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have obferved, that it is produced from the 
largeft fpecies of 'Coffi or Hexapode Worms par 
which are in the exact {pace of two, and fome 
of three, years changed into Nymphs. Befides 
this horn upon the nofe, it has two horns 
which arife near the eyes, and terminate as it 
were in knotty extremities. I {hall give its 
whole peculiar hiftory in its proper place. I pre- 
ferve befides this two other nofe horned Beetles, 
which are very fmall, and have the horns di- 
vided in a manner into two parts. I can like- 
wife fhew another fpecies of the unicorn Beetle, 
which has the horn likewife bent like a bow or 
arch towards the breaft, and ferrated on the in- 
ner part with four teeth: whilft in the mean 
time the bony coverings of the fhoulder, loins, 
and breaft, are ftretched vaftly forward, and 
terminated in this horn, which is planted in the 
concave part of its arch with briftly hairs, of a 
gold colour, and foft like velvet. I have likewife 
two other nofe horned Beetles, which have the 
horns undivided in their originations, but after- 
wards terminate in fplit points. In thefe Beetles 
the breaft bone ‘is’ likewife black, horny and 
divided, and terminates in one of their horns, 
which is as it were ferrated at one end; but at 
the other divides itfelf into two obtufe horns. 
The laft named fpecies of the Beetle is alfo a- 
dorned with very fingular and knotty horns 
placed near the eyes. I exhibit alfo five fpecies 
of thefe exotic Naficornes, or nofe horned 
Beetles, of their natural fize, in Tab. XXX. 
fiz, 2, 3,4, 5, and6. The largeft Beetle that 
I have in my colleCtion, is, together with its 
horn, fix inches long, and its body half an inch 
broad: if its wings be expanded, they meafure 
feven inches. 
I preferve with thefe in my cabinet, the 
Beetle called the flying Stag, or flying Bull; 
the Lucanus, or Stag-horned Beetle, the male 
whereof is horned, but the female, as is com- 
monly afferted, has no horns. Itis very remark- 
able in this as well as in the other infects of this 
kind, that their wings are hidden and folded 
as it were within little fheaths, from whence 
they have obtained the name of vaginipenne, 
or {heath-winged. We likewife obferve when 
thefe infects fly, that thefe little theaths, or 
cafes, wherewith the wings are at at other times 
covered, are only elevated, and are not agitated 
by the motion in flying. There is nothing in 
this flying Stag more worthy of notice, than the 
probofcis or trunk wherewith its fwallows its 
food: this food isa juice like honey, oozing 
out of theoak. ‘This trunk is delineated among 
the figures of Hoefnagel, which are indeed the 
beft and moft accurate of all the figures I have 
hitherto feen. I can exhibit the method where- 
by the wings lie folded under the outer pair 
beforementioned; we are not to fay they are in 
reality plaited, for they are rather contracted 
by the affiftance of joints. I have obferved that 
thefe joints are placed almoft in the extremities 
of the wings, and are moved by the help of 
peculiar muicles ; hence a fluid likewife drops 
from them when they are wounded, which is 
not the cafe when wings are merely membra- 
nous. When I offered a little honey on the 
point of a knife to one of thefe Beetles, it 
followed me like a dog, and fucked the honey 
very greedily with its trunk. 
Befides thefe, I can likewife thew twenty- 
one fpecies of the Capricorn Beetles. Thefe 
creatures haveall wonderfully long horns. Some 
of thefe which I preferve are furnithed. with 
branching and prickly horns with knotty and 
{hort joints; andthe horns of others are divided 
into very long, equal, and as it were knotlefs 
joints, fome of them are fomewhat fituated 
in the middle, and -are knotty again where 
they are joined to each other. The body of 
the largeft Capricorn Beetle I have is above four 
inches and an half long, and the horns are as 
long as the body. I have likewife another above 
two inches long, which is covered with promi- 
nent party-coloured hairs like a Turkith carpet- 
ing, and makes a wonderfully beautiful figure: 
its fore legs are much longer than the reft. 
Moreover, I have a fpecies of thefe flying Ca- 
pricorn Beetles, which has very tender legs and 
horns; which, however, are confiderably thick 
about the bending of the joints, and where 
the mufcles are inferted. I have likewife a 
Walp with this kind of knotty joints. 
With thefe I preferve feventeen of the fly= 
ing Capricorns with much fhorter horns. A= 
mong thefe there is a kind of Beetle, that vi- 
brates its wings with fo much velocity, that it 
is with very great difficulty to be taken, and 
hence we have called it the flying Beetle. A 
thing extremely wonderful in this Beetle is, 
that its teeth are on the infide full of ramifi- 
cations, by which ftructure it is indeed diftin- 
guifhed from all others. This Beetle. flies in 
the day-time, and is the fame with the fourth 
and uncommon fpecies of the Stag Beetle of 
Mouftet. 
I have moreover nine fpecies of the faid 
flying Capricorns, having ftill fhorter and 
{maller horns. . 
I likewife infert the Cicindula or Glow- | 
Worm, which is of the Beetle kind, in this 
order. It indeed refembles a flying diamond 
or little ftar; it glitters with as much light, 
when it is yet a Worm with fix legs, as when 
it is changed into a perfect Beetle: in that 
ftate it muft firft elevate the fheaths or cafes 
of its wings, or at leaft ftretch out its tail or 
the extremity of its abdomen, in order to dif- 
clofe its light. : } 
Laftly, among my Beetles are thirty-two 
{pecies, furnifhed with horns that have knobs 
at the tops of them. Thefe globules of the 
horns are indeed conftructed in a moft wonder- 
ful manner, for fome of them refemble bunches 
of grapes, others are like the leaves of an open 
* As all Butterflies are produced from Caterpillars, all Beetles are produced from Hexapode Worms. Some of thefe live on land, 
fome in water ; but they are in general all longer lived creatures than Caterpillars. 
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