“NATU RAL HISTORY. ‘oR 
< the wings are of a browner colour, and marked with two yellow 
reaks, 
lo. The teftaceous Capricorn Beetle, with the cafes of the wings 
marked with two whitith ftreaks, and a:prickly breaft. It is no bigger 
than a loufe. 
tr. The black Capricorn Beetle, with the cafes of the wings marked 
With two white undulated ftreaks, and a fmooth breaft: the feelers 
‘are long, and it is of the fame fize as the former. 
12. The blackifh Capticorn Beetle, with a hairy afh-coloured breaft, 
‘marked with two fmooth points. It-is by fome called the Tree-Beetle, 
with {mall feelers, and an afh-coloured collar, marked with two points. 
It is found among piles.of wood. — ; 
13. The.teftaceous-Capricorn Beetle with a hairy afh-coloured breaft, | 
mar ked with two fmooth lines: this infect is of the fame fhape as the 
former, but fhorter, and the feelers are not fo long as the body. 
14. The teftaceous-Capricorn Beetle with a fmooth breaft, does not 
differ much from the former, only the feelers are longer than the body. 
and the thighs and feet are yellow inclining to red. " 
15. The brown Capricorn Beetle, with points impreffed.on the breaft, 
and feelers fhorter than the body. on 
16. The grey Capricora Beeile fpotted with black: this is called by 
Petiver the Norway Capricorn Beetle, of a blackifh colour, with {potted 
€afes of the wings, and fpeckled with pale {pots. x 
17. The black Capricorn Beetle, with the cafes of the wings marked 
with a longitudinal yellow fpot, which is dentated, and there are alfo 
Yellow fpots: this is of alongifh fhape, and has the breaft adorned 
With yellow hair. 
18, The violet-coloured fhining Capricorn Beetle, with black feelers 
and clavated thighs. It is found in gardens and in woods, and is all 
over of a fine violet mixed with gold colour: the feelers are a little 
longer than the body. : 
There are féveral forts of Unicorn Beetles, which may be placed un- 
der two divifions, the firft of which has {harp protuberances on the 
breaft, and the fecond none. Of the firft divifion, befide the two al- 
Teady defcribed, are the black Unicorn Beetle, with a flatted breaft, 
and the edge of it having three feet on each fide, and the feelers are 
Coal black: the reddifh Unicorn Beetle with three ‘black lines on the 
Cafes of the wings, running lengthways: the black Unicorn Beetle, 
With irregular pale fpots on the cafes of the wings, and a prickly breaft 5 
and has alfo feelers longer than the body: the grey Unicorn Beetle 
fpotted with black, and a black tranfverfe line on the cafes of the wings, 
and the feelers longer than the body by one half: the grey Unicorn 
Beetle, with black cafes of wings {potted with white, and a white tranf- 
verfe line on each, with feelers longer than the body by one half: 
the grey and black Unicorn Beetle, with the feelers about half the 
length of the body: the grey Capricorn Beetle, with two yellow 
tran{verfe lines on the cafes of the wings, and the feelers half as long 
as the body: the fhelly Capricorn Beetle, with a double white tranf- 
Verfe line on each wing. 
= Of the fecond divifion, which have no protuberances on the breaft, 
there are the black Capricorn Beetle, with two white undulated tranf- 
Yerfe lines on the cafes of the wings: the fhelly Capricorn Beetle 
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