DIAPREPES SPENGLERI. Niger, thorace albo-squamoso, elytris squamositate
flava vestitis, saturâ, margine striisque tribus elevatis, nudis, nigris,
notatis. (Long. Corp. 7 lin.)
SYN. Curculio Spengleri, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 609. 32. _Fabr. Syst.
Eleuth._ 2. 532. _No._ 149. _Oliv. Ent. V._ 83. 311. _No._ 345. _t._ 2.
_f._ 15. _C. T._ 20. _f._ 254. _Herbst. Col._ 6. _t._ 68. _f._ 11. & _T._
69. _f._ 1. _Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 2. _p._ 8. _No._ 1.
Curculio Aurifer, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head black, long, and rostrated; as long as the thorax, which is also
black. They are both striped underneath with streaks of a shining,
golden, green colour. Scutellum very small. Elytra dark brown, extending
very low down the sides, and terminating in a point, double margined. The
abdomen dark brown, and, with the wing-cases, adorned with many oblong
spots or streaks, of a golden green colour. Femora simple, and dark
brown. Tibiæ hairy, particularly within. Underside of the tarsi brown
yellow.
The golden spots, or streaks, on this insect vary very much; in some
individuals being ash-coloured, some blue, and in others nearly white.
The colour also of the wing-cases in some is almost black, in others of a
red brown.
{64}COPRIS MOLOSSUS.
Plate XXXII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Scarabæidæ.