466 A DESCRIPTION OF 
and the whole body is covered with a very hard shell, 
quite as thick and as 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 case for the wings, upwards of an inch. 
The antennae, or feelers, are quite horny ; for which reason 
the proboscis, or trunk, is moveable at its insertion into the 
head, and seems to supply the place of feelers. The horns 
are about an inch long, and terminate in points. The probo- 
scis is an inch and a quarter long, and turns upwards, mak- 
ing a crooked line terminating in two horns, each of which 
is nearly a quarter of an inch long ; but they are not perfo- 
rated at the end, like the proboscis of other insects ; the 
feet are all forked. Above the head 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 beetle named after that animal, whose 
lower horn resembles this : its scientific name is Oryctes 
Rhinoceros. 
THE MUSK BEETLE, OR GOAT CHAFFER. 
(Cerambyx moschatus.) 
THIS is one of the Capricorn beetles. It is a very beau- 
tiful insect, of a glossy bluish green colour, with a cast of 
shining gold. The body is blue on the upper part ; and 
the wings under the case black. The legs are of the same 
bluish green colour, only somewhat paler; and the breast 
is pointed at each extremity. Between these points are 
three little tubercles near the wings, and three smaller to- 
wards the head. The cases of the wings are oblong, and 
somewhat in the shape of a lance ; with three ribs a little 
raised and running lengthways. The feelers are nearly as 
long as the body, composed of many small joints, which 
grow smaller near the ends. It is sometimes found among 
old willow-trees, and has a kind of musky smell. 
