dark brown, mottled with red. Breast, abdomen, and sides red. Wings
greyish red, with black indented lines and bars running parallel with the
edges of the wings, and regularly placed one above another. Anterior
wings {54}having a black spot near their centre shaped like a
kidney-bean, with a small round one at a little distance nearer the body.
Posterior having likewise a small black spot about half an inch from the
base. Margins of the wings rather deeply scolloped.
PLATE XL.
[Illustration]
GOLIATHUS DRURII.
Plate XL.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ.
GENUS. GOLIATHUS, _De Lamarck_. Cetonia, _Fabr._ Scarabæus, _Linn. Drury,
&c._
GOLIATHUS DRURII. Albidus, thorace lineis sex et disco elytrorum
irregulariter nigris, pedibus æneis, capite porrecto bifido. (Long. Corp.
4 unc.)
SYN. Goliathus Maximus var. _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._
2. 135.
Cetonia Goliata, _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 6. _p._ 71. _t._ 9. _f._ 33. c.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone, Africa (_Drury_).
Head cream-coloured at top, and black underneath, being full
three-fourths of an inch in length, from the neck to the extremity of the
two horns which issue from the fore part of it, the sides of which are
furnished with two other thick horns which are shorter than the former.
Eyes black, and situated so as to discern above and beneath. Antennæ
black. Thorax an inch and a half long, cream-coloured, having a thin,
sharp, black edge all round; on the top are six longitudinal black
streaks differently shaped, separated by cream-coloured lines, the middle
ones being narrowest, on each side of which near the lateral edge is a
small single black spot; the under part of the thorax is cream-coloured.
Scutellum of a longish triangular shape, and cream-coloured. Elytra
cream-coloured, with a broad black streak like velvet, about a third of
their breadth, running near the lateral edges from the shoulders to the
tips. On each side the scutellum is a small black oblong spot, at about
one-third of an inch from it. Legs dark green, finely polished. The hairs
on the middle and hind thighs and tibiæ dark orange. Abdomen dark green.
Abdominal scales [posterior coxæ] the same; on which, close to the joints
of the hinder thighs, are two small cream-coloured spots. Sternum long,
and of a dark green colour.
I have ventured, on the authority of several distinguished entomologists,
to give this insect as a species distinct from Goliathus maximus, figured
in the first volume of these Illustrations, Pl. 31. It is true, indeed,
that both are from the tropical districts of the western coast of Africa,
and that both exhibit the same general structure and form of the horns,
(the variations of which constitute the chief specific differences in these
cornuted species). Drury evidently at first regarded it as specifically
distinct, for he says, in his observation upon it, "This insect is of the
same genus with that described in Vol. 1. Pl. XXXI., but I judge it to be a
different species," although in the synoptical appendix to the volume he
calls it "a variety of Goliathus," the markings are very different, as may
be seen by comparing the two figures; but it might be considered that the
specimen represented in the first volume was a rubbed individual of that
here figured; this, however, is evidently not the case, because in both
descriptions Drury expressly describes the dark part of the elytra as
resembling velvet, which could not be the case if the specimen was
{55}rubbed. Moreover, a very fine and recent specimen corresponding with
the present figure has lately been received by Mr. Havill, of Oxford
Street, printseller and naturalist, who has demanded the sum of fifty
pounds for it. The individual here figured is in the collection of Mr.
MacLeay, to whom I have been indebted for a sight of it, and by whose
father it was purchased at the sale of Mr. Drury's collection at the price
of £12. 1_s._ 6_d._, forming lot 95, in the first day's sale, Thursday May
23, 1805, and described in the catalogue as "Scarabæus Goliathus, var." I
have also seen in the Royal Museum at Berlin a female of this genus having
the head unarmed, and agreeing in colour and markings with the insect here
figured, but which is regarded by Dr. Klug as a species distinct from the
Goliath. maximus, and which he has recently described in Ermann's Voyage.
PLATE XLI.
