Note 548 — LETTER X.
Reading edition
Amoreux has collected the different opinions of entomologists on the subject of Pliny's Cossus, which has been supposed the larva of Cordylia Palmarum by Geoffroy; of Lucanus Cervus by Scopoli; and of Prionus damicornis by Drury. The first and last, being neither natives of Italy nor inhabiting the oak, are out of the question. The larvæ of Lucanus Cervus and Prionus coriarius, which are found in the oak as well as in other trees, may each have been eaten under this name, as their difference would not be discernible either to collectors or cooks. Amoreux, 154.