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a kind of entire trank / of thefe pulmonary 
Pipes, feen near one fide of the common duct 
of the ovary ; and other {maller’ branches are 
feen about the ftomach and inteftines. Whilft 
I was engaged in drawing thefe pulmonary 
tubes, I purpoiely omitted to delineate the 
knotty veffels or vafa varicofa, which are much 
narrower and clofer in the Beetle than in the 
Worm, for I could fcarce have avoided con- 
fufion, if I had undertaken to exhibit to the 
life fo many different minute little parts. It is 
alfo remarkable both in the male and female, 
that thefe little infects are now filled as much 
with pulmonary tubes as their Worms were be- 
fore with bladders of fat. 
Before I conclude this account, I fhall ex- 
hibit, becaufe it is pertinent to the fubje@ in 
hand, five different exotic Rhinoceros Beetles, 
each of a peculiar ftructure. The firft has a 
breaft-bone, fig. 11. ¢, which extends into an 
oblong tube, fomewhat crooked about the ante- 
rior part, and at length fplit or divided in the 
extremity. The horn of its nofe has alfo a 
fharp rifing from the middle of it. In the fe- 
cond, Tab. XXX. fig. 111. a, the breaft is divided 
into two acute points, in the manner of a fork ; 
and the horn, which like a probofcis, projects 
from the skull, turns itfelf in a peculiar man- 
ner, and is elegantly bent back between the 
teeth of the fork. This Beetle was brought 
from Japan. The breaft-bone of the third, 
fig. iv. 4, terminates in a fhort horn fome- 
what divided; from each fide of which two 
other fhorter crooked points project out of, or 
from the breaft-bone: the horn on the nofe in 
this is likewife very fhort, and terminates in 
two arched and fharp-pointed branches. This 
Beetle was brought from Brafil, I only exhi- 
bit the thorax or breaft-bone of the fourth, 
fig. v. c, becaufe it is in the body like the 
firft, fecond, and fifth. This bone is pretty 
large at its origin, but it terminates in two 
fhort, crooked, obtufe points, and is adorned 
alfo on the lower part with fome ridges pro- 
jeCting beyond the furface. ‘The horn on the 
nofe in this fpecies is fplit as in the firft fpe- 
cies; The breaft-bone of the fifth, fig. vr. d, 
js divided in various manners, it firft emits a 
fomewhat prominent obtufe point, afterwards 
it grows fmall, and then expands again into an 
eminence fomewhat divided, and at length it 
terminates in two acute points or ends near the 
eye, one of which is confiderably larger than 
the other. The margins or extremities of this 
These B OOS of ON A ae UR Bis or, 
bone have two ornaments like thofe which 
mentioned in the fourth {pecies. ‘The other 
fide of the breaft-bone is divided and extended 
in like manner as that which I have here 
figured. The horn that rifes from the nofe is 
bent back like a fegment of a circle againt 
the prominence of the breaft-bone *, and is 
obtufe at its extremity. A more accurate ex- 
planation of the parts of thefe feveral {pecies 
will be given at the end of the work. 
Now that I am near concluding this fubjec, 
I fhail beg my readers to confider, whether the 
parts of thefe little creatures changed in fo won- 
derful a manner, and formed with an art not 
inferior to the conftruction of the human body 
itfelf, can be formed by the affiftance of heat 
and moifture, or be produced by chance from 
putrefaction? Or whether the infinite wifdom 
of God, and that moft powerful hand, whofe 
fingers made the heavens, and framed all na- 
ture, muft be confidered as the only-inftru- 
ment of their exiftence? I fhould indeed be- 
lieve no one would prefirme to deny this. I 
fhall therefore conclude this hiftory, by obferv- 
ing that the Beetle is only a Nymph difengaged 
from its skin, and changed by accretion; as the 
the Nymph likewife is only.a Worm that has 
changed its skin, and is altered or transformed 
in the fame manner: hence thefe feveral ftates 
exhibit only one infect under three different 
appearances, which, after its miferies and mor- 
tifications, is advanced by degrees to a glorious 
and happy refurrection. “The Worm leads a 
miferable life under the earth. The Nymph, 
deprived of motion, remains long as it were 
dead; but the Beetle, living at pleafure above 
and under ground, as alfo in the air, enjoys a 
fuperior degree of dignity, which however ‘it 
has attained by afflictions and death, for with- 
out pafling through thefe difficulties, it could 
never have come to that perfection. Here calm 
and ferene weather fucceeds a ftorm, and death 
opens the gates to life. Hence the apoftle 
{peaks moft juftly in refpect to us: “* I think 
*‘ that the fufferings of our temporary ftate 
** are not worthy the future glory which fhall 
“ be revealed in us.” We therefore, treading 
in the foot-fteps of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and 
having fuffered all the miferies and punifhments 
of this life, expect the reward. My fpirit, in 
the mean time, raifing itfelf with fervent zeal 
to God, cries out: “ My foul magnifies the 
* Lord, becaufe he difclofes great things unto 
«me: he is powerful, and his namé is holy. 
The end of the wonderful kiftory of the Rurnoceros-BEETLE. 
* We have in England two fpecies of Beetles which are able to leap in a very furprifing manner. In other infe&ts this mo- 
tion is performed by means of the legs, which are made of various lengths and forms adapted to that purpofe: but thefe crea- 
tures do it by means of their thorax, which is alfo formed in the under part in a peculiar manner rifing and elaftick for that 
purpofe ; one of thefe is of a-chefhut brown, the other of a gr 
eenifh black. They both have flatted bodies and flender legs. 
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