HERCULES BEETLE. 
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spect, except in the most prominent features, the 
horns, which nature has confined to the brow of 
the male. 
This species yields to none in point of size, ex- 
cept indeed its African brother, the Goliah beetle, 
whose body is somewhat larger, and who likewise 
boasts more brilliant colours ; having a rose-coloured 
thorax, marked with black stripes, and wing-cases 
of a fine purple-brown. 