[Illustration]
MYRMELEON TORRIDUM.
Plate XLI.
ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Filicornes. FAMILY: Myrmeleonidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. MYRMELEON, _Linn. &c._
MYRMELEON TORRIDUM. Capite thoraceque fulvescentibus, lineâ dorsali
nigrâ, hoc griseo-pubescenti, abdomine fusco, alis fusco-punctatis et
maculatis, maculis posticarum majoribus et versus apicem crucem
irregularem formantibus. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Myrmeleon Libelluloides var., _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Antennæ black, slender, and thickest at the extremities. Head, neck, and
thorax yellowish brown, with a black longitudinal stripe running along
the middle. Four palpi, two of which are short; the other two long,
slender, and knobbed at the extremities. Thorax nearly covered with grey
hairs. Abdomen yellowish brown; but, when the insect was living, was
probably green. Wings of equal length, the anterior being broadest, all
marked with a great number of red-brown spots, and clouds of various
shapes and sizes, and appearing to be composed of fine lattice-work like
gauze, and perfectly transparent where they are not clouded. Legs nearly
of equal length, having two strong tibial spurs.
This is the insect referred to in the observations upon Myrmeleon
Libelluloides figured in Vol. 1. tab. 46. fig. 1. as having been regarded
by Drury and Fabricius as a variety of that South-Europæan species. That
they are specifically distinct both in their habitat and characters will
not, I think, be doubted. The peculiar dilatation of the extremity of the
posterior wings is a curious character not found in the Libelluloides.
{56}PLATE XLII.
[Illustration]
PEPSIS ATROX.
Plate XLII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Fossores. FAMILY: Pompilidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PEPSIS, _Fabr. Latr._ Sphex, _Linn. Drury_.
PEPSIS ATROX. Nigra, alis fusco-diaphanis, pedibus fulvis. (Long. Corp. 2
unc. 3 lin. Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Sphex atrox, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head dark brown. Jaws strong: two of the palpi are long, the other two
short. Tongue dilated, and tufted at the tips. Eyes oblong, shining and
prominent. Thorax and abdomen brown-black. Abdominal peduncle short. In
the specimen figured the sting was exserted, curved, and furnished with
two short clavate instruments at its base. Wings thin, and diaphanous.
Legs yellow-brown, and furnished with a great number of short spines from
the claws to the base of the tibiæ. Tibiæ with two spurs, except those of
the fore-legs, which have but one.
Fabricius has described an insect from South America, under the name of
Pepsis Heros, which nearly agrees with this species, with the following
reference--"Sphex Securus, Drury Ins. . tab. . fig. ." It will be
sufficient to observe that Drury has described no such insect, although it
is probable that Fabricius, who was on terms of intimacy with our author,
might have seen the unpublished figure of such insect in his possession.
Mr. Smeathman informed our author that he was once stung in the finger by
one of these insects, but the pain was not so severe as might have been
expected from a wound made by so large a creature belonging to this genus.
His method, when stung by any insects in Africa, was to open the puncture
with a lancet, and squeeze out the blood and venom together, which, when
effectually done, soon caused the pain to abate.
CHLORION FEROX.
Plate XLII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Fossores. FAMILY: Sphegidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CHLORION, _Latr._ Sphex, _Drury_.
CHLORION FEROX. Viridi-cyaneum, nitidissimum, antennis pedibusque nigris,
alis fuscescentibus. (Expans. Alar. fere 2 unc.)
SYN. Sphex ferus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Sphex lobata? _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 206. 30. _Syst. Piez._ 217.
HABITAT: China.
Head fine green. Jaws strong. Tongue not observed. Eyes oblong. Antennæ
black. Wings thin and diaphanous. Thorax and abdomen beautiful shining
emerald green. Legs black.
The description given by Drury of this insect entirely agrees with a very
common Chinese insect, the Chlorion lobatum, Latr. This figure is however
hardly to be recognized.
{57}ATTA FERVENS.
