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XXVII. A Century of Insects, including several new Genera de^ 
scribed from his Cabinet, By the Rev. William Kirby, M,A, 
F.R, and L.S, 

Read 'November 4, 1817* 

The infinite host of non-descript insects occurring in the ento¬ 
mological cabinets of this country, is rather disgraceful to us: 
and what is more so, we permit foreigners to do that for us which 
we are fully competent to do ourselves. Witness the numbers 
described by Fabricius, Olivier, and others from British col¬ 
lections. 

Pudet haec opprobria nobis 
Et dici potuisse et non potuisse refelli. 

I am not, however, so illiberal as to wish that the entomologists 
of the continent should be excluded from our cabinets : if we our¬ 
selves are too idle, or too busy, to give the public some account 
of our entomological treasures, it is for the interest of science that 
they should do it for us. 

To remove, in some degree, this opprobrium, I beg leave to 
offer to the Linnean Society descriptions of a century of the non¬ 
descript insects of my own cabinet. Should this attempt meet 
with approbation, I may be induced, perhaps, to decribe the re¬ 
mainder; and I wish that my example may stimulate other gen¬ 
tlemen to do the saiiie with respect to their own collections. 

In my general arrangement I have followed that of my kind 

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and learned friend M. Latreille, in adhering to which I have 
found that my cabinet contained many insects that could not 
well be placed in any of his present genera. These I have named 
and characterized. 

COLEOPTERA peictamera. 

(CicindelidcB.) 

Megacephaea Latreille. 

brasiliensls. 1. M. viridis, elytris dorso nigro : macula apicis, ore, 
pedibusque rufescentibus. 

Long. corp. lin. 84—9* 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

M. Carolina simillima, sed minus nitida. Thorax dorso nigrescit. 
Elytra nigra: margine lateral! tantum viridi; macula apicis 
linear! rufa, nec apex ipse pallidus ut in ilia. 

The comparative length of the maxillary and labial palpi, upon 
which this genus is ip t^is ^^^a se esp ecially, to 

indicate a family rather than a genus. The labrum, however, is 
of a different shape from that of most other Cieindelida. 

Cicindela Linn. 

nivea. 2. C. senea niveo-pilosa, labro elytrisque glabris albis. 
Long. corp. lin. 7* 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Statura fere C. capensis^ sed paulo angustior. Corpus aeneum : 
subtus lateribus, capite thorace pedibusque pilis longis niveis 
decumbentibus, vestitis. Labrum album glabrum. Elytra 
glaberrima, punctulatissima, alba : scutello suturaque asneis, 
prope basin lineis duabus; interior! longiori, punctorum im- 

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pressorum iiigrorum. Postpectus et abdomen medio glabra 
purpurascentia. 

{Carahidce.) 

ScARiTEs Fabr. 

excavatus. 3. S. ater,elytris elevato-striatis: interstitiis serie punc- 
toruni excavatoriim. 

Long. corp. lin. ITf- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineari-oblongurn, atrum, glaberrimum, vix nitidiim. Caput 
antice striatulum bisulcum : puncto impresso in utroque sulco, 
alioqiie insuper utrinque in vertice. Mandibulce extus elevato- 
lineat^e, intus dente Jato depresso rotundato striato armatas. 
Elytra striis septem elevatis : interstitiis serie punctoruni niag- 
norum excavatorum. Epipleura f medio longitudinaliter gra- 
nulata. 

Pelecium Kirby. 

Labrum brevissimum disco excavatum, antice et postice obtusan- 
giiluni : angulis anum spectantibus. 

Labium apice subemarginatum biaristatum. 

Palpi articulo extimo magno elongate obtriangulari sive obcunei- 
fonni. 

AntenncE filiformes. 

Thorax) cordato-oblongus. 

Tibice anteriores intus emarginatae. 

* By this term Mr. Spence and myself have distinguished that part of the body in which 

the four posterior legs are inserted, 

t By this term we designate that part of the elytrum that is under the lateral margin, 

which often covers the sides of the body, and is remarkable in many Heteromerous insects. 

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This genus is distinguished from all others of the tribe by the 
form of its labrum, and of the last joint of the palpi. It should 
be placed at the end of Latreille's fifth section, between Pana- 
g(Bus and Cychrus 

cyanipes. 4. P. 

Plai® XXL Fig. 1. 

Long. corp. lin. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus oblongum, atrum, glabriim, obscurum. Caput subcor- 
datum violascente-nigrum. Clypeus distinctus, transversus, 
quadrangulus; pone clypeum foveolae duse longitudinales. 
Labrum tenue, hie inde obtusangulum : angulis anum spec- 
tantibus, disco excavatuni. Mandibulce capitis fere longitudine, 
edentulee, acutae. Labium articulatum, apice subemarginatum 
biaristatum. Mentum magnum, transversum^-emarginatum, 
basin maxillarum tegens. Palpi inaxillares eateriores quinque- 
articulati: articulis diniy vi raI mi s^ tertio elongate 

subarcuato, quarto brevi obconico, extimo magno compresso 
clongato-obtriangulari vel obcuneiformi; labiates triarticulati: 
articulo primo brevi fere obconico, secundo elongate filiformi 
liexuoso, extimo fere ut in maxillaribus sed paulo majori. An- 
tennee rufa?, basi violascentes : articulis longitudine fere sequa- 
libus: primis quatuor obconicis, sequentibus oblongis : extimo 
obtiiso. Collum subglobosum. Thorax oblongus vel oblongo- 
cordatus, quadrangulus, antice latior et emarginatus, postice 
subrepandus et utrinque sulco impressus: lateribus rotundatis 
marginatis, dorso canaliculatus. Scutellum minutum, triangu- 
lare. Elytra porcata: porcis septem obtusiusculis, ante mar- 
* Cuvier, Regne Animal^ iii, 197 . 


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ginem lateralem serie punctorura excavatorum. Epipleura aa- 
gusta, sinuata. Sternum elevatum apice anuin spectante. 
Tihice anticcB intus emarginatee. Tarsi anteriores dilatatiB : arti- 
culo penultimo bilobo. 

Calosoma. 

chinense. 5. C. atrum, supra nigro-aeneum, scabrum, elytris punc- 
tis impressis inauratis triplici serie. 

Long. corp. lin. 15. 

Habitat in China. D. J. Davie. 

Corpus subtus atrum, supra nigro-aeneum, obscurum. Caput 
punctulis minutissimis confluentibus impressis irroratuni. Tho~ 
rax punctulis rugulisve confertissimis scaber, dorso obsolete 
canaliculatus, utrinque postice valde impressus. Coleoptra 
oblongo-quadrata, granulis minutissimis numerosissimis exas- 
perata, punctis insuper impressis inauratis triplici serie. Epi¬ 
pleura angustissima. 

laterale. 6 . C.aeneum nitidum, thorace elytrisquc margine viridi, 
bis striis crenatis, punctis elevatis triplici serie. 
Long. corp. lin. 13. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus subtus atrum, supra aeneum nitidum. Caput inter oculos 
confluenter, postice sparse, punctulatum. Antennce apice ci- 
nereo-rufescentes. Thorax canaliculatus, utrinque impressus : 
margine omni viridi punctulato; disco laeviori. Elytra elevato- 
striata: striis transverse impresso-lineatis; interstitiis punctatis, 
unde striae crenatae videntur. Striae a sutura tertia, septima, 
et undecima e punctis elevatis oblongis laevibus: interstitiis 
viridi-inauratis, constant. Margo lateralis viridis. Epipleura 
antice angusta, postice angustissima et vix ulla. 

yoL, XII. 


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This insect stands in the Banksian cabinet as Carahus calidus 
Fabr.; but since that specimen was not labelled by Fabricius, and 
does not agree either with his description or that of Olivier, I 
conceive my insect to be nondescript. 

curvipes. 7* C. nigro-aeneum, obscurum, elytris striatis : punctis 
impressis inauratis triplici serie, tibiis posteriori- 
bus arciiatis. 

Long. corp. lin. Ilf. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Praecedenti simillimum sed minus, supra magis obscurum, tactu 
scabrum. Caput et Thorax punctulis minutissimis confertissimis 
confluentibus tecta; hie totus concolor postice angustior. Ely- 
tra fere ut in praecedente, sed unicolora nec margine viridi: striis 
interstitiis hand punctatis, et omnibus transverse impresso- 
lineatis. Puncta impressa inaurata triplici serie. Epipleura 
postice magis conspicua. Tibice quatuor posteriores arcuatee. 

{Eupresti^cepr^ 

Buprestis. 

pulchella, 8. B. elytris acuminatis scabris: fasciis duabus ob- 
scuris albis, corpore linear! cyaneo. 

Long. corp. lin. 4J. 

Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 

Corpus angustum, lineare, cyaneum, punctatum. Caput orbicu- 
latum, postice longitudinaliter impressum. Aniennce breves, 
serratae. Thorax ex rugulis transversis scaber, postice utrinque 
elevatus et in medio foveatus. Scutellum transversum, brevis- 
simum, supra linea elevata. Elytra amoene violacea, ex gra- 
nulis coraplanatis scabra, sericeo-obscura, pone medium utrin¬ 
que tumida, basi in medio impressa, apice attenuata et extiis 

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mucrone valido acuto armata. Fasciee duae obsoletae piloso- 
albidae ante apicem in elytro cernendae. 

jucimda, 9- B. elytris serratis cyaneis : fascia postica punctoqiie 
laterali sanguineis, thorace canaliculato. 

Long. corp. lin. 13. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus oblongum, subtus viride nitidissimiim. Caput punctula- 
tum, cyaneum: ore acuminate. Antenna thorace breviores, 
serratae, cyaneae. ThoraT punctulatus, cyaneus, conicus, an- 
tice truncatus, postice utrinque subito dilatatus et in medio 
sublobatus, dorso canaliculatus. Scutellum rotundatum, basi 
emarginatum, apice impressum. Elytra planiuscula, cyanea, 
striato-punctata, basi impressa, a medio ad apicem serrata, 
ante apicem fascia lata sinuata et in medio prope marginem 
externum puncto, sanguineis. Sternum magnum, protensuni, 
conicum. Pedes cyanei. Anus supra rufus. 

At first I mistook this beautiful insect for B. equestris Fabr.; 
but the terms— Corpus ceneum—sterno partem porrecto—Elytra 
pimctorum duorum par, by no means agreed with it: and when I 
further compared it with Olivier's B. kamorrhoidalis, to which Fa- 
bricius refers as synonymous with his B. equestris, I was fully con¬ 
vinced that they were distinct species; since from Olivier's figure 
it appears that B. hamorrhoidalis is little more than half the size 
of B.jucunda; and in the former the three last ventral segments 
of the abdomen are red, whereas in the latter they are green*. 

ameena. 10. B. elytris serratis, apice bidentatis, cyaneis, striatis; 
fascia postica subarcuata testacea. 

Long. corp. lin. —11. 

* Fabr. Ent. Syst, Em. ii. 195. Qliv. n. BupresHs 32. 38. 47, t. x.f. 109. 

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382 Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Affinis preecedenti sed alia. Corpus e viridi cyaneum. Thorax 
hand canaliculatus : angulis posticis non dilatatis. Scutellum 
oblongum. Elytra subsulcata: sulcis vix conspicue puncta- 
tis, ante apicem fascia subarcuata subtestacea aut flava, apice 
ipso interne bispinoso. Abdomen supra et infra concolor. 

Var. /H. minor, cyanea: elytris fascia vix arcuata lutea : thoracis 
dorso foveolis binis impressis. An eadem ? 

leucosticta. 11. B. elytris serrulatis atro-violaceis scabris : punc- 
tis sparsis albis, corpore aurato-viridi. 

Long. corp. lin. 6— 

Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 

/S. in Mus. D. Brown. 

Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, aurato-viride, punctulatum. 
Caput orbiculatum,excavato-punctatum, cupreo-auratum, inter 
oculos valde impressum. Antennce breves, seneae, serratae. 
Thorax cupreo-auratus, excavalo-punci^to. Scutellum latum^ 
acuminatum, laeve, aurato-viridi Elytra atro-violacea, reti- 
culato-rugosa: areolis singulis granuliferis unde tactu scabra, 
punctis sparsis squamoso-albis irrorata, apice serrulata. Ab¬ 
domen segmentis ventralibus utrinque macula squamoso-alba. 

Var. /3. capite thoraceque aurato-viridibus; elytris purpurascen- 
tibus. 

(Elateridce.) 

Elater. 

pubescens. 32. E. niger, thoracis lateribus linea intermedia litu- 
risque duabus obliquis, elytrorumque latere 
exteriori, pallidis. 

Long. corp. lin. 9i* 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancoqjc. 


Corpus 



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Corpus lineare, nigrum, ex pube infuscatum. Caput inter oculos 
fovea impressa. Antennce thoracis fere longitudine, serratee. 
Thorax obtuse canaliculatus : margine laterali et antico, lituris 
duabus dorsalibus obliquis, lineaque intermedia longitudinali, 
pallid is. Scutellum oblonguin. Elytra vix striata, basi im¬ 
pressa : margine laterali, apice excepto, late pallida. 

inermis. 13. E. testaceus, thorace linea dorsali, coleoptris vittis 
tribus, antennisque, nigris. 

Long. corp. lin. 17i- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineari-lanceolatum, laeve, nitidum, glaberrimum, subtus 
pallide testaceum. Falpi maxillares articulo extimo magno, 
oblongo, subarcuato, subpetiolato, compresso. Facies inter 
oculos pone antennas utrinque longitudinaliter elevata: fossula 
profunda intermedia. Antenna thoracis longitudine, serratae, 
nigrae: articulis duobus primis testaceis. Thorax elongatus in- 
sequalis, flavo-testaceus : vitta dorsali nigra, antice obsolete tri- 
lobus : lobo intermedio emarginato ; lateralibus deflexis, postice 
etiam trilobus : lobo intermedio truncato ; lateralibus acutissi- 
mis. Scutellum rotundatum. Coleoptra punctato-striata, trans¬ 
verse rugulosa, basi impressa, lutea: vittis tribus, intermedia 
communi, lateralibus per medium elytri a humero ductis, nigris, 
apice mucronata. Abdomen subtus segment© anali foveis binis. 
ovatis excavatis pilosis* 

cornutus, 14. E. testaceus, capite bicorni, thorace lineis duabus 
dorsalibus interruptis, coleoptrisque vittis tri- 
bus atris. 

Long. corp. lin. 11—15. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus dilute testaceum, nitidum, subtus utrinque vitta, saepius 

interrupta. 



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interrupta, atra. Caput cornubus duobus brevibus porrectis 
antice armatum, inter cornua impressuni, puncto nigro antice 
et postice signatum. Palpi et Antenna fere ut in prsecedente. 
Thorax elongatus, antice utrinque angulis porrectis, postice 
obsolete trilobus : lobis rotundatis, lineis binis dorsalibus pone 
interrupts, et utrinque supra et infra puncto laterali, atris. 
Scutellum subrotundatum. Coleoptra punctato-striata: vittis 
tribus, intermedia communi, lateralibus marginalibus basin 
baud attingentibus, atris, apice mucronata. Abdomen subtus 
segment© anali foveis binis oblongis pilosis. 

These two insects seem nearly allied to three species of Fabri- 
cius, E.suturalis, bicornis, and vespertinus; but at the same time 
they appear to be quite distinct from them. From the first they 
are sufficiently distinguished by having no lateral thoracic tooth 
or spine; from the second in their colour, E, bicornis being en¬ 
tirely black; and from the third in the colour of their head and 
antennae. From the different shape of the last joint of their 
palpi, and from the remar kable p,aiii-Qf impressions on the anal 
segment of the underside of the abdomen, these insects should 
form a distinct family, if not a distinct genus. 

(CebrionidcE.) 

Anelastes Kirby. 

Labrum tectum, minutum, apice rotundatum. 

Labium subquadratum, bifidum. 

Mandibulce exsertae, edentulae, incurvae, acut^. 

Palpi brevissimi, filiformes. Maxillares articulo extirno paulo 
majori, oblique truncate. 

Antenna Biformes, moniiiformes : articulo extirno sublunato. 
Corpus lineare, subcylindricum. 

Pectus inerme. 


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This genus connects Latreille's tribe of Cebrionites{Cehrionidce K.) 
with the Elateridce. It differs from all the present genera of that 
tribe in its moniliform antennse and short palpi, and more espe¬ 
cially in having its labrum quite concealed by the clypeus. From 
Elattr, which in habit it most resembles, it is distinguished not 
only by these circumstances, but also by its protended mandibles 
and deflexed sternum. 

Drurii. 15. A. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat -Ex Musaeo D. Drury. 

Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, fuscum, obscurum, scabrum. 
Caput suborbiculatum, thorace receptum. Labrum subinflex- 
um, parvLim, apice rotundatura, hirsutum, clypeo penitus tec¬ 
tum. Labium subquadratum, bifidum. Mandibular cxscrtos, 
edentulse, apice incurvse, acutse. Maxilla breves : lobo lato, 
corneo, glabro, apice rotunda to. Palpi brevissimi, filiformes, 
maxillaves articulo extimo obtriangulari. Mentum transversum, 
quadrangulum, disco excavatum. Antenna in sinu frontis 
anteriori insertee, thorace breviores, filiformes, moniliformes: 
articulo primo incrassato reliquis longiori, secundo subgloboso, 
tertio sequentibus longiori obconico, sequentibus subglobosis, 
extimo longiori sublunato acuto. Thorax convexus, antice 
transversus, postice dorso canaliculatus, obsolete trilobus: an- 
gulis lateralibus acuminatis. Scutellum triangulare, acutum. 
Elytra striata : striis punctatis. Epipleura vix ulla. Tibia apice 
bicalcaratae. Sternum deflexum* 

Rhipicera Latreille. 

marginata. 16. R.viridis pubescens,elytrisfuscis punctatis: mar- 
gine omni pallido, pedibus nigris basi rufis. 

Plate 



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Plate XXI. Fig. 3. 

Long. corp. lin. lOJ—12. 

