Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
Cerambyx farinosus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. (nec _Linn. S. Nat._ 1. 2.
626.)
HABITAT: China.
General colour black. Head and antennæ black, the latter longer than the
insect; the seven last articulations being black and white. Thorax rough
and uneven at the top; the sides terminating in a thick, strong spine.
Scutellum small and grey. Elytra shining black; the anterior part being
rough with small pustules, having a number of small white spots sprinkled
all over them. Abdomen greyish. Legs black. Tarsi grey, the under-part
being brown.
{61}CERAMBYX (ROSALIA) ALPINA.
Plate XXXI. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Cerambycidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERAMBYX, _Linn. Drury_. (SUBGENUS: Rosalia, _Serville_.)
CERAMBYX (ROSALIA) ALPINA. Subcoerulescens, elytris fasciâ mediâ
maculisque quatuor atris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx alpinus, _Linn. Fn. Su._ 654. _Syst. N._ 1. 2. _p._ 628.
35. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 272. 30. _Panzer F. I. G._ 2. 22. _Serville
Ann. Soc. Ent. de France_, 2. 561. (Rosalia a.)
HABITAT: Hungary (_Drury_). The mountainous districts of Continental
Europe.
General colour beautiful blueish grey, partaking much of a lead colour.
Head grey. Eyes black. Antennæ longer than the insect, grey; the ends of
the first four joints having tufts of black hair surrounding them. Thorax
grey and cylindrical, with a small black spot at the top; the sides
having a short spine, and a little swelling beneath it. Scutellum small
and triangular. Elytra grey and margined, with three beautiful black
spots, like velvet, on each; the middle one being largest, and crossing
the wing cases entirely, the smaller one being placed near the anus. Legs
blueish grey, but at the tips of the femora and tibiæ black. Tarsi ash
grey at top, underneath brown.
PLATE XXXII.
[Illustration]
CETONIA MARGINATA.
Plate XXXII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ, _MacLeay_.
GENUS. CETONIA, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus P. _Drury_.
CETONIA MARGINATA. Glabra, atra, thoracis elytrorumque marginibus rufis.
(Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus marginatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Syst. Ent. p._
46. 15. _Syst. El._ II. _p._ 145. 50. (Cetonia m.) _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 6.
_p._ 26. _t._ 5. _f._ 34. _Palisot de Bauvois Ins. d'Afr. & d'Amer._ 1.
11. _p._ 27. _t._ 5. _f._ 1. & 2 _var. De Geer Ins._ iv. _t._ 19. _f._
10.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Head small, squarish, and margined in front and the sides; shining black.
Thorax and elytra soot-coloured and velvety, being surrounded along the
sides with an orange border. Scutellum triangular, and rather large.
Abdomen and breast black. Sternum small. Abdominal scales small, but
distinct. Anterior tibiæ with three spurs, the others with two. Tarsal
joints spined within, excepting those belonging to the fore legs, which
are unarmed.
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