I he infect, however, which makes its appearance on 
the prefent plate, is not among!! thofc of the fmaller or- 
dcr ; but on the contraiy, is one of the moft gigantic 
animals ot theclafs to which it belongs. ft his curious 
creature has long been known to the admirers of Na¬ 
tural Hiftory, and has been figured by feveral authors. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of America, and is re¬ 
markable for the excefiivc length of the horn, which pro¬ 
ceeds from its thorax, as well as for another horn which 
proceeds from its head,and bends upwards, foas almoft 
to meet the thoracic one. The uppermoft of thefe 
horns, or proceffes, is moft curioufly coated on the in¬ 
ner furface, with a fine hair or velvet-like fubftance. 
It has been faid that thefe in (efts have a cuftom of 
taking hold of the ftender branches of the Mammaea 
Americana, and fwinging themfelves round with fuch 
rapidity, as to wound, by this circular motion, the 
branch on which they fallen, in order to be enabled to 
fuck the juice diftilling from the tree; by which they 
are foon inebriated, fo as to fall in great numbers on 
the ground, and to be ealily taken. But this account, 
as the learned Fabricius has well obferved, feems not 
very probable; lince the thoracic horn being bearded 
on its lower furface, would undoubtedly be made bare 
by this operation. I his Infeft, from the icmarkablc 
fize of all its parts, affords an admirable example of 
the characters of the genus to which it belongs. 
It varies much in lize, and it may even be much 
doubted whether fome of the fmaller fpecimens have 
not been regarded as diftinCt fpecies by authors: fuch, 
for inftance, is the Scarabaus Alcides ot Fabricius, 
which 