Habitat in Brasilia, D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, obscuro-viride, mollissime cine- 
reo-pubescens. Caput suborbiculatum. Labrum rotundatum, 
apice emarginatum. Labium integrum, minutum, hirsutissi- 
mum. Mandibiila. magnae, porrectae, prinuim divergentes, de- 
mum subito convergentes, unde subfractae evadunt, intus 
basin versus dente valido acuto armatae. Palpi longi admo- 
dum : articuio extimo subovato. Meritiim transversum. Jn- 
iennce nigrae, multiarticulatae, flabellaiae ; ramulis circiter 27 , a 
medio basin versus et apicem longitudine sensim decrescentes. 
Thorax subconicus, antice transversus, postice obsolete trilo- 
bus: lobo intermedio emarginato, lateralibus acutis. Elytra 
fusca, punctata, margine ornni, summo apice excepto, pallide 
flavo. Pedes nigri: femoribus, apice excepto, coxisque rufis. 
Tibice apice bicaicaratae. Sternum rufum, acutum, incurvum, 
vix deflexum. Abdomen segmenti^ plerisque apice obscure 
rufis. 

The Brasil species of this genus vary from those of New Hol¬ 
land (one of which I shall hereafter have occasion to describe) in 
having only one tooth near the inner base of each mandible; 
whereas in the latter there are two. The last joint of the palpi of 
this is cylindrical, while in P. marginata it is subovate or ovato- 
lanceolate. Hence may be formed two natural families in the 
genus, Mandibulis intus unidentatis ; Mandibulis intus biden^ 
tatis. 


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( Lampyrida.) 

Lampyris Linn. 

OvatcB. 

Latreillu. 17- L. eljtris nigris testaceo-iineatis, antennis mas- 
cuiis disticho-flabellatis, femineis disticho-ser- 
ralis. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 4. 

Long. corp. d. lin. 12. 

-? . lin. 13. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus depressum, atruni, obscurum. Anteimce decem-articulatai, 
nigrae: articulis interrnediis octo ulrinque ex apice rainuin 
longum, compressum, linearem, fere foliiformem, fiexilem emit- 
tentibus, extimo simplici compresso longissimo. Thorax pal- 
lide testaceus: maculis tribus magnis, intermedio longiori tri¬ 
angular!, nigris. Elytra confluenter punctulatissinia ; margine 
Omni, apice excepto, lineolis tribus obscuris dorsalibus, vitta- 
que hamata a humeris ducta postice abbreviata, pallide testa- 
ceis. AI(B nigrae. Abdomen immaculatum. 

? . 

Antenna, undecim-articulatae, imbricatim disticho-serratae. 

In honorem viri ainicissimi, Entomologorum hodiernorum facile 

principis, D. P. A. Latreille, Galli, 

Illigeri. 18. L. thorace lituris duabus elytris unica lateral! ba¬ 
sis, pallidis, antennis flabellatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 10. 

Habitat in Brasilia, D. Hancock, 

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Corpus 


‘*588 Mr. Kirby^s Century of Insects. 

Corpus atrum, supra magis obscurum. Antenna nigrae, undecim- 
articulatte, intus fiabellatae. Thorax refiexus, punctatus, dorso 
Iffiviusculus gibbus : lituris duabus obliquis pallidis. Elytra 
confluenter punctulatissima; lineis quinque longitudinalibus 
elevatiusculis in apioem elytri anastomosantibus, vitta margi- 
nali basis pallida. Pedes basi pallidi. Abdomen subtus seg- 
rnento anali utrinque lucernula'^ pallida. 

In honorem mri doctissimi, et in Entomologia heu desideratissimi, 
D. Illigeri, BorussL 

Savignii. I 9 . L. thorace fenestrate pallido; dorso margineque 
nigris : vitta lateral! abdomineque pallidis. 
Long. corp. lin. QJ* 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Affinis prtecedenti, sed distincta. Corpus pallidum. Antenna 
corpore dimidio breviores, nigrae, compressae, serratae. Thorax 
pallidas, vix reflexus, supra oculos fenestratus: dorso gibbo 
margineque nigris. fusco-nigra: lineis quatuor eleva- 

tis obsoletiusculis, vitta lateral! apicem baud attingente pal¬ 
lida. 

In honorem Zoologia ^gypti peritissimi interpretis, in Entomoh- 
gia ocidatisshni, D. J. C. Savigny, Galli, 

{Cleridce.) 

I exclude from this tribe two genera placed in it by Latreille, 
(Mastigus Hoff, and Scydmeenus Latr.), but which, having little 
affinity with it, had better stand by themselves, and then divide 
it into two sections: the first containing those with serrated an¬ 
tennae (serricornes), and the second those with ciavated (clavicornes). 

^ By this term I distinguish the phosphoric spots on the thorax of Elater noctilucus^ 
and those also on the ventral segments of the abdomen of Lampyris, 

* Serricorjiesn. 



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* Serricornes. 

Eurypus Kirby. 

Lahrum transversum, integrum. 

Labium bifidum. 

Falpi omnes articulo extimo majori, seciiriformi. 
mawillares quadriarticulati. 
labiates biarticulati. 

AntenncB serratee. 

Thorax subquadratus. 

Corpus depressum. 

Tillus Fabr. 

Labrum transversum, integrum. 

Labium minutum, integrum. 

Talpi maxillares filiformes, triarticulati. 

labiales biarticulati: articulo extimo maximo, securiformi. 
Antenna serratae. 

Thorax cylindricus. 

Corpus convexum. 

Ax IN A Kirby. 

Labrum emarginatum, 

Labium bifid um ? 

Falpi omnes articulo extimo magno, securiformi. 
maxillares triarticulati. 
labiales biarticulati. 

A7itenna serratse. 

Thorax cylindricus. 

Corpus subdepressum. 

Priocera Kirby. 

Labrum emarginatum. ^ 

Labium bifid um. 


590 Kirba’^s Cenfnrij of Bmcts» 

Palpi maxillares filiformes, quadriarticulati: articiilo extimo com- 
presso, oblongo. 

lahiales triarticulati: articulo extimo magno, petlolato, se- 
curiformi. 

Antenncc serratae. 

Thorax teretiusculus, postiee valde eonstrictus. 

Corpus convexum. 

Latreille's character of Tillus in Cuvier’s Pegne Animal^, oh 
la majeure partie des antennes est en forme de scie, et o»^ les 
tarses, vus sur les deux faces, ont cinque articles trhs-apparens/’ 
would include the four genera I have here defined. But the other 
characters exhibited by them, both as to their habit and general 
form, and their oral instruments, are so different, that every ento¬ 
mologist who at all adopts that learned authors system would 
consider them as good genera. Thus in Piirypus and Tillm the 
labrum is entire, while in Axina and Priocera it is emarginate, 
Again, the labium in Tillus is entire, but in the three other genera, 
bifid. In Eurypus and Axma all the palpi terminate in a securi¬ 
form joint; in Tillus and Priocera., only the labial ones. In^Eury- 
pus and Priocera the maxillary palpi consist of four joints; in 
Tillus and Axina, only of three. In Eurypus, Tillus, and Axina 
the labial palpi are biarticulate, but in Priocera they are triarti- 
culate. In Eurypus the thorax is square; in Tillus and Axina, 
cylindrical; and in Priocera, constricted behind. 

Eurypus. 

ruhens. I20. E. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 5. 

Long, corp^ lin. 6, 

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Corpus lineari-oblongum, depressiim, nitidiusciilum, punctulatis- 
simum, villosuluni, rubens. Caput, suborbiculatum : ore pro- 
ducto. Lahrum transversum, integrum. Labium bifidum. Man- 
dibulcB tectae. Palpi maxillares longiusculi, quadriarticulati: 
articulo primo brevissimo subcylindrico, sequentibus duobus 
brevibus obconicis, extimo magno obtriangnlari, labiaks biar- 
ticulati brevissimi: articulo primo filiformi, secundo majori, 
sed non magno, obtriangulari. Mentum subtransversum qua- 
drangulum. serratse ? rufee, apice nigrse. [In nostro 

specimine articuli quatuor ultimi desuiit,) Oculi prominuli, sub*- 
bemisphaerici. Thorax subquadratus, planiusculus : dorso fo- 
veis binis impressis. Elytra pianiuscula, basi latere exterior], 
et lineola apicis prope suturam nigris. Pedes breves. TibUc 
yix calcaratae. Tarsi articulo penultimo latissiino, bilobo, 

Axina. 

analis, 21. A.. 

Plate XXL Fig. 6. 

Long. corp. lin. 6.- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, villosum, subtus fuscum, supra pallidum. Caput 
deflexum, orbiculatum, punctatum, rufescens. Labrum trans¬ 
versum, emarginatum. Labium bifidum ? Mandibulce eden- 
tulm. Palpi rufi, maxillares triarticulati: articulo primo elon- 
gato clavato, secundo brevi obconico, extimo magno securi¬ 
form], labiates articulo primo et extimo ut m maxiilaribus. 
Oculi magni, reniformes,^ villosi, distincte reticulati. Antennce 
tborace breviores, rufm. Thorax elongatus, cjlindricus, punc- 
tatus, dorso impressus, rufescens : lateribus fuscis. Elytra dorso 
pianiuscula, punctata: lateribus, fasciis duabus; prima ante 
medium angusta, angulata, intus abbreviata, altera latiori di- 

lutiori 



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lutiori apicis, punctisque sparsis, fuscis. Apex ipse elytri im- 
maculatiis. Pedes fasci. Tibice vix calcaratae. Tarsi longius 
pulvillati. Abdomen subtus segnieatis duobus ultimis pallide 
fiavis. 

Priocera. 

mriegata. 22. P. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 7- 
Long. corp. lin 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, nitidum, fusco-nigrum, villosiun. Caput suborbi- 
culatum, deflexum, ex punctis confluentibus inter oculos rugu- 
losum. transversum apice emarginatum. Labiumhi^i- 

dum. Maxillee lobo exteriori elongate, rotundato. Mandibutce 
apice dentatae. Palpi maxillares filiformes, quadriarticulati: arti- 
culis tribus primis brevissimis, extimo oblongo subconipresso, 
labiales triarticulati: articulo prinio brevissimo, secundo elon- 
gato lineari compresso, extimo magno petiolato securiformi. 
Menium subquadratum, disco excavatum. Antennae rufescentes, 
capite longiores, serratae, ex cochlea tubiformi in cantho oculo- 
rum sita provenientes. Oculi magni, reniformes, villosi, distincte 
reticulati. Thorax fuscus, punctatus, teretiusculus, postice 
valde constrictus et strangulatus, unde quasi capucifornais, 
dorso impressus. Coleoptra dimidiato-excavato-punctata, apice 
laevia, rufa: maculis quatuor magnis quadratim ordinatis; an- 
ticis duabus humeros occupantibus, posticis fasciaeformibus 
per medium transverse ductis, punctisque intermediis, fiavis. 
Fascia fusca lata pone fasciam mediam fiavam cernenda in 
singulo elytro. Apex immaculatus. Peeves fusco-nigri: tarsis 
rufescentibus; pulvillis elongatis involutis. Tibiae vix calca¬ 
ratae, Abdomen subtus segmentis apice summo anoque rufis. 

Clavicornes, 



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393 


Clavicornes, 

Ekoplium Latr. 

lituratum. 23. E. pallidum, capite thoraceque rufls, elytris litura 
arcuata, antennisque, nigris. 

Lang. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus obcuneato-lineare, pallidum, pubescens. Caput orbicu- 
latum, rufum, punctatum. Lahrum transversum, emarginatum. 
Labium apice bilobum : lobis rotundatis. Mandibuhe eden- 
tulae, apice rotundatae. Palpi maxillares triarticulati: articulo 
extimo major! subsecuriformi, labiales biarticulati: articulo 
extimo item securiformi. Antennce nigrae : articulo primo rufo, 
tribus ultimis magnis clavam serratam formantibus. Thorax 
teretiusculus, punctatus, rufus, utrinque vitta nigra : lateribus 
retusis. Elytra punctata, apice latiora, pallida, basi rufescentia: 
litura angusta lateral! arcuata, apiceque summo, nigris. Pedes 
pallidi: duobus anterioribus genubus nigris. Tibice vix calca- 
ratee. Tarsi articulo primo minutissimo et tantum non obsolete, 
supra nigri, subtus longius pulvillati pallidi: articulis interme- 
diis bilobis. 

The first joint of the tarsi in this genus is scarcely visible under 
a strong magnifier; so that they may rather be regarded as tetra- 
merous than pentarnerdus insects. 

mridipenne. 24. E. rufum, elytris aurato-viridibus basi punctato- 
striatis, abdomine nigro utrinque punctis 
fiavis. 

Long. corp. lin. 7^* 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, rufum, punctatum, subhirtum. Caput et Thorax 

figura 


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figiira fere ut in praecedente. Antennce rufae. Elytra aurato- 
Tiridia, nitidissima, basi seriatim punctata: punctis excavatis, 
apice levissime punctulata. Abdomen nigrum : segmentis utrim 
que lineola transversa flava. 

Clerus Latr. 

Nutalli. 25. C. cyaneus, elytris rubris: sutura, fasciis tribus, 
punctoque humerali, cyaneis. 

Long. corp. lin. 4. 

Habitat in America septentrionali, prope flumen Missouri. 
D. Nutall. 

Valde affinis C. apiario et C. leucopsideo Oliv. ambobus tamen 
multo minor. A priori praecipue differt statura angustiori, hu- 
nieris elytrorum puncto suturaque caeruleis, fasciaque antica 
latiori. A posteriori antennis clava nigra, femoribusque posticis 
nullo modo incrassatis, bene distinguitur. 

illisteridce.) 

Hister Linn. 

Omega. 26. H. ater, nitidissimus, elytris quadristriatis, thoracis 
lateribus punctulatis, fronte w Graecorum im- 
pressa signata. 

Long. corp. lin. 5. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus latum, subquadratum, laeve, nitidum, aterrimum. Caput 
inter oculos litera u Graecorum (qua nota ab omnibus reliquis 
Histeribus differt) impressa signatum. Thorax dorso laevissimus; 
lateribus minutissime et absque lente forti vix conspicue punc¬ 
tulatis. Punctum majuseulum valde impressum ante scutel- 
luin. Elytra pone humeros subsinuata, brevissima, quadristri- 

ata : 



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ata : striis tribus, exterioribus interior! longioribus, abbreviatis, 
externa undulata, levissime exaratis. Trimciis snbtus utrin- 
que lineolis exsculptus. Tibice anticae quadridentatae. Pode^v 
utrinque punctatus. 

Hololepta Pajkull. 

flagellata. 27. fl. atra, eljtris bistriatis, abdoniine segmcnto pe- 
nultimo utrinque sulcato. 

Long. corp. lin. 5. 

Habitat in Australasia. 

Corpus ovato-oblongum, depressum, nitiduni, lacve, alruni, subtus 
latcribus punctatis. Caput mandibnlis porrectis ascendeuti- 
bus. Thoras utrinque sulco marginali exaratus. Elytra apice 
oblique truncata: angulo exteriori rotundato, tristriata: stria 
interior! integra, intermedia basis, exteriori apicis, abbreviatis. 
Tibiae ornnes quadridentatre. Abdomen segmento dorsali penul- 
timo utrimpie punctato bisulco: sulcis in angiilum obtusiiin 
latus spectantem connivenlibus. Anns ipse deflexus punctatus. 

(Nifidulidce.) 

Nitidula Fabr. 

hemi^plurriva. 28. N. nigra, supra viridis, ahdomine pedibus(|iic 
da vis. 

Long. corp. lin. 2|. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Statura N. lutece et quadripunctatce lllig. Corpus glabrum, sub¬ 
tus planum nigrum, supra valde convexum viride, minutissiine 
punctulatum. Antennce capitulo triarticulato, orbicu- 

lato, nigro. Scutellum maximum, subtriangulare. Abdomen 
cum pedibus flavum. 

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{Scarahceida.) 

COPRIS. 

floriger. 29- C. tborace viridi-ieneo : cornubus duobus elevatis, 
subincurvis nigris, capitis erecto apice compla- 
iiato subemarginato. 

Long. corp. jin. 

Ilahitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Affinis C. splenclidulo et conspicillato Fabr. sed alia. 

C?. 

Corpus viridi-seneum. Caput nigrum, lateribus postice viridi-ieneis. 
C/?/pe 2 /sTugulosus, subbidentatus: cornu tborace breviori erecto, 
apice complanato subemarginato incurvo, basi dilatato utrin- 
que dente obsoleto obtuso armato. Antennce dimidiato-tuni- 
catae: articulis lunatis. Thorax metallico splendore nitidus, 
antice dente parvo armatus, utrinque, ante punctum ordinarium 
excavatum, puncto nigro notatus, postice in medio subacumi- 
natus, dorso foveatus: fovea magna biloba in medio cornubus 
duobus, longis admodum, acuminato-subtriangularibus: acu- 
mine nigro, subincurvis armatus; lateribus postice sinu excisis. 
Elytra substriata: striis quatuor interioribus basi foveatis, ni- 
gro-viridia : sutura viridi. Corpus subtus nigrum : podice, post- 
pectoris disco, femoribusque supra viridi-8eneis. Tihice anticie 
obtuse tridentatae. 

?. 

Eemina altero sexu paulo major, clypeo baud cornuto, transverse 
carinato, tborace antice foveato : fovea parva viridiaeneo; den- 
tibus tribus nigris obsoletis obtusis in triangulo obtusangulo 
dispositis, armato, macula magna dorsali nigra lobata; lobis 
rccurvis florem expansum quodammodo simulante, cornubus 
dorsalibus foveave postica nullis. Corpus subtus totum atrum : 
femoribus quatuor posticis solummodo nigris. 


Var. (3. 



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Tar. /S. thoraee femoribusque quatiior posticis supra, cupreo- 
auratis : macula thoracis dorsali minori; lobis vix recurvis. 

This species is nearly related to C. splendidulus and conspicil- 
latus Fabr. From the former it is distinguished not only by 
having the horn on the head flattened instead of compressed at 
its apex, but the thoracic horns are narrower and more elevated, 
and the fovea does not extend the whole length of the thorax: 
besides, in C. splendidulus the horn terminates near the anterior 
margin of the thorax in a prominent tooth, which is wanting in 
C. floriger. C. conspicillatus is also a native of Brasil; but the 
thorax of this is very retuse anteriorly, and armed with two teeth 
only, which is not the case with the insect I have described. The 
insects in question, with several other species, vary from Copris 
in their antennae and some other characters, and form a connect¬ 
ing link between Onitis and that genus. 

Onthopiiagus Latr. 

Greeni. 30. O. obscurus, clypeo emarginato transverse carinato, 
thoraee punctatissimo : punctis papillatis, elytris 
scabris. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat apud Promontorium Bonae Spei. D. Green. 

