo 
its metamorphoses therein, it is not probable that the larva lives anywhere but in 
wood.—Kp. 

—_— Ss 
