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INVEUTEBKATES. 



as well as about the river Oroonoko. It is of a black color, and the 

 whole body is covered with a very hard shell, full as thick and a« 



Beetle. 



.Strong as that of a small crab. Its length, from the hinder part to 

 the eyes, is almost four inches, and from the same part to the end 

 of the proboscis, or trunk, four inches and three quarters. The 

 transverse diameter of the body is two inches and a quarter, and 

 the breadth of each elytron, or case for the wings, is an inch and 

 three-tenths. The antennae, or feelers, are quite horny ; for which 

 reason the proboscis, or trunk, is movable at its insertion into the 

 head, and seems to supply the place of feelers. The horns are 

 eight-tenths of an inch long, and terminate in points. The pro- 

 boscis is an inch and a quarter long, and turns upwards, making a 

 crooked line, terminating in two horns, each of which is near a 

 quarter of an inch long, but they are not perforated at the end likf 

 the proboscis of other insects. About four-tenths of an inch above 

 the head, or that side next the body, is a prominence or small 

 horn, which, if the rest of the trunk were away, would cause this 

 part to resemble the horn of a rhinoceros. There is indeed a 



