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PLATE XII. 
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Srac BEETLE. 
COLEOPTERAs 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne clavated, compreffed, peétinato- fiffile. Maxilla extended 
fo as to refemble horns. Five joints in each foot. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Head and Thorax black. Shells dark brown. Horns refembling 
thofe of aftag, forked at the end, a {mall branch near the middle on 
the infide, moveable. Shells plain. 
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The Stag-Beetle is the largeft coleopterous infe& we poffefs, but its 
fize is infignificant, when compared with thofe of the fame kind that 
inhabit hot countries or woodlands, as inftanced in the Searabeus 
Hercules, Sc. 