Plate XLII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Heterogyna. FAMILY: Formicidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. ATTA, _Fabr. Latreille_. Formica, _Linn. Drury_.
ATTA FERVENS. Fusca, sericea, alis fuscis, capitis angulis posticis
rotundatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Formica fervens, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Say in Journ. of Nat.
Hist. Soc. of Boston_, _p._ 290.
HABITAT: Musquito Shore, on the Bay of Mexico.
Antennæ small, setaceous, and shorter than the thorax. Head dark brown,
small and flat, armed with strong jaws. Eyes small, round and black.
Thorax and abdomen dark brown, and velvety. Wings brown and diaphanous.
Legs coloured like the body, without any spines at any of the joints;
neither is there any abdominal peduncle.
This insect (which appears to be a queen or female ant) is nearly allied to
a very celebrated South American species, which, from visiting the houses
of the inhabitants in great swarms, is termed the visiting ant. (Atta
Cephalotes, Fabr.) The late Mr. Say, however, pointed out the differences
between the two species in his manuscripts, which have been published in
the Journal of the Natural History Society of Boston for 1836.
PEPSIS SEVERA.
Plate XLII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Fossores. FAMILY: Pompilidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PEPSIS, _Latr. Fabr._ Sphex, _Linn. Drury_.
PEPSIS SEVERA. Atra, alis fulvo-diaphanis apice fuscis, pedibus fulvis
femoribus nigris. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Sphex Severus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Coast of Africa.
Head black. Tongue not observed. Palpi four. Eyes oblong, prominent and
shining. Wings yellow-brown, diaphanous, the tips black. Thorax, abdomen,
and thighs black. Tibiæ and tarsi yellow-brown.
PLATE XLIII.
[Illustration]
MANTIS (HARPAX) OCELLARIA.
Plate XLIII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Cursoria. FAMILY: Mantidæ.
GENUS. MANTIS, _Linn._ (SUBGENUS: Harpax, _Serville_.)
MANTIS (HARPAX) OCELLARIA. Capite inermi, femoribus posticis lobo
apicali, elytris viridibus ocello magno discoidali flavo nigro-cingulato.
(Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Mantis ocellaria, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Coast of Africa.
{58}Antennæ setaceous. The insect, when living, was probably green, but
is now of a yellowish brown; the eyes, head, and thorax being of that
colour. One-third of the tegmina, next the tips, is transparent, the
remainder being green. In the centre is a yellow spot resembling an eye,
encircled with black, whose centre is dark green, with a black margin at
top. Wings transparent. Fore-legs yellow-brown. Femora strong, with two
rows of spines, and a groove between to receive the tibiæ, which are
furnished with a strong spine at the tip. Middle and hind legs having a
small flap placed at the tips of the femora, and two tibial spurs.
"This rare and beautiful mantis was found in a savanna."--_Smeathman._
PENTATOMA BICOLORATA.
Plate XLIII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. PENTATOMA, _Latreille_. Cimex, _Fabricius, Drury_.
PENTATOMA BICOLORATA. Fusca, pronoti lateribus in spinam obtusam utrinque
productis, scutello versus basin et ad apicem elytrorumque maculâ costali
fulvis. (Long. Corp. lin. 7.)
SYN. Cimex rostratus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
La punaise à sept taches, _Stoll_, _pl._ 14. _fig._ 97.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone (_Drury_). Coast of Guinea (_Stoll_).
Head and eyes brown. Thorax dark yellow in front; the hinder part brown,
the sides terminating in two obtuse spines. Scutellum yellow, brown in
the middle. Hemelytra brown, with a yellow spot on the middle of the
anterior edges. Legs yellow-brown, the fore ones having a remarkable
spine on the thighs, placed near the tips. Rostrum strong, extending as
far as the middle legs. Abdomen with two lateral dark indented lines
extending to the anus.
I have been compelled to propose another specific name for this insect,
that given to it by our author being quite inexpressive.
CERBUS? FLAVEOLUS.