Corpus atrum, obscurum, fere hemisphaericum. Caput rugulosum, 
antice emarginatum, postice linea transversa elevata. Thorax 
antice utrinque obsolete retusus, punctulis creberrimis conflu- 
entibus papillatis irroratus. Elytra granulis minutissimisj sine 
lente forti vix conspicuis, scabra, punctis etiam baud profuii- 
dis notata. Tiiice anticae obtuse tridentatae. 

This insect seems to vary somewhat from the habit of Onthopha- 
gus^ and forms an intermediate link between it and Copris. 

3 p ^ 


maero* 



598 Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects, 

macrocepholus. 31. O. niger, nitidus, thorace retus6, clypeo eloii- 
gato : occipite lamina lata apice nutaiite. 
Long. corp. lin. 7* 

JJabitat in Australasia. 

Corpus nigrum, nitidum, subtus ferrugineo pubescens. Clijpeiis 
elongatus, acuininatus, supra concavus, postice transverse ca- 
rinatus: Occiput lamina longa lata, isoscelem triangulum refe- 
rente, recuinbente, apice nutante. Thorax brevissimus, late- 
ribus rotundato-obtusangulis, antice retiisus, dorso obsolete 
canaliculatus. Tibice anticae quadridentatae. 

Capella. 3'i. O. niger, thorace antice retuso bitubercuhito, cly- 
peo punctato, occipite lamina lata bicorni. 
Long. corp. lin. 

JJabitat in Australasia. 

Corpus nigrum, obscuruin, subtus pubescens. Caput clypeo ro- 
tundato, punctato, postice transverse carinato. Occiput lamina 
transversa, elevata, arcuata, utrinque cornu brevi obtuso sub- 
incurvo armata. Anfennce piceae : clava pallida. Thorax punc- 
tatus, dorso canaliculatus, antice retusus in medio bitubercula- 
tus. Tibice anticae obtuse tridentatae. 

rugosu^. 33. O. niger, rugosus, thorace tricorni: intermedio bi- 
lobo, clypeo emarginato. 

Long. corp. lin. 5— 6. 

Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 

Corpus nigrum, subtus pubescens. Caput rugoso-punctatissimum : 
occipite punctis sparsis. Clypeus antice attenuatus, apice sub- 
cmarginatus, postice linea transversa elevata subundulata. 
Vertex transverse obsolete carinatus. Thorax antice retusus 

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tricornis : cornubus lateralibus minutis dentiformibus, interme- 
dio majori protenso bilobo : lobis divergentibus apice rotunda- 
tis, pone cornua rugosissimus. Elytra striata rngosissinia : ru- 
gis daedaleis. Tibice anteriores reliquis longiores, arcuata^, qua- 
dridentatcie: dentibus tribus priinis praelongis, acutis. 

Alter scans minor, thorace quadridentato: dentibus aequalibus, 
tibiis anterioribus brevioribus. 

ScARABiEus Latreille. 

/Eneas. 34. S. thoracis cornu incurvo bifido: lobis acutis, capi¬ 
tis recurvo compresso simplici, elytris brcvibus. 

Long. corp. lin. 21. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus nigrum, subtus pubescens. Caput cornu elongate, com¬ 
presso, arcuato, recurvo, simplici, acuto, punctate, basi rugu- 
loso, armatum. Clypeus afwe bidentatus : dentibus recurvis. 
Mandibulce apice bidentatoe: dentibus elongatis. Thorax an- 
lice declivis, postice dorso valde gibbus et quasi in monticulum 
elevalus : gibbere cornu brevi horizontali protenso bifido: lo¬ 
bis acutis, armato. Latera thoracis rugosa. Elytra nigro- 
castanea, nitidissima, sparse levissime punctulata : latere punc- 
tis majoribus cinereis irrorata, stria, huic generi ordinaria, crispa 
apud suturarn notanda. Tibia anticee acute tridentata?. 

This species has considerable affinity with Geotrupes hilohus 
Fabr.; but the elytra are not striated, and the lobes of the tho¬ 
racic horn are acute. 

Ascanius. 35. S. thorace antice retuso mucronato, clypeo emar- 
ginato. 

Long. corp. lin. 11. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 


Corpus 



400 Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 

Corpus fere rufo-castaneum nitidum. Caput e punctulis conflu- 
entibus rugulosum : linea elevata transversa in medio sinuata. 
Clypeus emarginatus. Thorax punctatus, fovea raagna : fundo 
ruguloso, antice excavatus. Ante foveam in margine ipso 
cornu breve rectum obtusum. Elytra punctato-striata infra 
apicem gibba: gibbere brevissimo. Tibicje anticae acute tri- 
dentatae. Tarsi antici unguiculo interno bifido. 

This species appears to be related to Geotrupes Zoilus Fabr.; 

but it is of a different colour, and considerably larger than that 

insect as figured by Olivier. 

Meloloisttha Fabr, 

aurulenta. 36, M. cupreo-aurata, subtus piloso-incana, thorace 
fovea dorsali fundo carinato, clypeo emargi- 
nato. 

Long. corp. lin. 4. 

Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeaj. 

Affinis videtur M. auUcoIcc Fabr. (M. aulica Oliv.) sed alia. Cor^ 
pus oblongum, cupreo-auratum, subtus piloso-incanum. Caput 
subpilosum, confluenter punctulatuin. Clypeus quadratus, re- 
flexus, apice emarginatus, supra transverse carinatus. Thorax 
punctatus: punctis sparsis, utrinque impressus, lateribus ob- 
tusangulis vel subspinosis, fovea dorsali haud profunda longi- 
tudinaliter carinata postice impressus. Elytra excavato-punc- 
tatissima: lineis duabus longitudinalibus elevatis obsoleti- 
usculis. Tarsi violacei. Tibice anticae bidentatse : dente apicis 
elongate. 

Obs, An hujus generis 


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401 


Geniates Kirby. 

Lahrum transversum, antice obtusangulum, subtus processu parvo 
inflexo munitum. 

Labium transversum, latissimum, breve, medio acuminatum, basi 
palpigerum. 

Mandibulce subarcuatte, corneae, validae, apice emarginatce. 

Maocillce mandibuliformes, subarcuatae, corneae, validae, apice tri- 
dentatae. 

Ante7ince novem-articulatae : clava tripbylla, elongata, linearidan- 
ceolata, pilosa. 

Pectus et Postpectus inermia. 

Tarsi antici masculi articulis quatuor prirnis dilatatis subtus sco- 
pula pilorum dense pulvinatis. 

JJnguiculi posteriores externi apice bifidi, antici pollice basi in- 
structi. 

Apogonia Kirby. 

Labriim postice rotundatum, antice medio acuminatum.. 

Labium transversum, medio subacuminatum, basi palpigerum. 

Maridibulce subarcuatae, corneae, validissimae, apice fornicatae, sub- 
emarginatae. 

Maxillce mandibuliformes, brevissimae, corneae, apice edentulai 
subemarginatae. 

Palpi subclavati. 

AnteuncB decem-articulatae: clava trypbylla, sublanceolata, pilosa. 

Pectus et Postpectus inermia. 

Unguiculi omnes apice bifidi. 

Anoplognathus Leacb. 

Labrum transversum, antice medio acuminatum. 

Labium quadratum> medio acuminatum, sub apice palpigerum. 

Mandibulce 



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Mr. Kirby’s Century of Insects. 

Mandibidce breves, validissimge, cornese, apice edentulae integer- 
rimae extiis rotundatae intus acutae incurvae. 

Maxillce mandibuliformes, arcuatae, breves, validae, corneae, lobo 
edentulo fornicato, apice subemarginato. 

Talpi subclavati. 

Antenna decem-articulatae : clava triphjlla, semiovata, pilosa. 
Poststernum caput versus protensum, conicum. 

Unguicull omnes simplices. 

I have given the characters of Anoplognathus, as well as of the 
two genera 1 have here established, that I might afford a clearer 
view of those particulars in which they differ, in order that the 
claim of the latter to be considered as distinct genera may be more 
readily perceived. In habit and external appearance they cer¬ 
tainly appear very unlike each other; but their oral organs are 
upon the whole so similar, that from these they might perhaps be 
thought to belong to the same genus, and be well arranged under 
Anoplognathus. A near view of them, however, will 1 trust jus¬ 
tify me for giving them as distinet. 

In the first plaee, Anoplognathus is distinguished, besides its 
general habit which at first sight appears different, from botli 
Geniates and Apogonia by the remarkable protended conical post¬ 
sternum observable in all the species of that genus; in the next, 
by having all its claws simple and undivided ; in this respect re¬ 
sembling Ruteln. Its labium also is of a different shape, unless 
it may be regarded as connate witli tlie mentum. From Geniates 
it differs in having maxillae without teeth at the end and very 
concave, and, which is important, its antennie have one more 
joint. Those remarkable circumstances, peculiar to the males 
of Geniates, of a stiffly-bearded mentum and clilated anterior tar¬ 
si, furnish also a striking distinction. From Apogonia it may be 

known 



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knoAvn not only by the particulars before noticed, but also by its 
transverse labrum, its entire and very concave maxilla?, and by 
tlic elytra covering all the joints of the upper side of the abdomen 
but the last; whereas in Apogonia the two last joints are uncovered. 
Geniaies may be distinguished from Apogonia not only by this 
last circumstance, in which it agrees with Anoplognatlius, but also 
by having a transverse labrum, maxillae armed with three teeth, 
by the insertion of its head, whieh is inclined towards the horizon, 
whereas in Apogonia it is nearly vertical, by having a joint less in 
its antennae, by the beard on its chin, and remarkable dilated 
anterior tarsi before noticed, by iiaving only its exterior claw, and 
not both, bifid at the apex; and lastly, by the remarkable thumb¬ 
like process at the base of the inner anterior claw. 

GrnIates. 

harhatiis. 37, G.fcstaceus, capite posticc nigro, mento masculo 
dense barbato, elytris striatis. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 8. 

Long. corp. lin. 8^. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. Foemina in Musa?o D. Mac- 
Leay. 

Statura fere MelolonihcB melanoccphalcB Fabr. sed major. Corpus 
oblongnm, testaccurn, subtus parum pubescens. Caput declive, 
confluenter punctatum, postice nigrum. Clypeus transversus 
rugulosus, antice rotundatus : margine reflexo. Genii magni, 
subglobosi. r/iori7cr transversus, marginatus, levissime punctula- 
tus, antice subretusus emarginatus, postice subrepandus : latc- 
ribus rotundatis. Scutellum triangulare, punctulatum. Elytra 
striata: striis subpunctatis ; interstitiis alternis punctatis. Ti¬ 
bia anticse tridentatae. Tarsi quatuor posteriorcs unguiculis ex- 
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ternis apic6 bifidis, antici dilatati subtus scopula densa rigida 
pulvillati, triunguiculati: ungue intermedio longiori bifido, iu- 
terno brevi *arcuato obtuso polliciformi. 

Ohs. Foeminae mentum imberbe, tarsi antici vix dilatati. 

Another insect in my cabinet, which I regard as MelolontJta 
ruficolUs Fabr., but which comes from Brazil, is distinguished by 
dilated anterior tarsi, and may perhaps belong to this genus, its 
Jabrum, however, is triangular, with the vertical angle emarginate, 
and the acumen of the labium is also emarginate; in other re¬ 
spects its oral instruments agree with those of Geniates. 

Apogonia. 

gemellata. 38. A. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 9- 
Habitat in Brasilia ? 

Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, excavato-punctatissimum, 
glabrum, nitidum, nigro-piceum. Caput deflexum et fere ver- 
ticale: vertice summo horizontali. Clypeus deoXWis: margine 
rotundato reflexo. Palpi rufi. Antennce rufae. Thorax trans- 
versus, convexus, antice segmento circuli dempto, postice ob¬ 
solete obtusangulus: lateribus marginatis rotundatis. Scutel- 
lutn subtriangulare, apice laeve. Elytra aeneo-picea, excavato- 
punctata : seriebus quatuor punctorum per paria ordinatis, la¬ 
tere exteriori subsulcata : sulcis punctatis. Tihice anticae biden- 
tatae. Tarsi unguiculis aequalibus, bifidis. 

The species here described agrees in many respects with Fabri- 
cius's description of Melolontha geminata; but the term “caput 
laeve"' at once indicates their difference, since in my insect the head 
as well as the thorax is thickly covered with deeply-impressed 
points. 


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405 


i\yOPLOGNATIIUS Lcacll. 

riigosiis. 59 . A. elytris rufis riigosis, capite tboraceque fulvo- 
viridi-auratis. 

Long. corp. lin. 11. 

IJahitat in Australasia. 

Corpus nigrum nitidum, subtus pube albida. Caput dcclivc tul- 
vum : splendore viridi-aureo, punctulatum antice confluenter. 
Clppeus distinctus : linea elevata transversa obtusangula. T/io- 
raj:' supra leviter punctulatus, colore capitis, postice in medio 
subemarginatus. Scutellum viridi-auratuni triangularc, basi 
depressum. Elytra rufa, non aurata, ex punctis impressis irre- 
gularibus rugosa. Posisternum viride, nitidum, porrectum, acu- 
tissimum : linea, basi tripartita, impressa. Pedes testacei, sub- 
aurati: tarsis nigris. Tibia anticae tridentatae. Abdomen ni¬ 
grum, glabriusculum, supra viridi-aeneum: ano subtus testacco. 

inustus. 40. A. supra luridus, elytris lineolis punctisque inustis 
nigris. 

Long. corp. lin. 11. 

Habitat in Australasia. 

Corpus subtus nigrum, pube alba decumbente incanum, supra 
Juridum, nitidum. Thorax utrinque puncto majori impresso. 
Elytra punctata : dorso insuper lineolis punctisque nigris inus¬ 
tis notato. acutum, porrectum, testaceum. Pedes tes- 

tacei subaurati: tarsis splendore viridi. Tibia anticae tridcntatae. 

.^ Abdomen nigro-cupreum. 

Lute LA Latr. 

pulchella. 41. L. viridi-lutea, thoracis dorso, scutello, clydrisque 
fascia lunari, viridibus. 

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Plate 



40G 


Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 

Plate XXL Fig. 10. 

Long. corp. lin. 8L 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpw5 luteo-testaceuin, nitidum : flavedine viridi tincta. Caput 
punctatuin, viride : clypeo antice luteo. subtriangu- 

lare, sub clypeo latitans inflexuin. Labium minutuni transver- 
sum. Lalpi 7naxillares c\‘a.x0i.il: articulo extimo majori, ovato- 
lanceolato. Labiates filiformes. Mandibiilce apice bidentatce : 
dentibus rotundatis. Clypeus antice truncatus, eniarginatus. 
Thorax medio latior, utrinque subangulatus, viridis, punctu- 
latus: lateribiis luteis. Scutellum triangulare, viride. Coleoptra 
obsolete punctato-striata, luteo-testacea : basi apud scutellum, 
fasciaque iunari pone medium, viridia. Tibia validee, anticee 
acute tridentatae : tarsis nigris : unguiculis simplicibus. 

liturella. 42. R, viridi-lutea, supra viridis, tborace lateribus linca 
dorsali elytrisque vittis duabus luteis. 

Long. corp. lin. 5f. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus iuteum, viridi micans, subtus utrinque rugulosum. Caput 
punctaturn viride: ore luteo. Clypeus antice truncatus emar- 
ginatus. Labium emarginatum. Thorax punctatissimus, viri¬ 
dis: lateribus obtusangulis lineolaque dorsali postice abbrevi- 
ata, luteis. Scutellum longitudine latius, viride, breve. Elytra 
striata : striis lagvibus ; interioribus antice abbreviatis, viridia : 
vittis duabus, antice latioribus connexis, luteis. Tibia post tea 
supra virides subtus cupreoe : anterioribus quatuor margine ex- 
terno viridi, antica acute tridentatae. Tarsi rufo-picei. 

cyan!pcs. 43. B. oblonga, aurato-viridis, pedibus cyaneis. 

Long. corp. lin. 17. 


Habitat 



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Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

-Affinis Cetonice ignited Oliv. sed diversa. Corpus oblonguni, to* 
turn aurato-viride, subtus pubescens. Caput punctulatuin. 
Chjpeus margine reflexo. Autenncd clava elongata, viridi: caide 
itisco. punctatus : lateribus rugosis. punctata: 

punetis iinpressis subseriatim ordinatis: serierum interstitiis 
punctulatis, lateribus rugosis. Pedes cyanei: tibiis aiiticis tri- 
dentatis. Abdomen ex lineolis impressis supra rugulosum, po- 
dice inflexo. 

Goliath us Lamarck. 

fasciatus. 44. G. fuscus albido irroratus, tliorace viiidescenti,. 

elytris fascia obliqua nigra, clypei coraubus- 
emarginatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 15|. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus subtus nigrum, pubescens, supra totum varium punetis 
maculisque pollinoso-albis. CJppeus bilobus; lobis cornifbr- 
mibas compressts elevatis, apice emarginatis. Antennee tes- 
tacene. Thorax fusco-viridis, inaequalis: margine lateral! ro- 
tundato, dentato, dorso obsolete canaliculatus. Elytra fusca, 
polline albido variegata: fascia nigra obliqua angulala, ante 
apicem gibba. Tibice anticee acute tridentatae. Alt. sexus cly- 
peo quadrate, rugoso: margine recurvo, quinquedentato. 

inscriptus. 45. G. fuscus albido irroratus,. thorace viridescenti, 
elytris litera n re versa nivea insciiptis, clypei 
cornubus apice rotundatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 12. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Simiilimus prsecedenti, sed minor. Clypeus cornubus apice rotun* 

datis. 



408 


Mr. Kirby’s Century of Insects, 

datis. Elytra pnnctis et maculis pollinoso-subcinercis obscu- 
rioribus. In utroquc eljtro litera n reversa alba conspicienda. 

Trig HI us Fabr. 

Triangulum. 46. T. ater, tborace triangulo impresso, elytris lu¬ 
nula lituraque furcata, fulvis, podice utrin- 
que albo. 

Long. corp. lin. 4. 
liahifat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Affinis T. Delta, tanien omnino distinctus. Corpus nigrum, sub- 
tus rugulosum. Caput riigulosum : clypco elongato, emargi- 
nato. A ntenncr hvunw^ve : clava dilution. T/zo/w glaber, sparse 
punctatus, et inter haec puneta minutissime rugulosus, dorso 
triangulo obverso impressus. Elytra inaequalia : lituris duabus 
arcuatis; posteriori apicem versus elongata furcata, unde literae 
Graecorum y reversa quodarnmodo similis, fulvis, lineola insu- 
per transversa lateral! alba. Fostpectus utrinque punctis tri- 
bus pollinoso-albis. Pedes brunnei. anticae acute triden- 

tatee. Fodex utrinque pollinoso-albus. 

