Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
GENUS. CYPHUS, _Schonherr_. Chlorima, _Dej._ Curculio p., _Linn._
CYPHUS SEDECIM-PUNCTATUS. Coerulescens, thorace punctis nigris quatuor,
coleopteris duodecim. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Curculio sedecim-punctatus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 618. 92. _Fabr.
Syst. Eleuth._ 3. 509. 10. _Oliv. Ent._ v. 83. _t._ 2. _f._ 17. a. b.
_Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 1. 625. 8.
HABITAT: Cayenne.
Entirely fine blue-coloured. Antennæ somewhat longer than represented in
the plate, and black. Thorax with five black spots on it; one in the
centre, and two on each side. Elytra having twelve spots of the same
colour, the apices terminating in two sharp points.
SOLENOPUS CACICUS.
Plate XLIX. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ. SUBFAMILY:
Cholides.
GENUS. SOLENOPUS, _Schonherr_. Odontoderes, _Sahlberg_. Curculio p.,
_Drury_.
SOLENOPUS CACICUS. Ater sulphureo-squamosus, thorace bivittato, lateribus
granulatis, elytris punctis magnis oblongo-quadratis et striatis. (Long.
Corp. rostr. inclus. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Curculio morbillosus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Solenopus cacicus, _Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 3. 597. 1.
Dionychus granicollis, _Germ. Ins. Spec._ 315. 454.
HABITAT: Cayenne.
{77}Head, eyes, and rostrum black, the latter being about the length of
the thorax. Antennæ arising near the end of the beak. Thorax dirty brown,
having a number of very small pustules on it. Scutellum small and
triangular. Elytra the same colour with the thorax, with patches of
lighter brown on them. They are also margined and furrowed, having a
great number of black pustules. Legs black, tibiæ with two spurs, the
outer ones being the thickest.
PLATE L.
[Illustration]
LESTES COERULEATA.
Plate L. fig. 1.
ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ.
GENUS. LESTES, _Leach_. Libellula p., _Drury, Donovan_.
LESTES COERULEATA. Coerulea, thorace pallidè vittato, alis hyalinis
fasciâ latâ subapicali coerulescenti, stigmate nigro. (Expans. Alar. 5
unc. 6 lin. Long. Corp. fere 4 unc.)
SYN. Libellula coeruleata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Libellula coerulea, _Donovan Nat. Repos._ 4. 110.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras (_Drury_). "Muskito Shore, Mr. Shakespear, 1779"
(_Drury's_ MSS.).
Eyes large, projecting from the head. Thorax dark blue. Wings reticulated
and transparent, having a broad patch of a deep mazarine blue crossing
them near the extremities, the tips being transparent. Abdomen three
inches and an eighth in length, dark blue. Under side of the head,
thorax, &c. grey.
LAMPYRIS GIGANTEA.
Plate L. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Lampyridæ.
GENUS. LAMPYRIS, _Linn. &c._
LAMPYRIS GIGANTEA. Ovata depressa, thorace semi-circulari fulvo, disco
irregulari, elytris fuscis vittâ laterali albidâ. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3
lin.)
SYN. Lampyris gigantea, _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 3. 66. _No._ 46.
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