Plate XLIII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Coreidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERBUS? _Hahn._ Cimex, _Drury_.
CERBUS? FLAVEOLUS. Fuscus, pronoti marginibus fasciâque angulatâ
elytrorum fulvis; abdomine rufo, nigro marginato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9
lin.)
SYN. Cimex flaveolus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head dark orange. Antennæ filiform, four-jointed, about three-fourths the
length of the insect. Thorax brown, edged with yellow. Scutellum
triangular, not large, brown. Hemelytra brown, one-half of the posterior
edge next the body having a yellow line running along it, crossing the
middle, and {59}ending at the anterior edge. Wings diaphanous. Abdomen
red, edged with black. Rostrum slender, and extending just below the
fore-legs. Legs yellow-brown. Tibiæ and tarsi almost black.
DIASPIDIUS SCAPHA.
Plate XLIII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Reduviidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. DIASPIDIUS, _Westw._ Cimex, _Drury_.
DIASPIDIUS SCAPHA. Fulvus; capite, antennis, pronoti lobo antico,
membranâ elytrorum pedibusque nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Cimex Scapha, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head very small, black, hairy, and long. Antennæ filiform, about half the
length of the insect. The fore part of the thorax is hairy and black; the
remainder and the scutellum yellow-brown. Basal half of the hemelytra
orange-coloured, the remainder dark brown. Wings diaphanous. Abdomen
brown-yellow. Rostrum short and black, not reaching to the fore-legs,
which are black. Middle and hind legs partly black and brown.
This insect differs so much from the other species of the extensive family
Reduviidæ, that I have been compelled to raise it to the rank of a distinct
genus, the characters of which are as well marked as those of the majority
of the genera recently proposed by the Continental Entomologists in this
group. Its characters as a genus are--
Caput parvum. Antennæ breves vix longitudine thoracis, 4?-articulatæ;
articulo 2ndo., 1mo. et 3tio. breviori. Pronotum posticè in lobum magnum
depressum, supra scutellum et basin alarum productum. Hemelytra marginem
lateralem abdominis haud tegentia. Tarsi ut videtur 1-articulati.
PYRRHOCORIS PRINCEPS.
Plate XLIII. fig. 5.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Lygæidæ.
GENUS. PYRRHOCORIS, _Fallen, Burmeister_. Astemma, _St. Farg. & Serv._
Platynotus, _Schill._
PYRRHOCORIS PRINCEPS. Sanguineus; pronoti lobo antico in medio, elytrorum
fasciâ versus basin maculâque costali mediâ nigris, membranâ apicali
fuscâ, femoribus in medio nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Cimex longirostris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head yellowish-brown. Thorax in front black, and brown behind. Antennæ
black and slender, about half the length of the insect. Scutellum
triangular and black. Corium yellow-brown, having a black streak crossing
the middle, and a black spot near it; apical membrane opake and dark
brown. Wings diaphanous. Rostrum long and slender, reaching to the middle
of the abdomen. Legs partly black and brown. Tarsi three-jointed.
{60}The name applied to this species by Drury is so inexpressive that I
have been induced to propose for it a new specific designation, which has
allusion to its large size and rich colouring.
PLATE XLIV.
[Illustration]
CETONIA TORQUATA.
Plate XLIV. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ.
GENUS. CETONIA, _Fabricius, &c._ Scarabæus, _Linn. &c._
CETONIA TORQUATA. Obscure viridis, thoracis margine antico luteo, pygidii
maculis duabus albis; elytrorum apice suturali spinoso. (Long. Corp. 2
unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Scar. torquatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Herbst. Col._ III. _p._
198. _t._ 28. _f._ 1. _Schon. Syn. Ins._ 3. 117.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head rather square, depressed above; dusky in front, grey behind. Eyes
round and prominent. Antennæ black. The thorax dusky green, margined.
