consisting of innumerable articulations. Scutellum triangular and black.
Corium white, terminal membrane black. Wings white and transparent.
Abdomen black, the edges marked with scarlet and black spots. Rostrum
black and short, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black, the hinder
thighs next the body scarlet.
CERBUS SANCTUS.
Plate XLV. fig. 5.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Coreidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERBUS, _Hahn._ Anisoscelis, _Latr._ Lygæus, _Fabr._
CERBUS SANCTUS. Fuscus, thorace maculâque cruciatâ elytrorum fulvis,
thorace inermi, pedibus nigris femoribus posticis maximis, tibiis
mediocribus. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)
SYN. Cimex Sanctus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head dark brown. Antennæ almost as long as the insect. Thorax orange
brown, having a black streak on it next the head. Scutellum triangular
and black. Corium orange brown, apical membrane black. Rostrum small and
slender, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black. Hinder thighs strong
and thick, having a strong spine on the under part, and another longer,
near the tip of the tibiæ.
Fabricius has applied the specific name of Sanctus to one of the species of
thick-legged Coreidæ, from Brazil, which is placed by Burmeister in the
Genus Crinocerus. Drury quoted the Fabrician description as belonging to
his species, but the diversity in their locality would alone be sufficient
to prove them to be distinct.
RAPHIGASTER VALIDUS.
Plate XLV. fig. 6.
For the description of this species, and a representation of an
individual with expanded wings, see Vol. II. plate XXXVIII. fig. 4. The
following are the only material variations noticed in the descriptions of
this specimen as compared with that referred to above, and which can only
be regarded as indicating slight variety.
Head very small and black. Antennæ black, about half the length of the
insect. Thorax shining, punctated, and of a deep blue, almost black,
being surrounded with a circular line of a cream colour, and which is
divided in the middle, the sides terminating in two black angular spines.
Scutellum large, {64}glossy, triangular, and black, the tip being
cream-coloured and punctated. Hemelytra brownish, tinged with blue, the
extremities being blueish black. Abdomen red above, edged with orange and
black; deep yellow beneath, with black spots on the edge. Legs deep
yellow, tibiæ black. Tarsi black above, yellow beneath.
CERBUS UMBROSUS.
Plate XLV. fig. 7.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Coreidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERBUS, _Hahn._ Anisoscelis, _Latr._ Lygæus, _Fabr._
CERBUS UMBROSUS. Obscurè fulvescens, pronoti disco striis tribus nigris,
antennarum articulo ultimo fulvo, elytris striis obliquis nigris notatis,
membranâ apicali æneâ nitidâ, femoribus tibiisque posticis serratis.
(Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Cimex umbrosus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Head and thorax dark orange, the latter with three longitudinal streaks
of a darker colour. Antennæ dark orange and black, the last articulation
orange. Scutellum triangular, and dark brown. Hemelytra striated with
dark orange and brown, the extremities being of a bronze-colour and
glossy. Abdomen darker than the other parts. Rostrum extending to the
middle legs. Legs orange-brown, the hinder ones having the thighs and
tibiæ serrated.
HAMMATOCERUS CONSPICILLARIS.
Plate XLV. fig. 8.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Reduviidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. HAMMATOCERUS, _Burm._ Hammacerus, _Laporte_. Cimex, _Drury_.
HAMMATOCERUS CONSPICILLARIS. Niger, elytris basi albis, maculâ irregulari
nigrâ, abdominis marginibus rubro-maculatis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Cimex conspicillaris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Laporte Hemipt._ _p._
79. _Burmeister Hem._ _p._ 236. 2.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Head small and black. Antennæ setaceous, black, and about half the length
of the insect. Thorax black. Scutellum triangular and black, but tipped
with white. Hemelytra black, the base white, whereon is an oblong black
spot. Abdomen dark red, edged with dark red and black. Rostrum short and
curled, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black.
PLATE XLVI.
[Illustration]
PENTATOMA CATENA.
Plate XLVI. fig. 1.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. PENTATOMA, _Latreille_. Cimex, _Fabr. Drury_.