Cetonia Fabr. 

Madeaii. 47* C. nitidissima, aurato-viridis, thoracis disco, co- 
leoptris maculis duabus quadratis, fasciaque 
communi lunata, atris. 

Plate XXL Fig. 11. 

Long. corp. lin. 10§. 

Habitat in Insula Luconia prope JManillam. D. Davidson. 

Jnsectum splendidissimum pulcherrimum. Statura et habitus 
fere C. africance. See. Corpus depressum, laevigatum, glaberri- 
Huini, nitidissimum, aurato-viride, fere smaragdinuni. Caput 

basi 



Mr. Kikby's Ctntury of Insects. 


409 


basi nigrum, punctatum, inter oculos postice keve. Vertex 
cornu brevi decumbenti apice obluso armatus. Clypens mar- 
gine reflexo, apice bidentatus: dentibus rotundatis. Antemm 
nigrte : clava semiovali picea. Palpi p\ce\. TAora.r triangularis, 
apice subtruncatus,utrinque antice canaliculatus, postice medio 
eraarginatus; disco macula magna subtriangulari antice angu- 
lata, atra. Scutellum elongato-triangulare basi paulo dilatatum. 
Coleoptra supra planiuscula, lateribus deflexis : macula magna 
quadrata utrinque apud scutellum fasciaque apicis lunari com^ 
muni, atris. Eljtrorum apex apud suturam mucronatus. Post- 
sternum porrectum, canaliculatum, apice auclum incurvum. 
Thoracis latera deflexa et femora lineolis nigris obliquis in- 
sculpta. Tihice tarsiqiie Tibice anticce Ab^ 

segmentis apice nigris. 

Viro amicissimo, naturcB serutatori dodo indefesso, in Entomologia 
eximio, et insedorum mused ditissimi, ex omnifere orbis terrariim re- 
gione colledoriun digno possessori, Domino Alexandro AlacLeaio 
S. R. et L. S. SoG. Linn, a Secret, hoc ptddierrimum insectum ab ipso 
mihi benevole communicatum merito dicatur. 

This beautiful insect was brought from Manilla by Mr. Simon 
Davidson, Surgeon in the Royal Navy, who purchased several of 
them in a shop, where its elytra and those of some splendid Pa- 
prestes 'wevo sold as ornaments for ladies’ head-dresses. 

insculpta. 48. C. thorace lobato, Iivida,.tota lunulis nigris in-^ 
sculpta, elytris macula apicis lunata nigra. 
Long. corp. iin. 9- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus subtus glaucum, supra lividum, totnm lineolis plus minus 
arcuaiis, interdum confertis, in prona pagina saepius brevissime 

setigeris. 



410 


Mr. KrnEv’s Ce7Uim/ of Insects. 

setlgeris, insciilptis, atris irroratum. Ch/petis apico reflexiis 
cmarginatus. Antennce brunncoe : clava caulis fere longitudine. 
Thorax triangularis, amice cmarginatus, pone oculos utrinque 
paulo excisus, ciliatus, postice lobatus: lobo apice rotunclato. 
Scntellnm ruinutum, triangulare, niveum. J^lytra dorso plani- 
uscula, ina.*qualia : macula sublunatu atra pone apicem. Tlhice 
anticoe cdciUulae. 

reticulata. 49- C. thorace lobato, subpilosa nigra, fulvo macu- 
]ata,eljtris obsolete reliculatis,oculorum septo 
bicarinato. 

Long. corp. lin. 6 . 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

AfFinis videtur C. maculoscB Oliv. sed distincta ct alia. Corpus 
nigrum, subpilosum. Caput pallidum, punctis impressis nigris 
irroratum. Chjpeus apice transversus. Antennez nigrre. OcuU 
septo bicarinato. Thorax punctis impressis, sajpius nigris, 
irroratus, nigricans: lituris duabus obscuris sordide luteis: 
lobo posteriori apice rotundato. Elytra velutino-nigra : ma- 
culis sparsis obscuris sordide fulvis: lineolis tenuissimis irans- 
versis, arcuatis, elevatis obscure reticulata. Eedes hirti, ni- 
gri, immaculati. Tibia, anticae acute bidentatre. Postpectus 
iitrinque macula lutea. Abdomen luteo utrinque variegatum, 
Podex utrinque macula lutea. 

( hicanida.) 

Lucanus Linn. 

ncbulosus. 50. L. niger, obscurus, mandibulis recurvis thorace 
canaliculate inaequali, elytris fuscis cinereo- 
nebulosis. 


Plate 



411 


Mr. Kirby’s Century of Insects, 

Plate XXI. Fig. 12. 

Long. corp. mandibulis exclusis, lin. 10. 

-mandibularum, lin. 2|. 

Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 

Corpus oblongiim, depressum, subtus nigrum nitidum punctatuin, 
supra valde obscurum. Caput transversum, punctatum, sub- 
carinatum, postice cinereum, antice obtusangulum elevaturn 
utrinque tuberculo intermedio munitum. Maiidibula thorace 
breviores, intus rectiuscula? hirsutie punctatae, apice recurvae 
ernarginatae, utrinque dente inagno prominentes, supra dente 
obtuso armatae, subtus etiam dentibus tribus parvis obtusis iii- 
terioribus. Labrum penitus tectum. Falpi articulis arcuatis. 
Mentum bifidum. Antennce thorace breviores, fractae, clavatae : 
clava compressa pectinata quinquefida. Thorax transversus, 
punctatus, nigricans, dorso late canaliculatus, utrinque insu- 
per foveis quatuor impressis, antice emarginatus, postice re- 
pandus : lateribus deflexis obtusangulis. Scutellum triangulare. 
Elytra Isevissima, valde obscura, purpurascente-fusco cinereo- 
que nebulosa. Femora antica lata, oblonga. Tibice antica mul- 
tidentatae. Abdomen fuscum. 

This species differs from the other Lucani in having a bifid men¬ 
tum, recurved mandibulae (in which it agrees with Lamprima 
Latr.), and palpi with curved articulations; but its broken an¬ 
tennae with a pectinated clava, and depressed body, prove that it 
is more nearly related to Lucanus than to Lamprima, in which the 
body is more convex, the antennae unbroken with a lamellated 
clava. It seems scarcely entitled to be considered as distinct 
from Lucanus ; but at any rate it forms a family in that genus. 


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COLE- 



412 


Mr. Kirby’s Century of Insects. 

COLEOPTERA iieterombra. 

(Tenebrionidce.) 

PsAMMODEs Kirby. 

Lahrum emarginatum. 

Labium bifidiim : lobis divaricatis. 

Mandibulce apice conniventes, bidentata 3 . 

MaxiU (2 basi apertae. 

Palpi filiformes, maxillares elongatae. 

Mentmn trapeziforme. 

Antennce subclavatre : clava triarticulata. 

Corpus oblongo-ovatum. 

This genus is intermediate between Pimelia and Tentyria: from 
the former it is distinguished by its bifid labium, by its quadran¬ 
gular mentum, narrowest below so as not to cover the base of the 
maxillae, and by its long, slender, clavatfe antennae ; and from the 
latter, besides these characters, by its emarginate labrum. It is 
to be observed, that in this latter organ Pimelia muricata and his- 
pida differ from each other, as well as in their antennae, and the 
form of their bodies; hence the genus might be divided into two 
families, ^ Corpore subgloboso, Corpore oblongo. 

longicornis. 51. Ps. niger, cinereo-setosus, antennis elongatis, ely- 
tris granulatis scabris. 

Plate XXL Fig. 13. 

Long. corp. lin. 10. 

Habitat apud Promontoriiun Bonae Spei. D. Green. 

PimelicB hrunnece et Icevigata. Oliv. congener et affinis: ab amba- 
bus differ! antennis longioribus, a priori colore nigro et capite 
postice, nec antice, punctato, et a posteriori thorace excavato- 

punctato 



413 


Mr. K iRBY^s Centm'y of Insects. 

punctato nec leviter, et elytris graniilato-scabris et baud laevi- 
gatis. Corpus oblongo-ovatum vel orato-lanceolatum, supra 
ex pilis rigicliusculis subincanum, subtus disco piloso-ferrugi- 
neiim. Caput triangulare, postice punctatissimum : clypeo de- 
presso, emarginato, puiictis sparsis; labro loevi. Palpi filiforraes, 
feiTuginei. Maxillares quadriarticulati: articulo primo brevis- 
sirao, secundo majori clavato, tertio obconico, extimo oblongo 
a pice rotuiidato. Antennae tborace longlores, graciles, ferrugi- 
nese, pilosae : articulo primo crasso, subcampanulato, secundo 
brevissimo, tertio longissimo subclavato, sequentibus quinquc 
longitiidine sensim decrescentibus subclavatis, tribus ultimis 
majoribus clavam formantibus : nono obconico, decimo turbi- 
nato, extimo ovato. Thorax convexus confluenter punctulatus, 
antice emarginatus, postice transversus, in medio latior, kitcri- 
bus tenuissime marginatus, dorso subcarinatus: carina laevi. 
Scutellum subacuminatum, basi latissirnum. Coleoptra obovata, 
connata, marginata: margine subcxplanato, granulato-scabra : 
granulis piligeris. Epiplcura linearis, acuta. Pedes graciles, 
elongati. apice bicalcaratic. T«m filiformes : un- 

guiculis longis, gracilibus, simplicibus. 

OxuRA Kirby. 

Labi'um subquadratum, subemarginatum. 

Labium bifidum : lobis divaricatis. 

Mandibulce breves, apice bidentatae. 

Maxilla basi apertae. 

Palpi maxillares elongati: articulo extimo magno, securiformi, 
labiales filiformes. 

Mentum fere trapeziforme. 

Antennae medio attenuatae, subclavatas : clava triarticulata. 

Corpus lineare. 


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414 


ilf r. K IR B Y ’ s Century of Insects, 


Caput rbomboidale : oculis prominulis triangularibus. 

Thorax teretiusculus, vix marginatus. 

The characters which distinguish Oxitra from Psammodes^ which 
it much resembles, are principally the last joint of the maxillary 
palpi, which is securiform, its linear body,its rhomboidal head con¬ 
tracted almost into a neck behind the eyes, its prominent triangu¬ 
lar eyes, its barrel-shaped thorax with scarcely any margin, and its 
elytra furnished with a mucro at their apex like those of a Btaps, 

setosa. 52. O. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 3. 

Long. corp. lin. 85 . 

Habitat apud Promontorium Bonae Spei. D. Green. 

Corpus lineare, angustum, fusco-nigrum, ex setis rigidis subcine- 
reum. Caput subrhomboidale, postice fere in collum angus^- 
tatum, punctatum: punctis setigeris. Palpi rufi, maxillares 
elongati, quadriarticulati: articulo primo brevissimo, secundo 
elongate clavato, tertio triangular!, extimo magno securiform!, 
lalnales triarticulati, filiformes. Antennee ante 'oculos sub cly- 
pei margine lateral! insertae, rufae, clavatae, medio attenuatae : 
articulo primo incrassato subcampanulato, secundo brevissimo 
turbinato, tertio filiform! sequentibus duobus simul sumptis 
longiori, proximis quinque subclavatis, longitudine et crassitie 
sensim decrescentibus, tribus ultimis majoribus clavam oblon- 
gam formantibus: nono obconico, decimo turbinato, extimo 
ova to. Oculi prominentes, triangulares. Thorax immargina- 
tus, teretiusculus, medio latior vel fere doliiformis, antice sub- 
constrictus, punctatissimus : punctis cinereis setigeris. Elytra 
linearia, laevia: lineis duabus longitudinalibus intermediis eleva- 
tiusculis, raarginata : margine explanato recurvo, apice mucro- 
nata. Epipleura linearis. Pedes fere ut in Psammode longicorni. 

ScotInus 



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415 


ScoTiNus Kirb}". 

Lahrum bifidum. 

Labium bifidum : lobis divaricatis. 

Mandibidce apice conniventes, dentatos. 

Maxilla basi apertae. 

Lalpi crassiusculi: articulo extimo majori obtriangulari. 

Mentum bifidum: lobis divaricatis. 

Antenna moniliformes, apicem versus subcrassiores: articulo ex¬ 
timo brevissimo vix distincto. 

Corpus ovatum, marginatum. 

This genus resembles Erodius and Asida in the last joint of the 
antennee, but it differs from them both in the labrum, labium, and 
mentum. With Erodius it has a bifid sternum ; its cljpeus, how¬ 
ever, is not bifid, in which it agrees with Asida, but the sternum 
of the latter genus is entire. 

crenicollis. 53. Sc. subcinerea obscura, thoracis margine cre- 
nato. 

Plate XXI. Fig. 14. 

Long. corp. lin. 9i- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus obovatum, obscurum, nigrum, ex setulis squamiilisvc qui- 
busdam brevissimis subcinereum, laevissimum, supra planius- 
culum. Caput deflexum, inaequale, inter oculos postice trans¬ 
verse elevatum. Clypeus antice emarginatus, apice in medio 
triangulo nitido. Lahrum magnum, nitidum, vix longitudine 
latius, piceum, excavato-punctatum, apice bifidum : lobis ro- 
tundatis. Labium breve, nitidum, excavato-punctatum, piceum, 
apice bifidum: lobis divaricatis. Pa/pi breves crassi: articulo 
extimo majori obtriangulari. Mentum basi constrictum, apice 

latissimum. 



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Mr, Kirby’s Century of Insects, 

latissimum, bilobum : lobis divaricatis. Anteniice capite paulo 
longiores, setosae, piceae, apicem versus paulo crassiores, moni- 
liformes: articulo primo reliquis paulo crassiori clavato, se- 
cundo brevissimo subgloboso,tertio reliquis longiori subclavato, 
seqnentibus sex subglobosis, decimo brevissimo transverso un- 
decimum niinutissiuium recipiente, ita arete ut hi duo quasi 
unum articulum subglobosuni foruiant. Articuli 7, 8, 9 nitidi, 
rcliqui obscuri. Thorax quadratus, antice paulo latior et ernar- 
ginatus, postice rotundatus et utrinque angulatus : lateribus 
niarginatis; margine crenato, linea dorsali postica piloso-fulva 
signatus. Sternum anum versus bilobum : lobis rotundatis. 
Scutelliim minutum, acuminatum, basi latissimum. Coleoptra 
obovata, connata, acute marginata, apice declivia mucronata 
rufescentia, apud scutellum macula parva quadrata velutino- 
nigra. Epipleura maxima. Pedes setosi. Tibice apice bicalcaratne. 

Mr. MacLeay possesses a.smaller species of this genus, also 

from Brasil, distinguished from S, crenicollis by having the mar¬ 
gin of the thorax entire, and that of the elytra crenate. 

SpiiJEROTUs Kirby. 

Labrum transversum, apice rotundaturn ciliatum. 

Labium minutum, apice truncatum. 

Mandibulcz vix dentatae. 

Maxilla: basi apertaj. 

Palpi maxillares incrassati: articulo extimo maximo, securiformi. 
labiales articulo extimo paulo majori, subcampanulato. 

Mentum apice truncatum, basi rotundaturn, medio valde con- 
vexum. 

Antenna extrorsum suberassiores : articulo extimo oblique trun- 
cato. 

Corpus globoso-ovatum, immarginatuin. 


This 



417 


Mr. Kirby's Centuri/ of Insects. 

This genus -in habit much resembles Moluris Latr.; but the bi¬ 
fid labium, cordate mentum, subfiliform palpi, and antennse ter¬ 
minated by an ovate acute joint, which distinguish the latter, 
sufficiently warrant me in considering them as distinct. 

curvipcs. 54 S. 

Plate XXL Fig. 15. 

Long. corp. lin. 5^. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

C^oi'pus globoso-ovatum, glaberrimum, nitidiusculum, nigro-rene- 
uin. Caput orbiculatum, ievissime punctulatum. Clypeas sub¬ 
triangularis, a fronte sutura profunda separates. AntenncE api- 
cem versus paulo crassiores: articulo primo brevi obconico 
sequentibus vix crassiori, secundo brevissimo subgloboso, ter- 
tio sequentibus paulo longiori subclavato, reliquis longitudinc 
sensim decrescentibus plus minus obconicis: extimo oblique 
truncate. Thorax convexus,Tevissime punctulatus, antice sub- 
emarginatus, postice transversus subemarginatus, lateribus ro- 
tundatis tenuissirne raarginatis. Scutellum minutissimum. Co~ 
leoptra subglobosa, seriatim quasi variolosa: variolis obscuris 
canaliculatis. Epipleura latiuscula. Pedes pice'o-nigri. Tihics 
graciles, arcuatae: calcaribus duobus minutissimis obsoletis. 
Tarsi pulvillati. 

Stroj^oylium Kirby. 

Lahriim transversum. 

Labium subcordatum. 

Mandibulce brevissimae, validae, apice edentulae acutie. 

MaxillcB apertae, apice bilobae : lobo extcriori majori extus rotun- 
dato, interiori minuto acuto. 

Palpi articulo extimo magno securiformi. 


Mentum 



418 


Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 

Mentum fere cordatum. 

AntenncE apicem versus sensim crassiores: articulo extimo sub- 
ovato. 

Corpus liaeari-oblongum, immarginatum. 

This genus in many respects resembles the preceding. But the 
labium, mentum, and labial palpi are different: the body also 
is oblong, the thorax has no margin, and the tarsi no pulvillus; 
circumstances which combined satisfactorily establish their claim 
to be considered as distinct genera. 

chalconatum. 55. Str. 

Plate XXL Fig. 16. 

Long. corp. lin. 6 . 

Habitat in Australasia. 

Corpus lineari-oblongum, subcylindricum, nitidum, glabrum, ni- 
gro-aeneum. Caput orbiculatum, punctulatum. Talpi omnes 
articulo extimo majori securiformi. Clypeus postice linea curva 
irapressa a fronte separatus. Antennce thoracis longitudine, 
apicem versus sensim crassiores: articulo primo reliquis cras- 
siori, secundo brevissimo obconico, sequentibus duobus longi¬ 
tudine fere aequalibus subclavatis, sex proximis magnitudine 
crescentibus longitudine decrescentibus fere obconicis, extimo 
ovato acuto. Thorax subquadratus, immarginatus, levissime 
punctulatus, postice canaliculatus. Scutellum triangulare. Ely¬ 
tra subseriatim quasi foveolata: foveolis oblongis excavatis 
fundo canaliculatis. Epipleura angustissirna. Pedes graciles. 
Tibice obsolete calcaratae. 

