Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
Head golden green. Mouth and palpi dirty orange. Eyes black. Antennæ
longer than the insect, orange brown. Thorax round, golden green, with
many small lines or waves crossing it; and having on each side an obtuse
spine. Scutellum small and triangular, golden green. Elytra margined,
extending beyond the anus; and, next the thorax, of a golden green, but
becoming less brilliant towards their extremities, where they are
spineless, having a yellow narrow line running on each side the suture.
Breast and abdomen golden green. Legs dark orange.
{85}PLATE XL.
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CERAMBYX (CALLICHROMA) VIRENS.
Plate XL. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Cerambycidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERAMBYX, _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Callichroma, _Latr. Serv._
CERAMBYX (CALLICHROMA) VIRENS. Thorace rotundato spinoso, corpore viridi,
femoribus rufis, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long Corp. fere 2 unc.)
SYN. _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. _p._ 627. 33. _Fabr. Syst. Ent. p._ 166. 8.
_Syst. Eleuth._ 2. _p._ 267. 3. _Oliv. Ins._ 4. 67. _t._ _II._ _f._ 78.
_t._ 18. _f._ 138? _Browne Nat. Hist. Jamaica, p._ 430. _t._ 43. _f._ 8.
_Sloane Hist. Jamaica_, 1. 1. _p._ 208. _t._ 237. _f._ 39. 40.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head green and shining. Palpi orange brown. Eyes black. Antennæ black,
and twice the length of the body; the last joint very long. Thorax green
and round, the upper part transversely rugose, and armed on each side
with a spine, before which is a small tubercle. Elytra green, and
margined; tapering gradually towards their extremities, where they are
narrow and pointed; being covered with an infinite number of very small
pustules. Abdomen and breast covered with small short hairs, and
appearing of a grayish green colour. Thighs dark red, black at the tips.
Tibiæ black, and compressed. Tarsi black beneath, cushioned, and
orange-coloured.
PRIONUS (ORTHOMEGAS) CINNAMOMEUS.
Plate XL. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Prionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PRIONUS, _Geoffr._ Cerambyx, _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Orthomegas,
_Serville_.
PRIONUS (ORTHOMEGAS) CINNAMOMEUS. Thorace marginato denticulato, corpore
ferrugineo, elytris ad apicem denticulatis. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Cinnamomeus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. _p._ 623. 10. _Fabr.
Syst. Eleuth._ 2. _p._ 264. 33. _Syst. Ent. p._ 163. 16. _Merian Ins.
Surinam, tab._ 24.
Prionus corticinus, _Oliv. Ent._ 4. 66. _p._ 21. _t._ 9. _f._ 34.
HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). Surinam (_Merian_).
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