PENTATOMA CATENA. Albida, pronoti dorso maculâ magnâ nigrâ, lineâ tenui
albâ in medio divisâ, scutello maculâ basali, alterâ subapicali,
membranâque elytrorum nigris. (Long. Corp. lin. 7½.)
SYN. Cimex catena, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil.
{65}Head cream-coloured and black. Antennæ about half the length of the
insect. Thorax flesh-coloured; a large black spot occupying the middle,
which is divided by a cream-coloured line. Scutellum shaped like a bell,
black, surrounded with cream colour, and divided transversely by a line
of the same colour. Hemelytra flesh-coloured, the extremities black.
Beneath cream-coloured, with a great many black spots. Rostrum black,
extending below the fore legs. Legs cream, streaked with black.
EDESSA VIRENS.
Plate XLVI. fig. 2.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Scutati, _Burm._
GENUS. EDESSA, _Fabr._ Centroproctus, _Hahn._ Cimex, _Drury_.
EDESSA VIRENS. Obscure virescens, elytris fuscis margine externo pallido,
pronoto lateribus utrinque in spinam longam rectam et acutam productis.
(Long. Corp. 10½ lin.)
SYN. Cimex virens, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Edessa cervus? _Fabr. Syst. Rh._ 146. 2.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Antennæ small, about two-thirds the length of the insect. Head, thorax,
and scutellum dirty green; the latter large and triangular. The thorax on
each side ends in very acute angles. Hemelytra brown, but were probably
green when the insect was living. Beneath dirty green. Rostrum extending
beyond the hinder legs.
LARGUS LINEOLA.
Plate XLVI. fig. 3.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY: Lygæidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. LARGUS, _Hahn._ Euryopthalmus, _Laporte_. Cimex, _Drury_.
LARGUS LINEOLA. Ferrugineo-niger, profunde punctatus, pronoto postice
luteo, membranâ albido-cinereâ fusco venosâ limbo fusco. (Long. Corp. 6
lin.)
SYN. Cimex Lineola, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ _p._ 721. _No._ 52.
Cimex punctatus, _De Geer Mem._ _pl._ 34. _fig._ 17. 18.
Cimex humilis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Hahn._ _Wanzen. Art. Ins._ _t._
2. _f._ 6. (Largus h.) _Stoll_, _tab._ 27. _fig._ 265.
Euryopth. puncticollis, _Laporte Hemipt._ 38. 4.
Lygæus Mutilis. _Perty Del. Art. Braz._ _pl._ 34. _f._ 9.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Head black. Antennæ small and black, and about half the length of the
insect. Thorax black in front, orange behind; with many minute black
spots, the under part being edged with cream. Scutellum triangular, small
and black. Hemelytra black at the base: white at the extremities. Abdomen
black, edged with cream both above and beneath. Rostrum black, extending
to the hinder legs, all of which are black likewise.
{66}PENTATOMA SPECTABILIS.
Plate XLVI. fig. 4.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. PENTATOMA, _Latreille_. Cimex, _Fabr. Drury_.
PENTATOMA SPECTABILIS. Capite rufescenti postice nigro, pronoto albido,
antice maculisque duabus posticis nigris, scutello et corio albidis
fasciâ latâ communi membranâque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp. 7½ lin.)
SYN. Cimex spectabilis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Head red. Eyes, neck, and antennæ black. Thorax cream-coloured, edged in
front with black, having two small black spots on the shoulders, and two
larger on the hinder part, which are continued on the front of the
scutellum, which is large and triangular; the tip being cream colour, the
middle having a broad black band crossing it and the hemelytra, which are
cream-coloured at the base, the hinder part being black. Beneath red,
with small black spots along the sides. Rostrum long and black, extending
below the hinder legs. Thighs red, the tibiæ and tarsi black.
PENTATOMA RUTILANS.
Plate XLVI. fig. 5.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. PENTATOMA, _Latreille_. Cimex, _Fabr. Drury_.