Eurynotus Kirby. 

Labriim transversum, emarginatum. 

Labium fissum, brevissimum, submembranaceum. 


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419 


Mr^ Kirby’s Cejitur^ of Lisecfs. 

MandihuliC validae, conniventes, apice bidentatae. 

Manilla: busi apertae. 

Talpi articulo extimo majori securiformi. 

Mentum quadrangulum : lateribus rotundatis, subcarinatum. 
AntenncE extrorsum crassiores : articulo extimo orbiculato. 

Corpus oblongum, apterum. 

Tarsi anteriores quaiuor dilalati, pulvillati. 

Eurpnotns is distinguished from Fedinus Latr., to which it is 
nearly allied, in having a much larger and more conspicuous la- 
brum, and a clypeus though emarginate not cleft. The four ante¬ 
rior tarsi of the males, and not the first pair only, are dilated. The 
thorax also is widest behind, whereas in Fedinus it is widest in the 
middle. 

muricatus. 56. E. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 1. 

Long. corp. lin. 7^- 

Habitat -Unde accepi non reininiscor. 

Corpus oblongum, atrum, glabrum. Caput suborbiculatum, le- 
vissime punctulatum. Gula rugosa postice triangulo Isevi. Cly¬ 
peus transversus, antice emarginatus, a fronte linea impressa 
separatus. Antenncz vix thoracis longitudine, sensim crassiores: 
articulo primo reliquis crassiori, secundo brevissimo turbinato, 
tertio elongate subclavato, quatuor sequentibus obconicis sen¬ 
sim crassioribus, 8% 9^ et 10^ compressis triangularibus, ex¬ 
timo compresso orbiculato. Thorax transversus, leviter punctu- 
latissimus, antice angustior segmento circuli dernpto, postice 
subrepandus, lateribus marginatis. Scutellum transversum, bre- 
vissimum. Elytra connata, striata: striis punctatis, apice punc- 
tis elevatis acutis muricata. Femora postica arcuata, intus cili- 
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ata. Tibia bicalcaratse. Tarsi quatuor anteriores articulis in- 
termediis dilatatis subtus pulvinatis. 

Adelium Kirby. 

Lahrum siibquadratum, subemarginatum. 

Labium bifidum. 

Mandibula breves, apice conniventes bidentatee. 

Ma^rilla basi apertae. 

Palpi maxillares articido extimo maximo obtriangulari subcom- 
presso. 

labiales brevissimi, filiformes. 

Mentum subtrapeziforme, inaequale. 

Antenna fdiformes : articulo extimo oblongo. 

Thorax brevissimus. 

Corpus oblongum, apterum. 

This genus has little affinity with any other of this tribe: the 
species of it, unless closely examined, would be set aside as be¬ 
longing to Calosoma or Carabus. They are however heteromerous, 
and belong to the Tenebriomda. I know only three species, the 
two here described, and the other Calosoma porculatum of Fabri- 
eius. They are all New Ilolland insects. 

calosomoides. 57. A. nigro-eeneum, nitidiusculum, thorace utrin- 
que impresso, elytris punctato-striatis. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 2. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Australasia. 

Corpus nigro-mneum, nitidiusculum, glabrum. Caput orbicula- 
tum, punctatum. Clppeus apice truncatus, postice linea im- 
pressa curva a fronte separatus. Antenna filiformes, thorace 
longiores, pilosae, nigrse: articulo primo reliquis paulo cras- 

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421 


siore, secundo brevissiino subturbinato, tertio sequenti dupio 
longiori subclavato, proximis tribus oblongis 8^ 9^ et 10” 
obconicis, extimo oblongo. Thorax planiusculus, punctatus, 
longitudine latior, antice emarginatus, postice truncatus, late- 
ribus fere in segmentum circuli rotundatis, marginatis, dorso 
obsolete canaliculatus, utrinque foveola lunata impressus. Scu- 
tellum minutiim, triangulare. Coleoptra obovata, leviter punc- 
tulato-striata, apice acuta. Epipleura basilatiuscula, apice acu- 
tissima. Tibice apice brevissime bicalcaratae. Tarsi pulvinati. 

licinoides. 58. A. aeneo-nigruni nitidum thorace utrinque im- 
presso, elytris substriatis punctatis, tarsis rufis. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Australasia. D. Francillon. 

Preecedenti valde affine, sed angustius, supra nigrius : thorace ma- 
gis quadrato, supra inaequali: lateribus postice subexcisis. 
Elytra substriata: striis punctatis: punctis magis excavatis, 
apice minus acuta. Femora antica paulo crassiora. Tarsi omnes 
rufi. 

(Htlopida.) 

Spiieniscus Kirby. 

Labriim transversum, integrum. 

Labium minutum, cuneiforrne. 

Mandibulce apice conniventes. 

Maxilla basi apertse. 

Ealpi omnes articulo extimo magno, minus compresso, obtrian- 
gulari. 

Mentum oblongum, convexum, apice subemarginatum. 

Antenna extrorsum crassiores, serratae: articulo extimo subrhom- 
boidali oblique truncate. 

Co 7 'pus ovato-obcuneiforme ; elytris gibbosis. 

3 I 2 


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422 


Air, Kirby’s Century of Insects. 

The habit of this genus is at first sight very much that of one 
of the gibbous Erotyli ; but it is heteromerous, and belongs to the 
present tribe, and, with many others equally distinct, may have 
been arranged under Helops. It however possesses very few cha¬ 
racters in common with the genuine species of that genus, H. cha~ 
lyheus, &c., differing in antennae, labium, mentum, palpi, and gene¬ 
ral habit. 

erotyioides. 59. Sph. 

Plate XXTI. Fjg. 4. 

Long. corp. lin. 8. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. s 
Corpus fere obcuneiforrne, subtus planiusculum, nitidum, glaber- 
rimum, aterrirnum, orbiculatum, punctatum, inter oculos ca- 
naliculatum. Mentum transverse subcarinatuin. Clypeus de- 
pressus, antice subrotundatus, postice linea curva impressa a 
fronte separatus. Antennce thoracis longitudine, sensini cras- 
siores, a pice compressae, serratae: articulo primo sequente paulo 
crassiori, secundo brevissimo subcylindrico, tertio sequentibus 
longiori cylindrico, quarto majori subtriangulari, sequentibus 
sex rnagnitudine crescentibus, triangularibus, extiino subrhom- 
boidali. Thorax planiusculus, subtrapeziformis, antice seg- 
mento circuli dempto, insequalis, sparse punctulatus, iramar- 
ginatus, postice trifoveatus. Scutellum triangulare. Coledptra 
subovata: dorso valde gibbo, seriatim punctata, tenuissime 
marginata, pallida: fascia media angulata, apicibus, punctis- 
que plurimis sparsis interdum confluentibus, atris. Pedes longi, 
graciles. Tibice brevissime bicalcaratae. Tarsi corapressi, lon- 
gius unguiculati: iinguiculis basi intus dente obsoleto. 


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423 


Stenociiia Kirby. 

Lahrum transversiim, apice rotundatum. 

Labium miniitum, cuneiforme. 

Mandibulce apice conniventes. 

Maxillce basi apertse. 

Falpi omnes articulb extimo minus compresso, obtriangulari. 

Mentum subtrapeziforme, disco subelevatum. 

Antenna extrorsum crassiores : articulo extimo oblongo. 

Corpus lineare, angustum. 

This genus possesses many characters in common with the pre¬ 
ceding; but it is sufficiently distinguished by its antennie, which 

are not at all serrate, by its linear body, and cylindrical thorax. 

I possess two species distinguished by the same character. 

rufipes. 60. St. virescerrs, supra cyanea, elytris fasciis duabus 
luteis margine connexis, antennis pedibuscpie 
rufis. 

Plate XXII. Pig. 5. 

Long. corp. lin. 8. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, angustum, subtus virescens, ex pilis brevissimis 
micantibus sericeum. Caput postice confluenter punctatum 
caeruleum, antice pilis aureo micantibus ornatum. Clypeus an- 
tice transversus, postice rotundatus, linea curva impressa a 
fronte separatus. Falpi rufi. Antenna extrorsum crassiores, 
thorace longiores, rufae: articulo primo sequentibus crassiori 
obconico, secundo brevissimo, tertio vix quarto longiori, sed 
paulo tenuiori, anibobus clavatis, sequentibus obconicis etsub- 
turbinatis subcompressis, extimo obiongo-ovato obtuso. Tho¬ 
rax cylindricLis, postice submarginatus, confluenter punctatis- 

simus. 


424 Mr. Kirby's Cenfuri/ of Insects. 

simus, virescenti-cjaneiis. Ehjtra cyaiiea : basi et medio fascia 
sublunata margine laterali connexa pallide lutea, sulcata:’ sul- 
cis lineis transversis elevatis decussatis. Fedes graciles, rufi: 
intermediis longioribus. Tibice apice vix calcaratse. Tarsi un- 
guiculis simplicibus basi intiis subdentatis. 

cyampes, 6 l. St. cyanea, antennis rufis, thorace brevissimo, ely- 
tris fasciis duabus fulvis margine connexis. 
Long. corp. liii. 6 . 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Priecedenti affinis sed minor,corpore totoglaberrimo,cyaneo,post- 
pectore solummodo et pedibus viridi-cyaneis. Thorax brevis- 
simus, piinctatus : punctis vix confliientibus. Antennce articulo 
extimo magis oblongo. Elytra striata : striis punctatis, trans¬ 
verse rugosis : fasciis fulvis, anteriori suturam baud attingente, 
postica vix lunata. 

I possess the mutilated remains of a third species without head 
or thorax, the legs of which are dirty-red, the elytra violet, and 
the fascia of the base of St. replaced by a large acute ovate 

pallid spot with the point towards the apex; the middle fascia 
does not reach the suture. In sculpture they resemble those of 
St. cyanipes; the abdomen and postpectus are green and hairy, 
but the hairs are not shining as in St. riifipes. 

{MordellidcB.) 

Mordella Linn. 

clavicornis. 62 . M.atra,elytris lunula apicis cinerea, antennis cla^ 
vatis : clava compressa serrata. 

Long. corp. lin. 65 . 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 



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425 


Corpus crassiim, totum veliitino-atrum. Antenna clava magiia, 
conipressa, serrata, septemfida: articulo extimo bine subemar- 
ginato. Elytra ante apicem lunula reversa, obscura, cinerea. 
Anus aculeo ordinario. 

This species in every respect so entirely resembles the other 
Mordellce, under which genus I only place those ano aculeato, that 
I do not conceive the difference of structure observable in its 
antennae, which may perhaps be a sexual character, a sufficient 
indication that it should form a distinct genus. 

(Meloida.) 

Gnatiiium Kirby. 

Lahrum transversum. 

Labium minutissimum vix discernendum. 

Mandibiilce protensae, elongatee, apice incurvae, edentuloc, acutis- 
simae. 

Maccillce apertae : lobo longissimo gracillimo. 

Prt/pi fill formes : articulis cylindricis. 

Meiitum trapeziforme ? 

Antenna extrorsum crassiores : articulo extimo elongato-conico. 
Corpus obcuneato-lineare. 

Thorax carnpanulatus. 

This genus comes next io Nemognatha Illig., from which it bor¬ 
rows that remarkable sexual ? character, of having the lobe of the 
maxillte, like those of a bee, almost as long as the body; but it 
differs in having a transverse instead of a circular labrum, in its 
mandibulcC protended far beyond the labrum, in its incrassate an- 
tenme, which gives it some connexion with Mylabris. The shape 
of the head and thorax also is different. The insect is so minute 
that 1 have not been able to get a clear idea of the shape of the 
labium and mentum, but I think the latter-is trapeziform.^ 


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Francillo7ii, 63. Gn. 

Plate XXIL Fig. 6. 

Long. corp. lin. 

Habitat in Georgia. Ex Mns. D. Francilloni a D. MacLeaio 
emptum et mihi benevole commnnicatum. 

Corpus obcuneatum fere, pilosulum, supra nigrum, subtus pi- 
ceum. Caput deflexum, elongatum, punctatum : disco laevius- 
culo, collo brevi angusto piceo insidens. Mandihulcc capite vix 
breviores, protensce, apice incurvae, rufae. Antennce 3.p\cem ver¬ 
sus sensim crassiores, articulo secundo quarti fere longitudine, 
tertio reliquis longiori, sequentibus fere obconicis, 8^, 9^ 10^' 
subcylindricis, extimo elongato-conico. Thorax campanulatus, 
glaber, rufus, brevissimus. Elytra rugulosa. Tibia bicalcaratae. 
Tarsi unguiculati: unguiculis bipartitis. 

Memoria Francilloni, S.L.S. lieu nimis deflendi, Musai huge 
et late Celebris berievoli possessoris, hoc insectum sacrum esto. 

COLEOPTERA tetramera. 

(Curculionida.) 

Infracticorlies. 

Rh I NOT IA Kirby. 

Labrum rostro postice connatum, minutissimum, emarginatum. 
Labium minutissimum, cuneiforme. 

Mandibula apice tridentatae. 

Maxilla apertae. 

Talpi brevissimi, conici. 

Mentum subtransversum, convexum. 

extrorsum crassiores: articulo extimo ovato lanceolato. 
Corpus angustatum lineare. 

Thorax globoso-conicus. 


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427 


Mr. Ki rby’s Century of Insects. 

This genus is related to Brentus; but its tridentate mandibuhte 

and incrassate antennae, taken in conjunction with its short and 

rather conical thorax, sufficiently distinguish it. 

hcemoptera. 64. Rh. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 7. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 7§. 

Habitat in Australasia. Ex Musaeo D. AJacLeay accepi. 

/3. Ex Musaeo D. Marsham. 

Corpus angustum, lineare, atrum, obscuriusculum, subtus parce 
albido-pilosuni. Caput deflexum, punctiilatum, medio con- 
strictum, postice convexum. Rostrum teres, capitis thoracis- 
que longitudine, punctulatum, apice nitiduni. Antennce rostro 
pone medium insidentes, thorace longiores, basi attenuate gla¬ 
brae, alias pilosissimae : articulo primo clavato subarcuato cras- 
siori, secundo brevi obconico, tertio sequentibus vix longiori 
subclavato, proximis duobus magnitudine crescentibus obco- 
nicis, reliquis aequalibus subobconicis, extimo ovato-lanceolato. 
Oculi heraispbaerici, supra pilis rufis subtus albidis cincti. Tho- 
rax subconicus, antice constrictus, piloso-velutinus; utrinque 
vitta lateral! intus subrepanda, linea dorsali, maculisque dua- 
bus posticis, piloso-fulvo-aureis. Elytra punctulatissima, pi- 
losa, fulvo-aurea : sutura nigricanti. Tibi(C apice bicalcaratae. 
Tarsi pulvinati. Unguiculi simplices. 

Var. /3. Thorace utrinque macula magna triangular! sanguinea, 
linea dorsali maculisque posticis nullis. Alias simillima. An 
eadem 

Eurhinus Kirby. 

Labrwn vix distinctum. 

Labium subcordatum. 

Mandihulce apice tridentatae : dentibus aequalibus acutis. 

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Maxillce apertae. 

I^alpi brevissimi, conici. 

Mentiim cordatum. 

Antenna: integra?, basi submoniliformes, apice clavatae : dava tri- 
fida pcrfoliata: articulo extimo in marihus longissimo 
cylindrico. 

Corpus obciineatiim. 

Thorax teretiusculus. 

I sent a sketch of an insect of this genus to M, Latreille, and 
he was of opinion that it belonged to a genus he had constructed, 
but which is not yet published, under the name oiOrthorhynchus. 
I have since been informed by him, that the type of that genus is 
Lixiis semlpunctatiis Fabr., which from Olivier's figure appears to 
be more nearly related to Lixus hiclenlatus of Mr. Donovan, and 
is distinguished by acuminated elytra and filiform antennae; 
whereas no species of Eurhmus, and there are several, has acumi¬ 
nated elytra, and the antennae terminate in an oblong clava, the 
last joint of which, in the males, is very long. Olivier describes 
Lixus semipunctatus as antennis moniliformibus vix extrorsum eras- 
sioribus (v. 242. n. 242. t. xii. f, 141.) In L. bidentatus the an¬ 
tennae are not moniliformes, but they are extrorsum mx crassiores. 
So that Orthorhynchus seems to be a connecting link between 
Eurhynus, the antennae of which are submoniliform at the base, 
and Lixus bidentatus^ but belonging to the same genus with the 
latter. There are several species of Orthorhynchus in Mr. Mac- 
Leay's rich cabinet. As Lixus semipunctatus is in the Banksian 
cabinet, it may be easily ascertained whether these observations 
are correct or not. 

scabrior. 65. Eu. niger, piloso-incanus, elytris striatis, basi sub- 
cristatis, granulis tuberculisque acutis scabris. 

Plate 



Mr. Kirby’s Century of Insects. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 8. 

Long. corp. (Rostro incluso) lin. 9* 

Habitat in Australasia. D. Brown : MacLeay. 

Corpus fere obcuneatum, nigrum, pilositate parva plus minus in- 
canum. Caput rugulosum, postice laeve, inter oculos canalicii- 
latum. OcuU minus prominuli. Rostrum thorace brevius, apicc 
paulo latius, lateribus basi piloso-albiclis, pone antennas punc- 
tatum. Antennce rostro pone apicem insidentes, thoracis longi- 
tudine : articulo primo crassiustulo clavato, secundo brevi ob- 
conico, tertio sequentibus paulo longiori clavato, proximis 
quinque brevibus obconicis, tribus ultimis crassioribus : primo 
obconico, secundo brevi cylindrico, tertio in maribus longissimo 
cylindrico clavain longam perfoiiatam formantibus. Thorax 
teretiusculus ex punctis confluentibus rugosus. Elytra striata : 
striis punctatis ; interstitiis granulatis, et insuper serie tubercu- 
lorum acutorum muricatis, basiapud scutellum longitudinaliter 
elevata vel subcristata: crista muricata. Tihice calcaribus ob- 
soletis. Femora antica reliquis crassiora. 