Scutellum large, triangular, and green. Elytra dusky green, the sides and
suture margined, having two swellings near the extremities, and two short
thick spines at the end of the suture. The abdomen covered above with a
fine brown pile like velvet. Hind part of the abdomen green, with two
silvery white spots of a squarish form. All the under side of the insect
green, and of a more lively or shining colour than the upper. Legs strong
and thick, the tibiæ furnished with thick spines, both in the middle and
at the tips, the hinder ones being hairy.
This splendid and exceedingly rare insect flew on board a ship at Sierra
Leone, and was taken on the awning on the following morning. It seems to be
unknown to the French Entomologists, and is omitted in the "Monographie des
Cétoines" of Messrs. Gory and Perchéron.
PELIDNOTA UNICOLOR.
Plate XLIV. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Rutelidæ, _MacLeay_.
GENUS. PELIDNOTA, _MacLeay_. Scarabæus p., _Drury_.
PELIDNOTA UNICOLOR. Tota lutea; elytris tenuiter striatis. (Long Corp. 1
unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus unicolor, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Melolontha Druryana, _Herbst. Col._ II. _p._ 163. 121. _t._ 27. _f._ 3.
Melolontha lutea, _Olivier Ent._ 1. 5. _p._ 23. _t._ 19. 1. _f._ 2.
Pelidnota testacea, _Deg. Cat._
HABITAT: Brazil.
Brown. Thorax margined. Scutellum small and semi-circular. Elytra
margined, and faintly striated. Anterior tibiæ dentated. Tibiæ with two
spurs, except the fore ones, which have only one.
{61}RUTELA LINEOLA.
Plate XLIV. fig. 3.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Rutelidæ.
GENUS. RUTELA, _Latreille_. Scarabæus p. _Drury_. Cetonia p. _Fabr._
RUTELA LINEOLA. Nigra, lineâ a capite ad scutellum ductâ, lateribusque
flavis, elytrorum plagâ magnâ flavidâ. (Long. Corp. 7½ lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Lineola var. _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 552. 53.
_Fabr. Syst. El._ II. _p._ 145. 53. (Cetonia L.) _Syst. Ent._ _p._ 46.
17. _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 6. _p._ 78. 98. _t._ 11. _f._ 106. var. [Greek: b].
Cetonia Ephippium, _Fabr. Mantiss._ 1. _p._ 29. 31.
Scarabæus Hespera, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Antennæ brown. Head black, with a deep yellow stripe down the middle,
which is continued across the thorax; that part being black, the sides
yellow, whereon is a black spot in the middle. Scutellum yellow and
triangular. Elytra black, with a large yellow patch in the middle of
each. Podex yellow, the middle being black. Abdomen ringed with black and
yellow above; black beneath, with two yellow spots on it. Sternum yellow,
extending to the posterior coxæ, which are brown. Posterior femora broad,
yellow and brown; the other legs brown.
The specimen here figured appears to differ from the ordinary character of
the species in having the thorax more strongly marked with dark yellow.
MACRASPIS FUCATA.
Plate XLIV. fig. 4.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Rutelidæ.
GENUS. MACRASPIS, _MacLeay_. Cetonia p., _Fabricius_. Scarabæus p.,
_Drury_.
MACRASPIS FUCATA. Atra nitida, thoracis margine omni elytrorumque vittis
duabus flavis. (Long. Corp. 10½ lin.)
SYN. Cetonia fucata, _Fabr. Syst. El._ II. _p._ 151. 82. _Ent. Syst._ 1.
II. _p._ 145. 69. _Sch. Syn. Ins._ _vol._ 3. _p._ 158.
Cetonia quadri-vittata, _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 6. _p._ 73. 92. _t._ 7. _f._ 65.
Scarabæus Cinctus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Herbst. Col._ III. _p._ 249.
38. _t._ 31. _f._ 5. (Cetonia c.)
HABITAT: Rio Janeiro.
