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at intervals; whilst these kinds of insect foods, abounding with a very richand delicious oil, are, consequently,the most wholesome and nutritious whichmen in the situation above described could possibly procure; requiring noother preparation than roasting in any manner.” {Drury Inirod., vol. iii.)Of these longicorn beetles, several British species inhabit the oak, especiallyPridnus coriarius, which is the largest species found in this country, and ofwhich the larva is not much smaller than that of the Cbssus. The body is long,fleshy, and of a pale whitish colour; the head is rather small and flat; theanterior segments of the body the broadest, the remainder becoming graduallynarrower to the tail; the legs are very minute; the body is not bent in thesame manner as that of the larva of Zucanus. Clytus arcuatus and Leptiirascutellata are also found upon the oak, as well as several species of the coleop-terous families Elaterid® and Tiilidae, including Aplotarsus quercus and Elater