PENTATOMA RUTILANS. Cyanea aut viridi ænea, pronoti fasciâ transversâ
anticâ, scutelli apice elytrorumque basi internè sanguineis, abdomine
sanguineo maculis marginalibus pedibusque nigris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3
lin.)
SYN. Edessa rutilans, _Fabr. Syst. Rh._ 151. 25.
Cimex anchorago, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. (nec _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 4. 86.
25.)
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head dark blue. Antennæ black. Thorax deep shining mazarine blue, the
fore part with a scarlet transverse streak. Scutellum triangular,
appearing swelled in the fore part, which is of a dark greenish blue, the
hinder part being scarlet, and continued along the edges up to the
shoulders. Hemelytra dark blueish green. Abdomen scarlet, edged with dark
blue spots. Rostrum black, extending to the hinder legs. Beneath deep
yellowish flesh-colour, spotted on the sides with blue. Legs black.
PENTATOMA REGIA.
Plate XLVI. fig. 6.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. PENTATOMA, _Latreille_. Cimex, _Fabr. Drury_.
PENTATOMA REGIA. Lutea; capite, pronoti maculis duabus oblongis, scutelli
basi, elytrorum maculâ centrali membranâque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp.
lin 7½.)
SYN. Cimex regius, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Pentatoma catena var. vel sexus alter? _Drury_, in text.
HABITAT: Brazil.
{67}The principal difference between this insect and Pent. catena, is two
black spots on the flesh-coloured part of the hemelytra; the scutellum
not having the black part divided by the cream-coloured line, and the
under part of the insect being rather more spotted than that.
ASPONGOPUS JANUS.
Plate XLVI. fig. 7.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. ASPONGOPUS, _Lap. Burm._ Edessa, _Fabr._ Cimex, _Drury_.
ASPONGOPUS JANUS. Niger, supra ruber; capite, pronoti maculâ anticâ,
scutelli basi, membranâque nigris. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.)
SYN. Cimex Janus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 4. 107. 105. _Syst. Rhyng._ 151. 23.
(Edessa J.) _Stoll Cim._ 2. _t._ 6. _f._ 41. _Wolff. Cim._ 1. 13. _t._ 2.
_f._ 13. _Burmeister Hemipt._ _p._ 352. 3. (Aspongopus J.)
Cimex Afer, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Coast of Coromandel (_Drury_). "In Americæ insulis" (_Fabr._
haud recte).
Head and antennæ black. Thorax red and margined, having a black
triangular spot situated near the head. Base of the scutellum black, the
hinder part and sides being red. Hemelytra red, the extremities black.
Abdomen red. Rostrum short, extending only to the fore legs. Beneath
black, edged with red. Legs black.
The specific name, Afer, given to this insect, although having the priority
in point of date over that of Fabricius, is so completely inappropriate
that I have not hesitated in adopting the latter.
PENTATOMA PULCHELLA.
Plate XLVI. fig. 8.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. PENTATOMA, _Latreille_. Cimex, _Fabr. Drury_.
PENTATOMA PULCHELLA. Sanguinea, supra coeruleo nigra, fasciis duabus
sanguineis, anticâ arcuatâ, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. Corp. 10
lin.)
SYN. Cimex pulchellus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Stoll_, _pl._ 5. _fig._
30. _&_ _pl._ 21. _fig._ 142.
Cimex concentricus, _Klug, Burmeister Hemipt._ 365. 5.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras (_Drury_). Para (_Burmeister_). Guiana (_J. O.
W._).
Head flesh-coloured. Antennæ black. Thorax dark blue, the angulated
corners red. Scutellum scarlet, with a dark blue band crossing it near
the middle, and two small blue spots adjoining to the thorax. Hemelytra,
next the thorax red, below which is a broad dark blue band crossing them,
and a narrow scarlet one beneath it; the remainder being dark blue.
Rostrum black, extending below the hinder legs. Abdomen scarlet at the
base, with two rows of white streaks; the extremity next the anus dark
blue. Legs black.
{68}SPHÆROCORIS ANNULUS.