IcEvior. 66. Eu. niger, piloso-albus, elytris striatis, basi subcris- 
tatis, striarum interstitiis lEevibus. 

Long. corp. (Rostro incluso) lin. 7- 
Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 

Praecedenti similis sed minor, corpore angustiori albidiori. An^ 
tenncB articulis brevioribus, 6^, T\ et 8^ globosis. Thorax laevior. 
Elytra striarum interstitiis laevibus, sed crista muricata est. 

Brachycerus Fabr. 

^ Thorace spinoso. 

maculosus, 67. B. niger subcinereus, thorace spinoso late canalicu- 
lato, elytris nodulosis cinereo seriatim maciilosis. 

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Mr. Kr rev's Century of Insectn. 

Long. corp. (Roslro incluso) lin. 14. 

Habitat apiid Promontorium Bonae Spei. D. Green. 

Corpus subovatum, crassum, obscurum, pollinoso-subcinereum. 
nostrum inaequale, piinctatum, postice triangulo elevato, utrin- 
que ante ocnlos strangulatum. Thorax iitrinqiie acute spinosns : 
spina valida, supra inaequaiis, nodulis et tuberculis complanatis 
utrinque notandus: lineis duabus latis dorsalibus elevatis laevi- 
bus, canalem latum inter se includentibus. Coleoptra subglo- 
bosa, nodulosa, punctulis minutissimis confertissimis quasi re¬ 
ticulata, polline cinereo seriatim maculosa. Fedes rugosi. 

^ Thorace inermi. 

verrucifer. 68. B. ater, thorace subcordato punctato, eljtris glo- 
bosis verrucosis. 

Long. corp. (Rostro incluso) lin. 5. 

Habitat apud Promontorium Bonse Spei. D. Green. 

Corpus ovatum, atrum glabrum. Rostrum punctatum, basi utrin¬ 
que strangulatum. r^oftf^uBcordatus : Tateribus obtus"^ngu- 
lis, sparse punctatus : punctis papillatis. Coleoptra globosa, tu¬ 
berculis numerosis complanatis verrucosa. 

This species is nearly related to B. Spectrum Fabr.; but the 
tubercles on the elytra are not disposed in rows as in that, being 
scattered irregularly. 

Rhinaria Kirby. 

Lahrum vix distinctum. 

Labium subtrapeziforme. 

Mandibulce edentulse. 

Maxillce apertae. 

Palpi brevissimi, conici. 

Mentum quadratum. 


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Mr. Kieby^s Century of Insects. 

Antenna integrae, capitatae: clava triarticiilata; articulis arctis- 
sime connexis. 

Corpus oblongo-ovatum. 

Thorax subglobosus. 

The insect, which is the type of this genus, is altogether of the 
habit of the Curculionidce fracticornes bi'evirostres^ particularly Cur- 
culio asper, See .: but its unbroken antennae place it in this sec¬ 
tion, from all the genera of which it is toto ccelo different. I found 
it in a collection of New Holland insects which I once purchased. 

crista fa. 69 . Rh. 

PlatkXXII. Fig. 9. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 4|. 

Habitat in Australasia. 

Corpus oblongo-ovatum, subtus squamulis pallidum, supra gri- 
seum. Caput postice convexum, antice inter oculos crista 
squamoso-pallida tetragona: vertice quadruplici lobis subhe- 
misphaericis. Rostrum capitis fere longitudine crassum, rec¬ 
tum, defiexum, tetragonum, laevissimum, glaberrimum, niti- 
dum, nigrum, apice subtus utrinque dente triangulari acuto ar- 
matum, basi constrictum strangulatum, ante antennas eleva- 
tum. Antenna rostro basi utrinque insidentes, articulo primo 
reliquis paulo crassiori, longitudine secundi, his duobus excep- 
tis, qui et subclavati, articuli reliqui longitudine fere aequales 
sunt, tertio subcylindrico, proximis quinque obconicis, ultimis 
tribus paulo rnajoribus capitulum arete imbricatum lanceola- 
tum efformantibus. Oculi prominuli, subtriangulares, distincte 
reticulati. Thorax subglobosus, ex punctis confluentibus, no- 
dulis intermixtis, scaber. Elytra subsulcata, squamosa : sulcis 
punctis ocellaribus albis ornatis, interstitiis serie setarum de- 
cumbentium et granulorum alternorum, notandis. In prona 

corporis 



432 Mr, Kirby's Century of Insects. 

corporis pagina puncta ocellata sparsa utrinque conspici pos- 
siint. 

Fracticornes. 

Cryptoriiynchus Illig. 

corruscans, 70. Cr. cupreO'auratus,nitidissinius, pedibus cyaneis, 
corpore rhomboidali, thorace postice lobato. 

Long. corp. ]in. 4J. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Insectum splendidissimnm. Corpus fere rbomboidale, nitidissi- 
mum, glaberrimum, cupreo-auratum, splendore fere rubini ful- 
giduin, levissime punctulatum. Caput postice viridi-sericeum, 
minus nitidum, antice cupreum : fovea impressa. Rostrum tho¬ 
racis longitudine, inflexum, rectiusculum, cylindricuni, apice 
paulo latius, viride, basi cupreum. AntenncE nigrae, rostri medio 
insidentes. Thorax subhemisphrericus, antice constrictus, postice 
lobatus : lobo rotundato. Scutellum triangulare. Elytra trian- 
gularia, striata : striis levissime punctulatis; interstitiis laevibus, 
sublacunosa: hiimeris vald^'gibbisT Pedes cyanei. Tihice vijl cdX- 
caratae, apice intus bispinosae. Abdomen viridi-auratum. 

Leachii. 7L Cr. ater, unicolor, corpore rhomboidali, thoracis 
dorso elevato, pectore bicorni. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 5. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Habitus Cryptorhynchi Spiculatoris D. Humboldt. Corpus rhoni- 
boidale, glaberrimum, laeve, obscurum, totum aterrimum. Ros¬ 
trum thorace longius, arcuatum, punctulatum. Antennce rostri 
medio subtus insidentes: capitulo ovato-lanceolato. Oculi mag- 
ni, planiusculi. antice constrictus : lateribus rotunda- 

tis, dorso postice maxiine elevatus. Scutellum quadratum. 

Elytra 



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Elytra triangularia, striata: striis subpnnctatis, hunieris vaUle 
gibbis. Pedes punctulati: femoribus siibtus dente acuto. Tibice 
inermes, posticae elevato-lineatae. Pectus inter pedes anticos, 
utrinque cornu elongate, arcuato, declivi armatum. Se.vus alter 
minor: pectore inermi. 

hi lionorem D. G. E. Leach, M.D. S.L.S., insectoriim et anima- 
Hum alioriim indefessi oculatissirni et perspicacissimi indagatoris. 

Arnoldi. 72. Cr. ater,.corpore rhomboidali, pectore bicorni, tho- 
, race rufo postice Jobato. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 3. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Similis adrnodum praecedenti, sed Corpus nitidum, subtus punc- 
tatuin. Rostrum arcuatum, compressum, apicein versus sensim 
angustius. Thorax transversus, rufus, laevissimus, antice baud 
constrictus, postice lobatus. Elytra humeris minus gibbis, 
striis magis exaratis. Pectus cornubus minbribus. Sexits alter 
major: pectore inermi. 

Observatori morum insectoriim cordato, D. Arnold, M.D. S.L.S., 
here species inedita dicatur. 

RYNCHiENUs Eabr. 

Hiifresnii. 73. R. subcylindricus, coleoptris maculis sex auran- 
tiis, basi triangulo magno obverso pallido. 
Plate XXII. Fig. 10 . 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 8|. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus subcylindricum, fere cuneiforme, subtus pilis decumben- 
tibus pallidum. Caput inflexum, nigrum, pilis pallidis, prse- 
cipue postice et ad basin rostri, consitum. Rostrum crassius- 

culum, 



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culiim, capile longius, pallido-pilosum, apice glabrum puncta- 
tum. Antennce pone apicem rostro insidentes : capitulo ovato- 
lanceolato qiiadriarticulato: articulis arctissime coanexis, unde 
capituli solid! speciem exhibet. Oculi ovales, minus prominuli. 
Thorax subglobosus, antice constrictus, nodulis minutis scaber, 
dorso carinatus, velutino-ater, postice piloso-pallidus. Cole- 
Optra item in locis nodulosa, atra: maculis sex magnis subro- 
tundis aurantiis, ex pilis vel squamulis decumbentibus, densis 
confectis, basi triangulo magno obverso piloso-pallido, pilis 
minus confertis, apice subcoropressa. Pedes intermedii reliquis 
breviores. Femora dente brevi armata. 

Viro mihi amicissimo, qui musceiim insectis, ambus, conchyliis raris- 
simis exuherans colkgit, ordinavit, D"® Dufresne, Mtiscei Regalis Pa- 
risi€?is. curatori digno, sit species h<zc pulchra dicata, 

Poddami. 74. R. oblongus, cinerascens, coleoptris verrucosis, 
fasciis duabus albis. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 15J, 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. HaTicdck, 

Maximus in hoc genere. Corpus oblongum, squamulis piliformi- 
bus subtus albidum. Caput deflexurn, squamulis incanum. 
Rostrum thoracis fere longitudine, glabrum, levissime punctu- 
latum, subcylindricum, apice paulo latius. 'Antennce prope 
basin rostro insidentes: articulo primo baud ita elongate : ar- 
ticulo octavo reliquis subito majori,sed a clava distincto : clava 
ovata triarticulata. Oculi subovati, subprorninuli. Lhorax co- 
nicus, tubereulis et nodulis sparsis muricatus, ex pilis fulvo- 
cinereus, postice macula subcirculari squamoso-albida. Elytra 
striata: striis excavato-punctatis, interstitiis complanato-verru- 
cosis, squamoso-fulvescentia: fasciis duabus, anterior! magna 
arcuata a humeris ad medium usque ducta, posteriori trans- 

versa, 



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435 


versa, sqnamoso-albis. Fostsiermwi concavum: lateribus ad 
recipiendum rostrum reflexis. Tibice validissime calcarat^. 

Heidi. 75. R. ovatus ater, thoracis basi et apice, eljtrisque fas- 
ciis margine connexis nigro-punctatis, fiavis. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. lli. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus atrum, ovatum, obscurum. Caput inflexum. Rostrum 
thorace vix brevius, depressum, planum, subcarinatum, apice 
labro distincto cordato miuuto in medio terminatum. Antennce 
piceae, rostro ante basin insidentes, et ejus fere longitudine: 
articulo octavo preecedentibus subito majori; clava brevi ovata 
triarticulata. Thorax conicus, antice, dorso postice, et late¬ 
ribus, squamoso-flavus. Tuhercula quaedam sparsa in thorace 
-etiam notanda. Elytra punctato-striata: striis interstitiis parce 
complanato-verrucosis; fasciis quatuor sinuatis, nigro macula- 
tis, margine connexis, squamoso-flavis. Posfpectus basi et apice 
utrinque squamoso-flavum. Poststernum ad recipiendum ros¬ 
trum excavatum. Tarsi ex pilis fulvo-aurei. 

In honorem D. Geo. Roddam, M.D. et D. Dav. Reid, chirurgi, 
qui amho phirima insecta hactenus inedita summo studio colkgeruntf 
hoc Curculionidarum par nominatur, 

Cltrculio Linn. 

HancocJd. 7d. C. corpore squamoso: squamulis aurato-viride- 
scenti-cassiis, coleoptris gibbis quadritubercu- 
latis: humeris apicibusque mucronatis. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 11. 

Long. corp. (Rostro incluso) lin. 152 -. 

Habitat in Brasilia rarissime, seme] Jectus. D. Hancock. 

VOL, XII. 3 L Insectum 



436 Mr, Kerby’s Century of Insects, 

Insectum splendicle pulcherrimum. Corpus totum squamulis mi- 
nutissimis, subrotundis, virescenti-caesiis, auratis micans. Ca¬ 
put porrectum, brevissimum, subtus atro-bivittatum. Rostrum 
crassum, tetragonum, capite longius, supra canaliculatum, apice 
emarginatum : mandibulis porrectis, conicis, truncatis, vertice 
insculptis tiiberculo parvo central]. Mentum excavatum. An- 
tenncB in nostro specimine mutilatae, sed articulus tertius elon- 
gatus. Thorax suborbiculatus, depresso-planus, tuberculo late¬ 
ral! atro utrinque in medio armatus. Elytra pone medium apud 
suturam elevato-obtusangula: angulo tuberculo obtuso coro- 
nato, disco in medio alio minori complanato, atris. Inter hose 
tubercula fascia sinuata obsoleta pallide aurea notanda. Ely¬ 
tra basi intus obtuse subdentata, liurneris mucronatis recurvis, 
apice etiam mucronata sunt. Pedes setosi. Femora posteriora 
fasciis duabus atris. Tihice vix calcaratae. Abdomen segmentis 
ultimis macula basis triangulari nigra. 

In lionorem D. Hancock, Classis Regicc Navarchi, qui innumera 
insecta, qiiamplurima inedita, mei gratia in Brasilia collegit, et mihi 
henevolentissime dono dedit, Ti oc spten^idissimum insectum nominavi. 

Marshami, 77* C. niger, thorace utrinque elj^trisque disco, spi- 
nosis, rostro brevissimo cristato. 

Long. corp. (Rostro incluso) lin. 9-!-. 

Habitat in Australasia. D. Marsham. 

Corpus ovato-oblongum, glabrum, obscurum, nigrum. Rostrum 
crassissimum, subcylindricum, basi utrinque crista compressa, 
bifida: lobis rotundatis, apice ante antennas tuberculo com- 
presso munitum, antice emarginatum : lobis divaricatis ; labro 
intermedio triangulari. Mandibul<x magnae, crassas, trigonae, 
cdentulae, supra rugolosae, apice acutae. Antemice articulis, 

primo 



Mi\ Kirby's Century of Tj^^eefs. 


m 

prime elongate excepto, obconicis, tertio seqiientibus longiori, 
octavo elongate clavato ties ultimos brevissimos excipiente, et 
clavam subsolidam quasi petiolatam simul formante. Thorax 
medio postice elevato-lineatus: dorso utrinque nodosus, lateri- 
bus bispinosis: spina anteriori longiori emarginata, sub spinas 
latera deflexa varie plicata. Elytra oblonga, rugosa, seriatim 
spinosa: seriebus tribus, duabus interioribus anum versus ab- 
breviatis, exteriori dimidiata; spinis acutis. Serierum intersti- 
tia seriatim nodulosa. Elytrorum latera et apex deflexa. 

This species, as well as that which precedes it, would in a mo¬ 
dern system doubtless form two genera, from the remarkable dif¬ 
ference in their mandibles. But since, in a late number of Ger- 
mar's Magazin der Entomologie (Zwieter Band, p. 339) the names 
of 52 genera of Curculionidee are given, amongst which these may 
probably be included, I judged it best to give them for the pre¬ 
sent as Curculiones, 

Amico mihi semper facili et benevolo aiictori Enlomologice Britan- 
nieoe celehri hoc insectum sacrum esse votui. 

elegans. 78. C. angustus, viridi-auratus, thorace vittis quatuor, 
elytris plurimis atris. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 12 . 

Long. corp. (Rostro incluso) Jin. 7i» 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Animal elegantissimuro, statura fere C. Sprengleri, sed angustius. 
Corpus ovato-lanceolatum, angustum, squamulis viridi-auratis 
micans, subtus subvillosum; lateribus nigro maculatis. Rostrum 
tetragonum, supra carinatura. Antennce clava lanceolata, qua- 
driarticulata. Thorax subcylindricus, vittis alternis atris et viri¬ 
di-auratis : his nigro punctatis, eleganter variatus. Elytra vittis, 
3 L 2 lineolis, 



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Mr, Kirby’s Century of Insects, 

lineolis, maculisque, atris et viridi-aureis quasi tessellata. Tedes 
villosi. ventrali ultimo supra carinato. Scxus 

alter segmento abdominis anali piano et minime carinato. 

{Ceramhycidce,') 

Prionus Fabr. 

Spencii. 79. P. thorace inermi carinato, testaceo : vittis duabus 
nigris, elytris nigris : fascia obliqua fulva. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 13. 

Long. corp. lin 16. 
lldbiiat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus oblongum, nigrum, glabrum. Caput testaceum utrinque 
postice nigrum. Lahrum transversum, breve, parvum. Man- 
dihulce porrectae, testaceae, edentulae, apice incurvse nigrm, acu- 
tissimm. transversum. apice bidentatae: dente 

exterior! majori. Antenna thorace paulo longiores, cornpressce, 
siibserratae, pilosse, nigrae : articulo primo subtus flavo. Thorax 
transversus, confluenter punHatissimus, antice emarginatus, 
postice sublobatus : lobo intermedio rotundato, lateralibus ob- 
tusis, testaceus: maculis binis oblongis dorsalibus nigris ; mar- 
gine lateral! reflexo undante, sinuato, dorso tricarinatus : cari- 
nis lateralibus arcuatis antice abbreviatis. Elytra confluenter 
punctulaiissima, nigra: fascia magna, media, obliqua, fulva, 
prope suturam carina dorsali. Pectus testaceum, utrinque ma¬ 
cula nigra. Postpectus inter pedes flavescens. Femora apice 
testacca, medio longitudinaliter flavum. 

Viro in Entomologia apprime docto, oculatissimo, coadjutori strenuo 
ntilissimo amicissimo Gulielmo Spence, S.L.S. hocinsectum ah amico 
suo dicattir. 


