COLEOETEEOTTS INSECTS. 
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ot the head. One group (Lucanidce) is distin- 
guished by the portentous length of their jaws, gar- 
nished with a formidable armature of angular pro- 
jections and pointed teeth, bearing some reseim- 
blance to the branching antlers of some kinds of deer, 
on which account they have been named Stag-beetles. 
A second (Eusceles of Macleay) is so remarkable for 
the disproportionate length and thickness of the hin- 
der legs, that it has been regarded as the representa- 
tive of a quadruped of similar peculiarity of structure, 
and has therefore obtained the name of Kanguroo 
beetle. In an extensive section (Longicomes), of 
which many of the species are noted for elegance of 
form and agreeable markings, the antennae are of 
such extraordinary length as to equal in some in- 
stances four times that of the body ; and they are 
now and then singularly adorned with fascicles 
or tufts of long hair. Certain kinds, distributed 
throughout several different genera, and usually de- 
signated by the specific term tongimanus, are fur- 
nished with anterior legs of unusual length, greatly 
exceeding, in relation to the size of the body, those 
of the Grallatores, or wading birds, and imparting a 
very grotesque aspect by their strange disproportion. 
Examples of similar anomalies everywhere present 
themselves in this Protean race of animals ; but these 
will suffice to show that 
Nature here 
Wantons as in her prime, and plays at will 
Her virgin fancies. 
