CHAP. CV.

coryla'ce*- (JUe'RCUS.

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M intervals; whilst these kinds of insect foods, abounding with a very richana 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 Inlrod ., vol. iii.)

11 these longicorn beetles, several British species inhabit the oak, especially^coriarius, which is the largest species found in this country, and ofJ ,! ™ the larva is not much smaller than that of the Cossus. The body is long,e shy, and of a pale whitish colour; the head is rather small and flat; then enor segments of the body the broadest, the remainder becoming graduallyarrower to the tail; the legs are very minute; the body is not bent in thescTir anner as l flrva of Buchnus. Clytus arcuatus and Leptdra

tw 6 r ^ so ® 3Un d upon the oak, as well as several species of the coleop-ous families Elateridas and TSUidte, including Aplot&rsus quercus and Edater