The Insect World / Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting Species

by Louis Figuier

Fig. 444.—Megalosoma anubis (male).

Fig. 445.—Megalosoma anubis (female).		Fig. 446.—Dynastes Hercules.

Fig. 447.—Common Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus).

[Fig. 448] represents the Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus); [Fig. 449], an exotic species, the Lucanus (Homoderus) Mellyi, from the Gabon; [Fig. 450] the Lucanus bellicosus; and [Fig. 451] another exotic species from Celebes, Dorcus Titan.

Fig. 448.—Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus).		Fig. 449.—Lucanus (Homoderus) Mellyi.

The Syndesus cornutus ([Fig. 452]) of Tasmania, and the Chiasognathus Grantii, from the coast of Chili ([Fig. 453]), of a beautiful golden green, shot with copper, belong to genera akin to Lucanus.