Lamia 



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430 


Lamia Fabr. 

spccuUfera. 80. L. cinerea, thorace, elytrisque basi, spinosis, his 
lunula laevigata nitidissima. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

AfSnis vicletur L, tribulo et horrida Fabr. sed penitus distincta. 
Corpus oblonguni, ex pilis tenuissimis decunibentibus cinereuni, 
pilis longioribus rectis sparsis subhirtum. Caput inter oculos 
sparse punctatum, piloso-fuscum : fascia inter antennas pallida. 
Mandibulce nigrae, laevissimse. AntenncB mediocres, piloso-ci- 
nereee, subtus hirsutae. Thorax subcyliiidricus : spina elongata 
ascendente acutissima apice nigra utrinque armatns, spinis in- 
super quatuor, antico obsoletissimo, brevissimis dorsalibus in 
rhombum ordinatis, linea elevata inter se et cum lateralibus 
connexis. Scutellum quadratuni, fuscum. Elytra basi spinis 
duabus validis acutis, anterior! humerali, oblique positis ar- 
mata, lunula longitudinali, laevigata, glaberrima, nitidissima, 
fusca, speculum instar micanti notanda, apice spina lateral! 
mucronata. 

annulicornis. 81. L. plumbea, thorace spinoso, utrinque albo, 
elytris carinatis latere albidis, antennis an- 
nulatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 8|. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, nigrum, ex pube brevissima plumbeum. Caput 
sub oculos et linea intermedia piloso-album, supra canaliciila- 
tum. Mandibulre apice bidentatae. Antenna breviores, nigrie : 
articulis basi albis, intermediis subtus atro-barbatis. Thorax 

lateribus 



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iateribus piloso-albis, postice spina obtusa armatis. Elytra line- 
aria, apice paulo laliora rotundata, punctatissima, apud latus, 
apice excepto, piloso-alba. Anus siibtus ex pilis albus. Pedes 
basi fulvi. 

^ragifera. 82. L. fusca, thorace subspinoso, elytris apice cristatis, 
basi tuberculo fragiformi. 

Long. corp. lin. 9- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus oblongum, subtus disco villoso-fulvescenti, supra ex pilis 
cinerascente-fuscum nigro subnebulosum. Caput subinflexum. 

lata3, edentulae, nigr8e. Ferto canaliculatus : punc- 
tis binis obliquis atris. Antennce breviores, ex tuberculo pro- 
venientes : articulis fuscis, basi pallidis ; primo apice valde in- 
crassato fulvo. subquadratum, fulvo-pilosurn. Elytra 

fusca, subnebulosa, rugosa, apice cristata ; crista pilis coronata; 
lineola transversa alba antice adjacente, postice tuberculo 
magno hemisphaerico frijgijQixuu, .sel tuberculis pluribus mino- 
ribus aciniformibus exasperate. Humeri etiani elylrorum tu- 
berculato-rugosi. Pedes nebulosi. 

aculeicornis. 83. L. oblonga cinerea, thorace spinoso, elytris basi 
suberistatis, antennis apice unguiculatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Valde affinis L. ScorpionU sed multo minor, elytris basi tantum 
cristatis. Corpus totum cinereum, nec subtus et thorace album. 
Tibice item anticae haud dilatatae—alias simillima. 

This insect, as well as Lamia Scorpio, exhibits a most extraordi¬ 
nary character; the terminal joint of the antennae exactly resem¬ 
bles 



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bles a claw, such as arms the tarsi of many insects. This charac¬ 
ter, perhaps, would indicate a separate genus, but in every other 
respect these are true Lamia. What may be the use of this claw 
is not ascertained; it is probably for the purpose of laying hold 
of surfaces. 

Cerambyx Linn. 

hirticornis. 84. C. ater, thorace sexspinoso testaceo nigro macu- 
lato, elytris testaceis dimidiato-nigris, anten- 
nis barbatis. 

Long. corp. Jin. li. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Affinis Cerambyci barbicorni. Corpus oblongum, subdepressum, 
atrum. Caput suborbiculatum ; gula mandibulisque testaceis, 
supra velutino-atrum : vitta media obscuriuscula fulvo-aurea. 
Gence apice bidentatae : dente exterior! majori. Antenna me- 
diocres, atrae: articulis intermediis birds, subtus barbatis- Tho-> 
7'ax obtuse sexspinosus : spinis quatuor obtusis lateralibus, ante- 
rioribus brevioribus, et unica utrinque postice in dorso, testace- 
us : macula magna dorsal! subtriangulari vittisque duabus late¬ 
ralibus, nigris. Scutellum testacea: apice late 

humerisque velutino-atris: linea dorsali elevata longitudinal! 
sinuata glabra apicem baud attingente. Femora basi testacea. 
Sternum et Foststernum elevata obtusa: hoc antice excavato. 

Stenocorus Fabr. 

hirtus. 85. St. piceo-aeneus, hirtus, thorace submutico, elytris 
maculis duabus pallidis. 

Long. corp. lln. llj. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, nigro-piceum, aeneo tinctum, pilis cinereis longi- 

usculis 



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Mr, Kirby's Century of Imecls. 

usculis sparsis hirtum. Caput horizontale, inter ociilos canali- 
culatum. Gen(B apice spina armatae. Anteruus articulis infe- 
rioribus apice spinosis. Thorax punctatus, cjlindricus, utrin- 
que bituberculatus, dorso tuberculis quinque laevibus glabris 
in quincunce ordinatis. Scutellum sericenm, pallidum. Elytra 
punctata: macula intermedia irregular! obliqua exterius ramum 
emittente, aliaque apicis angulata, pallidis, apice bispinosa. 

Saperda Fabr. 

hirsulicornis, 85. S. nigra, thorace elongate, utrinque vitta ar- 
gentea, coleoptrisque aurea, antennis medio 
fasciculatiin barbatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 9- 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, angustatum, obscurum, nigrum. Caput inclina- 
tum, vel declive. Palpi labiales maxillaribus longiores. An^ 
tenna mediocres, piceae, articulis tribus intermediis elongatis 
sulcatis, atro fasciculato-hirsutis. Thorax elongatus, cylindri- 
cus, infra apicem constrictus, utrinque linea pallida piloso-ar- 
gentea. Elytra dorso plana, latere deflexa: vitta angusta in¬ 
termedia piloso-aurea. Femora filiformia apice clavata: clava 
lanceolata. 

scopulicornis. 87. S. rufo-picea, thorace elongate, eljtris vitta au¬ 
rea, antennis articulo quinto apice scopula 
stellari. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Affinis preecedenti. Corpus lineare, angustatum, totum rufo-pi- 
ceum, obscurum. AtUennee mediocres, subtus pilis longis spar- 
sis, barbatas: articulo quinto apice scopula quinque-radiata, 

sive 



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sive ex fasciculis quinque pilorum nigrorum divergentium con- 
stante. Thorax antice et postice constrictus. Elytra vitta dor- 
sali angustissima utrinque abbreviata, pallide aurea. Femora 
fere ut in prsecedente. 

Necydalis Linn. 

aurulenta. 88. N. aureo-pubescens, elytris subiilatisfulvis : vitta 
laterali furcata nigra, antennis apice extiis ser- 
ratis. 

Long. corp. lin. 10. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus pube fulvo-aurea vestitum. Caput inter oculos carinatum ; 
carinacanaliculata,pone antennas pube subferruginea. AnieniKZ 
thorace longiores, sensim crassiores, nigrae, apice extus serrata?. 
Thorax subglobosus, depressus, pube aurea et fusco-ferruginea 
nebulosus, postice constrictus : lineis tribus dorsalibus elevatis; 
exterioribus arcuatis, glabris lajvibus, postice utrinque spatio 
glabro, excavato-punctato. Elytra subulata, corpore paulo bre- 
viora, fulva, punctata: vitta niarginali antice furcata, sutura- 
que nigris. Fedes rufi: femoribus tibiisque medio nigricantibiis. 
Femora quatuor anteriora incrassata, postica clavata. Tthicc 
posticse apice barbatse. Abdomen rufum, aureo-pubescens. 

barbkrus. 89. N. nigra, elytris abbreviatis subulatis, macula ha- 
mata alba, tibiis posticis undique barbatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus lineare, angustum, nigrum, subtus piloso-incanum. Caput 
punctulatum, inter oculos canaliculatura. Antennct breviores, 
extrorsum crassiores, apice intus serratse, rufo fuscoque variae. 

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Thorax brevis, subcjlindricus, reticulato-punctatus: piiiictis 
papillatis, postice utrinque tuberculo dorsali Isevi. Elytra bre- 
vissima, subulata, punctatissima: vitta antice intus uncinata 
et ia medio obtusangula, laevi, pallida. Eedes postici testacei; 
tibiis, basi iiuda excepta, undique atro dense barbatis. Anus 
riifus. 

{CrioceridcB.) 

Megalopus Oliv. 

scxmaculatus. 90. M. fiavus, subtiis fascia, capitis vertice, thora¬ 
cis dorso, coleoptrisqae maculis sex, atris. 

Long. corp. lin. 5. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus oblongiim, flavum, punctulatum : punctulis piligeris. Ca¬ 
put triangiilare, postice inter oculos nigrum. Antennae nigra 3 . 
Co//«w dorso nigro. T/iomr teretiusculus, antice constrictus: 
dorso macula, utrinque angulata postice rotundata, nigra. Ely¬ 
tra fascia humeralb maculaque magna medii et apicis, Jineola- 
que marginis, atris. P^s^ecffiTfascia lata ntfr^'.” TihicB 
arcuatse, tarsique omnes, nigra. Femora postica valde incras- 
sata. 

(Hispidce.) 

Alurnus Labr. 

rosiratus. 91. A. fronte rostrata, supra testaceus, thorace vitta 
dorsali elytris apice, corporeque nigris. 

Long. corp. lin. 7. 

Ilabitat—T -Ex JVIussbo E. Erury. 

Corpus lineare, angustum, glabrum, atrum. Caput rufum,clypeo in 
rostrum breve apice truncatum, supra sulco exaratum nigrum, 
subtus declive rufum, producto. O 5 sub capite inter oculos. Ati- 

tennce 



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tenna in nostro specimine desunt. OcuU magni, laterales. Thorax 
planiusculus, quadratus: angulis anticis truncatis, postice sub- 
lobatus, confluenter excavato-punctatus, rufus: vitta dorsali 
nigra. Elytra striata: striis lineis elevatis decussatis, unde exca- 
vato*punctat8e, rufa, apice nigra. Pectus rufum. Alee nigrae. 
This insect, which I purchased from the late Mr. Drurj's col¬ 
lection, appears to vary both from Alurnus and Hispa, and might 
perhaps constitute a new genus; but as my specimen has no an¬ 
tennae, I have for the present considered it as an Alurnus. 

(Chrysomelidce.) 

Lamprosoma Kirby, 

Lahrum subquadratum, apice deflexum. 

Labium minutissimum, oblongum. 

Mandibulee apice incumbentes, edentulae. 

Palpi crassi, subclavati. 

Mentum minutissimum, oblongum. 

Antennce subclavatae : clava compressa subserrata. 

Corpus hemisphaericum fere, dorso gibbo. 

Caput inliexum, a thorace receptum. 

Thorax postice lobatus. 

One species of this genus has been described by Tabricius as a 
Chrysomela (C. Globus), and another by Olivier as a Eumolpus 
(E. globosus). It exhibits much more affinity to Clytra, from which 
however it is sufficiently distinguished by its labrum, mandibulae, 
and palpi, as well as by the globose form of its body. 

bicolor. 92. L. supra cupreo-fulgidum, subtus cyaneum. 

Plate XXII. Pio. 15. 

Long. corp. lin. 4^. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

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446 


Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects, 

Corpus subglobosum, antice angulatum, glaberrimiim, subtiis cy- 
aneuin, supra nitidissimum splenclore cupreo fiilgidum. Caput 
suborbiculatum, deflexum, punctulatum, inter oculos fovea ob- 
Jonga impressum. Os nigrum : mandibulis validis apice rotun- 
datis. Antennce. capile vix longiores, nigrae: articulo primo 
rnagno subcompresso, subrhomboidali, vel antice et postice ob- 
tusangulo, secundo brevi et fere conieo, quarto minutissimo 
subgloboso, sequentibus tribus brevibus obconicis; reliquis 
majoribus subtriangularibus, clavam compressam subserratam 
formantibns. Oci/Zi magni, laterales, subreniformes. Thorax 
lice emarginatus, postice lobatus : lobo apice rotundato, lateri- 
biis obliquis, supra punctulatus. Scutellum minutissirnum, acu¬ 
minatum. Coleoptra dorso gibbo, punctato-striata, lateribus 
angiilata. Sternum oblongum, punctatum. Pedes violacei. Fe¬ 
mora subtus pro receptione tibiarurn longitudinaliter excavata. 
Tihice apice vix calcaratae. 

Chlamys Knocb. 

Bacca. 93. Ch. atra, supra cupreo-aurata, thorace bilobo, ely- 
tris rnuricatis punctatis : sutura denticulata. 

Long. corp. lin. 4. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

i\nimal singulare, baccam rubicundam acinis constantem super- 
ficie rugoso simulans. Corpus crassum, subquadratum, fere 
pentagonum, glabrum, subtus punctatum, atrum, supra obscure 
cupreo-auratum, sericeum. Caput orbiculatum, deflexum, fere 
totum in thorace receptum, quasi concentrice rugulosum : cly- 
peo distincto, subtriangulari, punctato. Lahrum subquadratum, 
rufum. Palpi subfiliformes, labiaks articulo secundo baud extus 
producto. Labium, rufum, emarginatum. Antenna rufo-piceae, 
subserratae; articulo primo elongato clavato arcuato. Thorax 


minu- 



447 


Mr, Kirby’s Century of Insects. 

minutissime rugulosus, cupreo-auratus, dorso elevato bilobo: 
lobis emarginatis, antice constrictns, postice lobatus, lobo bifi- 
do. Coleoptra quadrata, tuberculato-muricata: tubercidis sub- 
trigonis, anlicis acutis, reliquis obtAisis anteriiis excavatis ; su- 
turis denticulatis, lateribns profunde sinuata. Sternum ele- 
vatum, os cJaudens. Femora subtiis cnprea, pro receptione ti- 
biarum longiiudinaliter excavata. Anus inflexus. Seg?nenta 
antica brevissima, et quasi plicata, anali profunde excavato. 

This species seems to differ from the others of the genus in the 
structure of its labial palpi, since they are not at all furcated. 
Whether the other species have the sutures denticulated I do not 
know, having only this species of the genus. Olivier does not no¬ 
tice it. ’idle circumstance is so unique and remarkable, that if 
they have it not, it would indicate that C. Bacca belongs to a 
distinct genus. 

(Choj'agidce.) 

CiioiiAGUs Kirby. 

Falpi subsetacei: articulo exlimo acuto. 

Antenna clavatm: clava triarticulata, basi articulis duobus pri- 
mis incrassatis. 

Corpus cylindricum. 

Caput inflexum : clypeo elongate. 

i\fter repeated examinations under a powerful magnifier, I have 
not been able clearly to discover more than three joints in the 
tarsi of this insect; but Mr. Curtis in one tarsus detected four. 
Indeed its general habit, &c. connect it with the Tetramera, espe¬ 
cially Cis and Cryptocephalus: it will not however well arrange 
under any of the present families of that section of Coleoptera ; I 
have therefore considered it as the type of a new one, to which 
some other nondescript genera in my cabinet belong. 



44a 


Mr. Kirby’s Century of Insects. 


Sheppardi. 94. Ch. 

Plate XXII. Fig. 14. 

Long. corp. lin. f. 

Habitat in Anglia. Apud Offton in SufFolcia a D. Sheppard 
rarius lectus, strenue saltans. 

Corpus oblonguin, cylindricuin, piceiim, pilositate parva obscu- 
rum. Caput subinflexum, subtriangulare, punctulatissimurn : 
clypeo piano subelongato. MandibulcE acutae, edentulae. Palpi 
subsetacei: articulo exlimo acuto et fere subulato. Antenncz 
thoracis fere longitudine, nigrae: articulis duobus primis magnis 
incrassatis rufis, tertio brevi obconico, quarto subelongato cylin- 
drico, sequentibus quatuor obconicis, tribus ultimis praeceden- 
tibus subito raajoribus, nono et decinio obconicis extimo fere 
ovato, clavam laxani efforniantibus. OcuU subrotundi, plani- 
usculi. Thorax ex globoso conicus, convexns, punctulatissi- 
mus : puncto utroque sub lente forti centro eminenti. Scutel- 
lum vix ullum. Coleoptra oblonga, striata : striis punctatis. Ti~ 
bice rufae submuticae. T ajji Hem rufi: articulo interinedio reli- 
quis latiori. Unguiculi duo brevissimi. 

Pntomologo cordato oculatissimo Ilevetto Sheppardo, A.13. S.L.S. 
hoc imectum ab ipso soliunmodo adhuc mventum, et mihi benevole com'- 
municatum, merito dicatur^ 

OPtTHOPTERA. 

Blatta. 

Mouffeti. 95. B. fusca, thorace antice reflexo utrinque angulato. 
Mouffet 130, fig. infima. 

Kirby and Spence Introduct. to Tlntomology^ ii. 329. 

Long. corp. lin. 22. 

Habitat in Brasilia frequens. D. Hancock. 

Corpus 



449 


Mr. Kirby’s Cenim'^ of Insecls. 

Corpus depressum, totum fuscum, obscuriim. Caput utrinque 
sub oculos apuci antennarum basin interne puncto pallido. 
Thorax supra rugosus, antice fulvus; margine antico emargi- 
nato, et laterali excise, redexis pallid is, disco gibbus. Tarsi 
articulis omnibus pulvillatis. 

Var. /3. Elytris, thoraceqiie luridis. 

Mantis. 

sinuata. 96. M. fusco-cinerea, oculis spinosis, eljtris siuuatis ala¬ 
rum longitudine. 

Long. corp. lin. 24. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock, ? in Mus. D. MacLeay. 

Affinis M. oculatcB et lobata, Fabr. Folium aridum exactissime re- 
fert. Corpz/5fusco-cinereuriijobscurum. Oculi ovales, spina acuta 
sursum terminati. Aniennce setosae, fulvae, submoniliformes: ar¬ 
ticulis ultra 30 brevissiinis turbinato-conicis. Thorax utrinque 
ante medium in angulum obtusum dilatatus. Brachia fulves- 
cunt. Elytra longitudine alarum, latere externo sinu magno 
posterius excisa. AI(B fusco maculatae. Abdomen fuscum. 

? . 

Antennae medio crassiores, duodecim-articulatae : articulo primo 
crassiori longiori cylindrico, secundo rninimo cylindrico, tertio 
elongate subclavato, reliquis cylindricis, ultimis quinque mag- 
nitudine sensim decrescentibus. 

Those Mantes whose eyes terminate in a spine seem to form a 
separate family from the rest, if they may not rather be considered 
as a genus; for, besides the above singular character afforded by 
the eyes, their antennae are very different both in the number and 
form of the joints of which they are composed. 


HEMI- 



450 


Mr. Kirby's Century of Inseeh. 


HEMIPTERA. 

Eulgora. 

