Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
HIPPORHINUS VERRUCOSUS.
Plate XXXII. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ. SUBFAMILY:
Entimides.
GENUS. HIPPORHINUS, _Schonh._ Bronchus, _Germar._ Curculio, _Linn. &c._
HIPPORHINUS VERRUCOSUS. Elongato-ovatus niger, æneo-micans, rostro quasi
abscisso, quinque sulcato, thorace confertim tuberculato, elytris
seriato-tuberculatis apice singulatim verrucâ crassâ auctis. (Long. Corp.
1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Curculio Verrucosus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 12. _p._ 618. _No._ 90.
_Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 534. _No._ 161. _Herbst. Col._ 6. 308. _t._ 84.
_fig._ 6. _Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 1. 481. 27.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
General colour brassy black. Head long, and furnished with a thick
rostrum, whereon are placed the antennæ. Thorax rounded, and regularly
covered with small pustules. Head and thorax almost the length of the
elytra, which are long, brassy, and covered with several rows of
tubercles; some being small and round, others larger and oblong; they
extend very deeply down the sides of the abdomen, and at their
extremities terminate in two swellings. Scutellum obsolete. Femora
simple. Posterior tibiæ very crooked.
LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) PULCHRA.
Plate XXXII. fig. 6.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr. &c._ Cerambyx p. _Linn. &c._ SUBGENUS. Sternotomis,
_Percheron_.
LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) PULCHRA. Nigra, thorace transversé fulvo trifasciato,
elytris fulvo maculatis et variegatis, maculis interdum viridi-cinctis.
(Long. Corp. fere 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Pulcher. _Drury, App. vol._ 2. (nec C. pulcher Fabr. qui ad
C. mirabilem _Drurii_ pertinet.)
Lamia blanda, _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 3. 373.
Lamia ornata, _Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. Pl._ 37. _f._ 1.
Lamia regalis, _Fabr.? Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 286.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head orange colour, encircled with black stripes. Antennæ black, being a
little longer than the insect. Thorax orange-coloured, encircled with
black rings; having a single spine on each side. Elytra with
orange-coloured clouds and spots on them, separated by black partitions,
some being margined with green. Abdomen orange-coloured, the middle being
of a dirty green. Femora simple, dark green. Tibiæ the same.
{66}PLATE XXXIII.
[Illustration]
CETONIA AURATA, var. [Greek: g].
Plate XXXIII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ.
GENUS. CETONIA, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus, _Linn._
CETONIA AURATA. Segmento abdominis primo lateribus unidentato, elytris
lineolis transversis albis. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Pallidus, _Drury, App. v._ 2. _Herbst. Col._ III. _p._
247. 35. _tab._ 31. _fig._ 2.
Cetonia Aurata, _Duftschm. Fn. Aust._ 1. _p._ 166. 3. _Schonh. Syn. Ins._
III. _p._ 119. _No._ 37. [Greek: g].
HABITAT: Smyrna (_Drury_).
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