Plate XLVI. fig. 9.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Pentatomidæ.
GENUS. SPHÆROCORIS, _Burmeister_. Tetyra, _Fabr._ Cimex, _Drury_.
SPHÆROCORIS ARGUS. Lutea, guttis 15 pallidis sive rubris nigro-cinctis.
(Long. Corp. lin. 4.)
SYN. Cimex annulus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 4. 82. 10. _Syst. Rh._ 132. 20.
(Tetyra A.)
Cimex Argus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. (nec _Fabr. Syst. Rh._ 533.) _Stoll
Cim._ _pl._ 7. _fig._ 50.
Sphærocoris Argus, _Burmeister Hemipt._ 391. _No._ 2?
Scutellera gibbosa, _Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Hemipt._ _pl._ 5.
b. _f._ 3.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head dark cream colour, with two black lines from the front to the hinder
part. Thorax dark cream, with two waved bands crossing it from side to
side, of a darker colour. Scutellum very large, and entirely covering the
abdomen. This part is high and rounded, of the same colour with the rest
of the insect, having a number of oval, circular, and other shaped marks
thereon. Beneath dark-cream; breast and fore-part lightest. Rostrum
extending below the hinder legs, all of which are of the same dark cream
colour with the other parts.
There is some confusion as to the specific names of the insects composing
the present genus. The Tetyra Argus of Fabricius, with which the species
here figured (from Sierra Leone) was considered identical by Drury, is an
inhabitant of South America. Dr. Burmeister has also confused it with a
species from the Cape of Good Hope.
PLATE XLVII.
[Illustration]
ELATER (TETRALOBUS) FLABELLICORNIS.
Plate XLVII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ.
GENUS. ELATER, _Linn, &c._ (SUBGENUS: Tetralobus, _Encycl. Méth._)
ELATER (TETRALOBUS) FLABELLICORNIS. Fuscus, antennis 8-laminatis, elytris
nitidis lævibus. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Elater flabellicornis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 11. _p._ 651. 1.?
_Fabr. Syst. Ent._ 1. _App._ _p._ 824. 1.? _Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 221.
2.? _De Jean Catal. Col. 2nd Edit._ 85. _Oliv. Ent._ II. 31. _p._ 8. _t._
3. _fig._ 28.? _Herbst. Col._ ix. _p._ 320. _t._ 127. _f._ 1.?
Elater Gigas, _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 221. 1.?
HABITAT: Sierra Leone (_Drury, Afzelius, Schonh._). Guinea (_De Jean_).
India (_Linn. Fabr. Oliv._).
Head rather small, square, surrounded with a small black margin; palpi
very short. Antennæ black; those of the male laminated, having eight
distinct plates or laminæ laying close to each other, which, when closed
together, appear to be of equal thickness. General colour dark or dirty
brown. Thorax with a black margin, terminating on the sides in two sharp
spines. Scutellum small. Elytra smooth and glossy, without any margin,
and rounded at the extremities, without spines. Sternum black and small.
Beneath of the same colour as the upper side.
{69}This figure has been usually cited as the Elater flabellicornis Linn.,
the habitat of which is said to be India, whereas the real habitat of
Drury's insect, as confirmed by Afzelius and De Jean, is Sierra Leone and
Guinea. This insect was sometimes found by Mr. Smeathman in the evenings,
having flown into the houses, to which it was attracted by the lights.
ELATER (AGRYPNUS) QUADRI-MACULATUS.
Plate XLVII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ.
GENUS. ELATER, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Agrypnus, _Eschscholtz_.)
ELATER (AGRYPNUS) QUADRI-MACULATUS. Cinereus, thoracis punctis quatuor,
elytris fasciis duabus undulatis nigris. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
SYN. Elater quadri-maculatus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 1. II. _p._ 219. 14.
_Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 224. 13. _Oliv. Ent._ II. 31. _p._ 20. _t._ 8.
_f._ 79. _Herbst. Col._ x. _p._ 105. _t._ 168. _f._ 3. _Klug Ermann's
Voy. App._ _p._ 31. _pl._ 15. _f._ 3.
