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Title: The natural history of beetles : illustrated by thirty-two plates, numerous wood-cuts, with memoir and portrait of Ray
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Duncan, James, 1804-1861 Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver
Subjects: Ray, John, 1627-1705 Beetles
Publisher: Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars London : Henry G. Bohn
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Brazil. Pnortus Cen icornis Jazaryrc. COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 245 probably serve to render it more steady by adher-ing to the substance into which it is inserted. Theright-hand figure represents this ovipositor as itappears in P. armillatus. The largest and most striking of these insectscompose the genus Prionus. Their antennse arelonger than the head and thorax, and sometimesserrated or pectinated; whence the generic name,from itpuov, a saw% The terminal lobe of the max-illae is as long as the first two joints of the palpi,and the body is depressed, with the thorax squareand spined or dentate on its edges. PRIONUS CERVICORNIS. PLATE XXIII. Olivier, 66, pi. 2, fig. 8, a, b.—Cerambyx cervicornis, Linn.—Merian. Surin., pi. 48.—Macrodontia cervicornis, Lepel.et Serv. Although this insect is surpassed in size by oneor two other species of Prioni, it is the most re-markable of the larger kinds, owing to its conspicu-ous projecting mandibles, and the curious markingsof the elytra. The p

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