. Elementary entomology . Fig. 211. Stag-beetles. (Natural size) At the left, Lucantis clcf/ias, male ; at the right, Litcaniis liama, male. (After J. B. Smith) enormous jaws of some of the males, which are branched so as to have a fancied resemblance to the antlers of a stag. They are large brown or black beetles, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and the large mandibles have given them the name of "pinch- ; The beetles feed on sap and decaying wood, and the larvae, which are much like white grubs, are found in decaying trunks and stumps. A shining black species, bea
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 211. Stag-beetles. (Natural size) At the left, Lucantis clcf/ias, male ; at the right, Litcaniis liama, male. (After J. B. Smith) enormous jaws of some of the males, which are branched so as to have a fancied resemblance to the antlers of a stag. They are large brown or black beetles, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and the large mandibles have given them the name of "pinch- ; The beetles feed on sap and decaying wood, and the larvae, which are much like white grubs, are found in decaying trunks and stumps. A shining black species, bearing a short horn
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