DIALOGUE XV. 
STAG BEETLE, OR LUCANUS CERVUS. GAR- 
DEN TORTOISE BEETLE, OR CASSIDA 
VIRIDIS. LADYBIRD, OR COCCINELLA 
PUNCTATA. GLOW WORM, FIRE FLY, 
OR LAMPYRIS, 
LUCY. Well, mamma, to-day we are 
to have some of the other genera in cole- 
optera. 
Mother. The second genus consists 
of the lucanidoe ; and that species of it 
called lucanus cervus*, or stag beetle, is 
the largest insect belonging to this order, 
that is found in Great Britain : it is thus 
described ; the antennce clavated, pec- 
tinated, and fissile ; the maxilla, or man- 
dibles, extended like horns ; and five joints 
in each footf. 
* Cavus, a stag. f Plate VI. 
