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Genus II. —Ltlcamts. 
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The animals of this tribe are the kfgeft Britifi mte&s ; 
They are diftinguilhed by the antennae, which terminate 
in a knob, flattened on one fide, and divided into a num- 
ber of pectinated lamiAa. The jaws are extended beyond 
the head, incurvatcd, and befet with teeth *. 
The lucani feed upon the liquor that exudes from 
oaks, which they fuck with their tongues. The females 
de polite their eggs in the trunks of decayed trees, Inch 
as the oak and the alh. The larvae or grubs lodge under toe 
bark or in the hollow of old trees, which they gnaw and 
reduce into a fine powder, and there transform themfelves 
into ebryfalides. They are found all over the ifland of 
Great Britain, but moll frequently in Kent and SuJ/ix f . 
With the noxious effetts of thefe animals on growing 
timber we are not acquainted; but not with! landing their 
enormous fixe, it is probable that they are fai lela dc- 
tlruftive than thofo that prey upon the roots of corn. 
* Syft. Nat. p. 5 j<y. 
| Baf'jut Gen lnfeift.' p» 17' 