Head black and circular. Thorax black, margined with yellow. Scutellum
very large, black, and triangular. Elytra black, the sides brown, between
which colours is a narrow yellow line, which, running round the
extremities, returns back pretty broad up to the anterior edge. Podex and
abdomen brown. Sternum long and black. Legs black. Tibiæ with two long
spurs at the tips, the fore-legs having only one. Ungues having a long
slender spine fixed to the joint, of equal length with the hook itself.
PLATE XLV.
[Illustration]
ECTRICHODIA BARBICORNIS.
Plate XLV. fig. 1.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Reduviidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. ECTRICHODIA, _Laporte_. Ectrichotes, _Burmeister_. Loricerus,
_Hahn._
ECTRICHODIA BARBICORNIS. Nigra; thorace, abdominis lateribus pedibusque
rufis, scutello nigro nitido. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Reduvius barbicornis, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 4. 194. 4. _Syst. Rh._ 267.
4. _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. (Cimex b.)
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
{62}Head small and dark brown. Antennæ filiform, black. Thorax dark
orange. Scutellum small, black, rough, and shining. Hemelytra black,
velvety; but edged next the body with orange. Abdomen black, edged with
orange. Rostrum short, not reaching to the fore-legs, and brown. Legs
slender and orange-coloured.
CERBUS FALX.
Plate XLV. fig. 2.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Coreidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERBUS, _Hahn._ Anisoscelis, _Latr._ Lygæus, _Fabr._
CERBUS FALX. Fuscus, thoracis lateribus compresso-lunatis serratis,
femoribus posticis dilatatis haud dentatis, tibiisque posticis
membranaceo-dilatatis. (Long. Corp. 9½ lin.)
SYN. Cimex falx, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Coast of Africa.
Head small, dirty brown, which is the general colour of the insect.
Antennæ slender, about two-thirds the length of the insect. Thorax brown,
the sides terminating in two broad and thin protuberances, bending
forward towards the head, the edges being serrated. Scutellum triangular.
Wing-cases, wings and legs muddy-coloured, the hinder legs having the
tibiæ very broad, and thin.
This insect is very nearly allied to Lygæus Tragus Wolff, fig. 188, which
is, however, an inhabitant of China.
DIACTOR LATIPES.
Plate XLV. fig. 3.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Coreidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. DIACTOR, _Burmeister_. Acanthocephalus, _Laporte_. Cimex, _Drury_.
Lygæus, _Fabr._
DIACTOR LATIPES. Fuscus sive brunneus, unicolor; pronoto cano granoso,
elytrorum venis rufis, tarsis posticis pallidis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½
lin.)
SYN. Cimex latipes, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Lygæus compressipes, _Fabr. Syst. Rh._ 209. 24. _Stoll Cim._ _t._ 2. _f._
14. _Burmeister Handb._ 2. 334. (Diactor c.)
HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). South America.
Head black and very small. Antennæ slender, and almost as long as the
insect. Thorax dark muddy green, almost black, which is the general
colour of the insect. Next the head there is a white mark, somewhat
resembling a crown, the sides terminating in two angles. Scutellum
triangular. Hemelytra and wings of the same dark colour with the other
parts. Rostrum slender, extending to the middle legs. Fore and middle
legs slender, the thighs being dentated. Hinder legs very long, the
thighs very thick and strong, and much dentated; the tibiæ being very
broad and thin, and the inner edges serrated. Tarsi dark orange.
{63}HAMMATOCERUS PURCIS.
Plate XLV. fig. 4.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Reduviidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. HAMMATOCERUS, _Burm._ Hammacerus, _Laporte_. Cimex, _Drury_.
HAMMATOCERUS PURCIS. Niger, undique granosus, elytris basi albis, femorum
posticorum basi sanguineâ. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Cimex Purcis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Brown Ill._ _tab._ 70. _f._
2.
Reduvius Nychthemerus, _Illig. Burm._ _vol._ 2. 236. 1. (Hammatocerus n.)
Hammacerus conspicillaris var. _Laporte Hem._ 79.
HABITAT: Virginia (_Drury_). Georgia (_Burmeister_).