Elater fasciatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Coast of Africa (_Drury_). "In Africa æquinoctiali" (_Fabr._).
Head grey. Antennæ serrated and black; much shorter than the thorax,
which is grey, with two small round black spots on the middle, and two
square ones next the scutellum, which is black, surrounded by a patch of
the same colour. Elytra grey, with two waved irregular bands crossing
them, one near the middle, the other near the tips. Beneath black, and,
when viewed through a microscope, appearing to be powdered as it were
with grey. Legs black.
ELATER (CARDIOPHORUS?) PICTUS.
Plate XLVII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ.
GENUS. ELATER, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Cardiophorus, _Eschsch._?)
ELATER (CARDIOPHORUS?) PICTUS. Fulvus, antennis nigris serratis, thorace
elytrisque nigro-lineatis et undulatis, his etiam maculâ utrinque
triangulari nigrâ. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
SYN. Elater pictus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 3. 277.
HABITAT: Coast of Africa.
Head yellow-brown. Antennæ deeply serrated and black, being shorter than
the thorax. Thorax yellow-brown, with several black longitudinal streaks.
Scutellum very small and yellow brown. Elytra of the same colour, with
several faint black marks thereon, particularly two situated near the
middle of a triangular shape, and reaching to the sides; they are a
little striated, and terminate in four blunt spines, two to each. Beneath
of a greyer colour than on the upper side. Sternum remarkably large.
{70}ELATER (SEMIOTUS) LIGNEUS.
Plate XLVII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ.
GENUS. ELATER, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Semiotus, _Eschscholtz._)
Pericalus, _Enc. Méth._
ELATER (SEMIOTUS) LIGNEUS. Ferrugineus, elytris mucronatis vittis duabus
lateralibus suturâque obscurioribus, thorace lineâ mediâ nigrâ. (Long.
Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Elater ligneus, _Linn. Amoen. Acad._ vi. _p._ 395. 24. _Syst. Nat._
1. II. _p._ 652. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 224. _No._ 20. _Oliv.
Ent._ II. 31. _p._ 17. _t._ 2. _f._ 15. _Herbst. Col._ ix. p. 339. 14.
_t._ 158. _f._ 8.
Elater serraticornis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Elater conicus, _Voet Col. Ed. Panz._ II. _p._ 110. 9. _t._ 42. _f._ 9.
HABITAT: Rio Janeiro.
Head red brown. Antennæ black, shorter than the thorax, which is
red-brown, with a dark longitudinal streak running along the middle from
the head to the scutellum, the sides terminating in two angular points.
Scutellum small and brown. Elytra red-brown, marginated and ending in two
spines; they are a little striated, with three longitudinal streaks of a
dark brown colour; one in the middle along the suture, the others on each
side. Breast and base of the abdomen red-brown colour; hinder part of the
latter is darker, having two oval spots of a lightish colour near the
anus.
ELATER (SEMIOTUS) SUTURALIS.
Plate XLVII. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ.
GENUS. ELATER, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Semiotus.)
ELATER (SEMIOTUS) SUTURALIS. Thorace utrinque unidentato ferrugineo,
lineâ dorsali punctisque duobus; coleoptris testaceis vittis tribus
atris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 5 lin.)
SYN. Elater Suturalis, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 1. II. _p._ 224. 35. _Syst.
Eleuth._ II. _p._ 231. 52. _Oliv. Ent._ II. 31. _p._ 18. _t._ 1. _f._ 3.
a. b. c. _Herbst. Col._ ix. _t._ 158. _f._ 5. 6.
Elater angulatus, _Drury Ins._ _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil.
Head black, with two thick and short spines. Antennæ black, strongly
serrated. Thorax orange, with a broad black streak down the middle; two
black lozenge-shaped spots are placed near the middle of the thorax, and
united to the black streak; close to these are two protuberances, on the
sides of the thorax. Scutellum black. Elytra pale orange, the sides and
middle having three black stripes running along them, the extremities
ending in two sharp spines. Breast orange, with two long black spots on
the sides. Abdomen dark cream-coloured, with two black stripes running
along the sides from the breast, and joining at the anus. Legs orange.
