Dialogues On Entomology in Which the Forms And Habits of Insects Are Familiarl
Dialogues On Entomology in Which the Forms And Habits of Insects Are Familiarl
James Douglas
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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 lucanidce*; 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 antennae clavated, pec- tinated, ...and fissile ; the maxilltf, or man- dibles, extended like horns ; and five joints in each footf. * Cervus, a stag. F Plate VI. Pf. 6. f V /, r "ft / Y/, J //, - : '/v/y _, $tr//, r /. /. Y/J. />v Ji . ///////// X/ y'J///. LUCANUS CERVUS, OR STAG BEETLE. 109 Lucy. I know that clavated means club shaped, that fissile is divided, and that pectinated is feathered ; but I wish you would explain how antennae can be all three. Mother. It is thus : the antennae are club shaped ; the clubs are divided, or split ; and they are all slightly feathered along the edges.
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