{71}ELATER (CHALCOLEPIDIUS) PORCATUS.
Plate XLVII. fig. 6.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ.
GENUS. ELATER, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Chalcolepidius, _Eschscholtz_.)
ELATER (CHALCOLEPIDIUS) PORCATUS. Viridi-æneus, elytris sulcatis; sulcis
villoso-albis, thoracis marginibus luteis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Elater porcatus, _Fabr. Syst. Ent._ _p._ 211. _8. Syst. Eleuth._ II.
_p._ 225. 26. _Oliv. Ent._ II. 31. _p._ 14. 10. _t._ 7. _f._ 74. _Herbst.
Col._ ix. _p._ 323. _t._ 157. _f._ 3. _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras.
Head dark green. Antennæ black. Thorax yellow at the sides; having a
broad bar of a green colour running longitudinally from the head to the
hinder part, being margined with black. Elytra deeply furrowed with green
and yellow lines, the sides having a broad yellow stripe along them, and
margined with black, the extremities being round, and not ending in a
spine. Breast, abdomen, and legs dark green. Sternum black and large.
PLATE XLVIII.
[Illustration]
FLATA ----? PUPA?
Plate XLVIII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Homoptera. FAMILY: Fulgoridæ.
GENUS. FLATA, _Fabricius, &c._ Aphis, _Drury_.
FLATA ---- PUPA? Corpore toto albo pulveroso vel lanoso. (Long. Corp.
Ins. haud declar. 9 lin.)
SYN. Aphis lanosa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT:
Head appearing united and fixed to the body, and furnished with a horny
beak, about one-fourth the length of the whole insect. Antennæ of equal
thickness, and apparently only two-jointed; one next the head, which is
white, another in the middle, the extreme part being black; the length
being about a tenth part of the whole insect. Body white, and covered
with a very fine cottony substance. Legs white at the base, the remainder
black. The insect above is round, beneath flat; a fine soft white
substance, like down, intermixed with hairs of different sizes, some
being very small, others very coarse, arises from the abdomen.
"I am not certain it is a complete insect."--_Drury._
This figure represents an insect belonging to the genus Flata (probably
Flata nigricornis from South America) in an imperfect state, being most
likely a pupa. The species of this genus are ascertained to be similar to
this figure in their preparatory states, and especially the Flata
nigricornis which is represented by Stoll, both in the winged and apterous
condition, as well as by Donovan, in his Insects of China.
{72}CHOLUS URBANUS.
Plate XLVIII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ. SUBFAMILY:
Cholides.
GENUS. CHOLUS, _Germar._ Rhynchænus, _Fabr._ Curculio p. _Linn. &c._
CHOLUS URBANUS. Fusco-viridis, thorace elytrisque flavo marginatis.
(Long. Corp. rostr. inclus. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Curculio urbanus, _Oliv. Enc. Méth._ v. _p._ 503. _Sch. Syn. Ins.
Curcul._ 3. 571. 17. (Cholus u.)
Curculio cinctus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. (nec Cholus cinctus, _Oliv._
Rhynchænus.) _Herbst. Col._ vi. _p._ 478. _t._ 79. _fig._ 7.
HABITAT: Musquito Shore, near Honduras.
Head black. Rostrum half the length of the insect. Antennæ black, arising
near the end of the beak. Thorax dirty green, with a cream-coloured
stripe running on each side, which is continued along the sides of the
elytra, meeting at the anus. Beneath cream colour. Legs the same, being
dirty green above. Every part of the insect appears covered with
innumerable small black pustules, like spots, some smaller than others,
those on the upper side being largest. Each of the femora is furnished
with a single spine.
DYNASTES CLAVIGER.
Plate XLVIII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Dynastidæ.
GENUS. DYNASTES, _MacLeay_. Geotrupes, _Fabr._ Scarabæus, _Linn. Latr._