Lafhbiirii, 97* F.fronte rostrata ascendente,elytris viridibus,albo 
flavoque ocellatis, alis luteis apice nigris. 

Long. corp. lin. 18. 

Habitat in China. Ex Mus. D. Lathbury. 

Affinis F.candelaricB^ sed rostrum supra nigrum, apice tantum nifo. 
Truncus disco nigro. Ehjtra nigro-viridia : vasis luteis, maculis 
pluribus sparsis ocellaribus, pupilla lutea, iride alba. Puncta 
queedam alba in margine interiori. Abdomen pallidum, nigro 
maculosum. 

ARACHNIDES Lamarck. 

(Phala?igidce,) 

Gonyleptes Kirb}". 

Character essentialis. 

Mandibul<z chelatac. 

Palpi unguiculati. 

Tarsi 6 —10-articulati. • 

Character naturalis. 

Corpus triangulare. Caput thorace multo angustius, et ab illo 
linea impressa obtusangula: angulo anum spectante separa¬ 
tum, antice in medio biemarginatum, utrinque rectum, tuber- 
culo vel cornu dorsali basi oculigero : oculis binis rotundis pro- 
minulis, armatum. Mandibulce inflexae, biarticulatae : articulo 
primo subito apice valde incrassato, ultimo subovato chelato. 
MaxillcE nullae, ni coxae pedum anticorum pro maxillis habendae. 
Labium pectorale, pharynge duplici. Palpi quinque-articulati, 
incurvi: articulo primo fere obcampanulato, secundo longiori 
subcylindrico, tertio brevi incurvo, quarto crassiori subcylin- 

drico, 


451 


3Ir. Kirby's Century of Insects'. 

drico, intus aculeato: aculeis pluribus setiformibus mobile 
bus, ultimo subovato intus aculeato, apice iinguiculalo: un- 
gue incurvo. Thorax suborbiculatus: lateribus marginatis in- 
crassatis. Pedes octo: coxis sex anterioribus arcuatis basi 
subcoalitis, intermediis longioribus, posticis duobus maximis 
cum postpectore coalitis et vix linea impressa separatis, extror- 
, sum rotundatis, supra apice spina valida armatis, trocbanteri- 
bus brevibus cylindricis, femoribus cylindricis: posterioribus 
spinosis genubus convergentibus, tibiis triarticulatis: articulo 
primo brevi incrassato campanulato, secundo tenuiori longiori 
cylindrico, tertio gracili longo filiformi apice bicalcarato, tarsis 
filiformibus pilosis: anticis sexarticulatis, antepenultimis sep- 
tem- vel undecim-articulatis, penultimis brevioribus sex- vel 
septera-articulatis, posticis octo-articulatis : articulo primo ob- 
soletiusculo, secundo reliquis longiori, penultimo brevissirno. 
Tarsi omnes unguiculati, sed in quatuor anterioribus unguicu- 
lus internus obsoletus. Sternum inter pedes sex anteriores an- 
gustissimum, subcuneiforme. Poststernum inter coxas posticas 
et ab eis linea impressa levi separatum, fere sagittatum, postice 
utrinque spiraculo lunari pertusum. Abdo?nen brevissimum, 
interdum retractum, segmentis brevissimis et quasi plicatis, 
dorsalibus quatuor, ventralibus sex, analibus majoribus. 

This genus belongs to Latreille's Arachnides TrachSennes Hole- 
tres, and should come before Phalangium^ to which it is nearly re¬ 
lated. It is sufficiently distinguished from that genus by its tri¬ 
angular body, immense posterior coxae coalite with the postpec- 
tus and §carcely separated from it, except anteriorly, even by an 
impressed line; and more particularly by not having more than 
eleven joints in any of its tarsi. The third joint of the tibiae may 
by some perhaps be regarded as the first joint of the tarsus, but 

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452 


Mr Kirey^s Century of Insects, 

the spurs which arm its apex sufficiently prove that it belongs to 
the tibiae. The knees of the hind-legs of these extraordinary in¬ 
sects converge; and being armed with spines, seem adapted to 
catch or retain their prey; and probably on this account it is that 
the coxae of these legs are so strong. 

It seems to me that this genus and Phalangium, instead of 
coming after the Pycnogonidce, as Latreille has arranged them, 
should precede those marine animals, since their affinity to the 
spider tribe, scorpions, &c., is much greater. 

aculeatus, 98. G. cornu oculigero inclinato, thorace acule^to: 

aculeo incurvo, coxis posticis extus spina bi- 
dentata. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus glabrum, laeve, obscurum, fusco-rufum. Caput cornu dor¬ 
sal! oculigero elevato, acuto, inclinato. Thorax subnebulo- 
sus, transverse seriatim nodulosus: margine lateral! exteriori 
pallide fiavo, interior! incrassato noduloso, postice in medio 
spina aculeiformi validissima, incurva, acuta, basi sinistrorsum 
bidentata, dextrorsum unidentata terminatus. Pedes sordide 
pallid!: coxis fuscis, penultimis postice pectinatis: pectine 
fixo sexdentato, posticis extus spina robustissima apice bi¬ 
dentata armatis. Femora postica fusca, nodulosa, subtus prope 
basin spina validissima obtusa pluribusque aliis minoribus uni- 
caque dorsal! armata. Genua item intus bispindsa. Tihiee, pos^ 
ticcB articulis duobus primis nodulosis, intus acute spinosis. 
Abdomen inter coxas retractum et quasi intrusum. 

horridus, 99* G. cornu oculigero brevi bidentato, thorace tuber- 
culis binis, coxisque posticis spina furcata, ar¬ 
matis. 


Plate 



Mr. Kirby's Ceniury of Tmccts. 453 

Plate XXIL Fig. 16, 

Long. corp. lin. 6|. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus fusco-rufum, glabrum, laeve, obscurum. Caput elevatum : 
cornu oculigero brevissimo bidentato: dentibus distanlibiis. 
Thorax postice tuberculis binis dorsalibus elevatis, in margine 
punctis elevatis pallidis. Puncta quaedam alia elevata in tho- 
race notanda. Pedes elongati. Coxcc posticce extiis spina elon- 
gata apice furcata terminantur. Trochanteres et femora postica 
spinosa: spinis pluribus longitudine variis; iinica prope basin 
elongata hinc emarginata. Sternum tricarinatum. Abdomen 
apertum: segmentis dorsalibus punctis elevatis callosis albis 
notatis. 

Var. /3. Abdomine subtus fusco rufoque marmorato. 

scaher, 100. G. cornu oculigero bifido, thoracis disco seriatim 
tuberculato, coxis posticis spina apice recurva. 

Long. corp. lin. 3|. 

Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

Corpus griseum, obscurum, subtus subsetosum et granulis sca- 
brum. Caput cornu oculigero elevato apice bispinoso. Thorax 
postice tuberculis quatuor oblongis magnis: anterioribus mi- 
noribus, aliisque quatuor parvis hemisphaericis, per paria lon- 
gitudinaliter ordinatis. In margine laterali et angulis posticis 
puncta elevata pallida fere ocelliformia. Coxa postica spinis 
externis apice recurvis. Femora postica spinosissima: spina 
elongata basis apice difFracta. Abdomen fere verticale, baud 
retractum, scabrum. 


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XXVIll. A 



( 454 ) 


XXVIII. A Description of several new Species of Insects collected 
in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. 
By the Rev. William Kirby, M.A. F.R. and L.S. 

Read February 17 , 1818. 

No country has produced more novelties in every department of 
Natural History than New Holland; and the plants and animals 
of that insular continent, if I may so speak, are most of them of 
a peculiar character. Even such as are most nearly related to 
those of other climates usually exhibit some diagnostic that se¬ 
parates them from their correlatives, and indicates the region that 
gave them birth. Thus, the Rhipicerce of New Holland are distin¬ 
guished from those of South America by the teeth that arm the 
inside of their mandibles: their Liicani, {L. nebulosus Kirby, at 
least,) from those of other countries by their recurved mandibles 
and emarginate mentum. Not to mention the differences that 
separate Anoplognaihiis from Geniates and Riitela, or Scarabceus 
proboscideus from its alBriities Sc.mobilicornis, quadridens, See. 

Mr. Brown, (who has so ably illustrated the Flora of New Hol¬ 
land, and whose observations and discoveries have diffused so 
much new light over the science of Botany,) when in that country 
did not overlook its zoological productions, and amongst other 
subjects collected many new and singular species of insects. 
Desirous of having these treasures described, and his time and 
attention,—to the great benefit of the botanical world,—being de¬ 
voted 




Mi\ Kirby’s Description of several new Species of Insects, 455 

voted to another science; though fully competent to the task him¬ 
self, he has requested me to lay a description of them before the 
Linnean Society, which I shall now do to the best of my ability, 
adhering to the plan begun in my former paper. 

COLEOPTERA pentamera. 

(Buprestidis.) 

Buprestis Linn. 

cruentata, 1. B. viridis, elytris subacuminatis violaceis: fasciis 
duabus, maculaque antica laterali, sanguineis. 

Plate XXllI. Fig. 1. 

Long. corp.Jin. 4. 

Parva sed pulcherrima. Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, nitidum, 
punctulatissimum, glabrum, amoene viride. Caput triangulare, 
inter oculos impressum, postice canaliculatum. Antennae ca- 
pite vix longiores, nigrae. Thorax linea angustissima dorsali 
longitudinal! laevi. triangulare: disco excavato. Dly- 

fra striata : striis punctatis, violacea ; fasciis duabus, anteriori 
subsinuata, postica lunata, maculaque sub humero cum fascia 
antica connexa> sanguineis. Inter fascias color violaceus ely- 
trorum vergit in purpureum. Elytrorum apex subacuminatus. 

tricolor, B. viridi-aurata, elytris bidentatis, flavis: litura basis, 
sutura, fascia, maculaque apicis, violaceis. 

Long. corp. lin. 5|. 

Corpus subdepressum, oblongum, punctulatum, subtus viridi*au- 
ratum: pube parva albida. Caput inter oculos impressum, 
postice canaliculatum. Antennce nigv?d. Thorax d&neus: late- 
ribus sordide flavis, postice paulo latior: puncto medio im- 
presso. 6'ci/fe/to triangulari-Gordatum, viride: disco impresso. 

Elytra 



45G Mr, Ki RBY’s Description of several new Species of Lisecfs 

Elytra striata: striis punctatis; interstitiis punctis sparsis, sor- 
dide flava: litura lateral! postice liamata basis, sutura late, 
fascia angulata pone medium, maculacjue apicis subtriangulari, 
cnin macula elytri alterius lunulam formante, purpurascente- 
violaceis, vel cruce obversa lunula coronata. 

phaorhcea. 3. B. viridi-aurata,elytris bidentatis subsulcatis luteis, 
apice fusco-purpurascentibus. 

Plate XXIII. Fig. 2. 

Long. corp. lin. 4^. 

Insectum elegans. Corpus lineari-oblongum, subdepressum, punc- 
tulatum, glabrum, nitidum, viridi-auratum. Caput canalicu- 
latum. AntenncB viridi-aeneas. Thorax antice submarginatus, 
postice latior subtrilobus, utrinque puncto major! foveolaque 
dorsal! impressus. Scutellim triangulare, viridi-auratum, disco 
impressum. Elytra subsulcata: sulcis punctatis; interstitiis 
sparse punctatis, obscuriuscula, pallide lutea, apice late fusco- 
purpurascentia, spinis duobus distantibus terminata. 

rufipennis, 4. B.atra nitida, elytris bidentatis sanguineis ; sutura 
nigra. 

Long. corp. lin. 7. 

Corpus lineari-oblongum, subdepressum, punctulatum, glabrum, 
nitidum, atrum. Caput inter oculos longitudinaliter impres¬ 
sum. Thorax sparse punctatus, postice sublobatus, utrinque 
obtusangulus; lateribus fovea profunde excavatis. Punctum 
impressum aqte scutellum, et unum utrinque in ipso margine 
postico. striata : striis punctatis, sanguinea: sutura atra, 

apice bidentata: dentibus brevissimis approximate. 

decemmaculata, 5. B. sulpburea, elytris tridentatis atris : maculis 
quinque luteis, pedibus violaceis. 


Plate 



457 


collected in New Holland hy Mr. Robert Brown, 

Plate XXIII. Fig. 3. 

Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Corpus Vinean-ohlongum, piinctulatum, glabrum, obscuriusculum, 
subtus sulphureum. Caput nigro-aeneum, inter oculos postice 
canalicnlatum : antice macula Janceolata sulphurea. Antennce 
nigrae. Thorax nigro-seneus : lateribus sulphureis, dorso obso¬ 
lete canaliculatus, ante scutellum impressus. Sciitellum trian- 
gulare, atrurn : disco antice impresso. Elytra striata: striis 
punctatis, atra: maculis quinque luteis, prima nempe subro¬ 
tunda ad scutellum, secunda oblonga lateral! ad humeros, ter- 
tia transversa ante medium, quarta lunata pone medium, ultimo 
in apice subtriangulari minori, luteis. Apex ipse dentibus tri¬ 
bus parvis, intermedio longiori, armatus. Postpecfus medio et 
lateribus macula nigra. Pedes violacei. 

cuprifera, 6. B. supra nigro-osnea, rugulosa, elytris serrulatis : 

vitta lateral! cupreo-aurata, margine violaceo. 

Long. corp. lin. 5|. 

Corpus oblongum, depressum,subtus nitidum,viridi-8eneum,punc- 
tulatum, parva pube pilosulum, supra minutissime rugulosum, 
nigro-aeneum, obscuriusculum, glabrum. Caput inter oculos 
punctis impressis valde excavatis quasi reticulatum. Antemice 
thoracis fere longitudine, filiformes, subserratae. Thorax trans- 
versus, utrinque postice subimpressus. Scutellum minutissimum, 
apice rotundatum, laevissimum. Elytra acuta, a medio fere ad 
apicern minutissime serrulata: vitta lateral! subflexuosa fulgide 
cuprea : margo ipse lateralis violaceus. 

cupriceps, 7. B. viridi-aurata, elytris serratis punctato-striatis, 
capite cupreo, ano bispinoso. 

Long. corp. lin. 5L 

Corpus 



458 Mr, Kirby\s Description of several new Specks of Insects 

Corpus lineari-lanceolatum, subdepressuni, punctatiim, nitichiiii, 
viridi-auratum. Caput obscuro-cupreum. Antennce filifornies, 
aeneae, subserratae. Thorax postice latior, puncto impresso ante 
scutellum. Scutellum subquadratum. Elptra seriatim punc¬ 
tata, basi impressa, a medio serrata, apice truncata, trispinosa. 
Anus spinis duabus minutis armatus. 

fssiceps, 8. B. aenea, elytris integerrimis sericcis substriatis, basi 
lobatis, capite emarginato. 

Plate XXIII. Fig. 4. 

Long. corp. lin. 4, 

Corpus oblongum, subdepressum, aeneum, subtus albido-pilosum. 
Caput inter oculos profunde impressum, quasi bifidum, in val- 
leculae fundo carinatum. Antennce filiformes baud serratae. 
Thorax lineolis plurimis dorso concentricis insculptus, postice 
lobatus : lobo truncate. minutum acuminatum. E/y- 

tra striato-punctata : punctis quasi concatenatis, rugulis trans- 
versis minutissimis sericea, basi apud scutellum lobata: lobo 
rotundato. 

(Cebrionidee,) 

Rhipicera Latr. 

femorata, 9* R» atra, thorace elytrisque punctis albis irroratis, 
femoribus rufis. 

Long. corp. lin. 8. 

Habitat in Australasias insulis dictis Kenfs Islands in freto dicto 
Bass’s Straits. 

R. mystacince affinis. Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, nigrum, 
subtus pube albida incanum. Caput punctulatum, inter an¬ 
tennas impressum. Antennce multiarticulatae, atrae, flabellatae : 
ramulis ultra 30 linearibus compressis elongatis, primis qua- 

tuor 



4-59 


collected in New Holland hy Mr. Robert Brown. 

tuor abbreviatis. Mandibulce protensae, primum divergentes, 
dein convergentes, intus bidentatae : dentibus rotundatis, apice 
acutissimae. Thorax' brevis, subcylindricus, postice paulo latior, 
ante scutelUim impressus, punctis difFormibus piloso-niveis 
utrinque praecipue irroratus. Scutellum rotundatum, disco ex- 
cavatum. Elytra punctata: lineis quinque longitudinalibus 
elevatis interiori postice dimidiata, punctis plurimis sparsis 
piloso-niveis variegata. Femora rufa, apice nigra. 

{Scarahceklce.) 

ScARABiEUs Latr. 

Juba. 10. S. thorace antice retuso subcornuto, clypeo reflexo 
cornu brevi recurvo, eljtris castaneis cinereo-punc- 
tatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 13. 

Habitus fere S. sylvani Fabr., et S. Ascanii Kirby. Corpus obJon- 
gum, nitidum, subtus piceum, pubescens. Caput nigrum, conflti- 
enter punctatum, postice Isevius. Clypeus reflexus, apice trunca- 
tus, cornu brevi punctato, subrecurvo, obtusiusculo armatus. 
Thorax niger, laevis, levissime attarnen et sparse punctulatus: 
punctulis sine lente forti omnino inconspicuis, postice repan- 
dus, antice retusus : fovea parva ; fundo ruguloso. Cornu par- 
vum, brevissimum in ipso margine antico. Elytra castanea, sub- 
seriatim punctata: punctis excavalis pollinoso-cinereis, Tibicc 
anlicse tridentatas. 

Bolboceras Kirby. 

Labrum transversum. 

Labium bipartitum : laciniis oblongo-quadratis. 

Mandibulce cornese, supra concava, altera apice bideiitata; dente 
interiori longiori acute. 

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460 Mr. Kirby^s Description of several nezv Species of Insects 

MaxillzE apice bilobae : lobis ciliatis; interiori minuto, exteriori 
subcuneiformi: anguloapicis intus producto acutissimo. 
Falpi filiformes. 

Mentum subquadratuiii, integrum. 

Antennce imdecim-articulatae : articulo primo subclavato extus 
minutissimo, secundo cylindrico, proximis sex transver- 
sis, ultimis tribus clavam maximam conipressam subor- 
biculatam, pilosam, articulo intermedio suepius penitus 
tecto et abdito, formantibus. 

Geoti^upes Latr. 

Labrum transversum, integrum. 

Labium bifidum : lobis rotundatis. 

Mandibulce corneae, arcuatae, edentulae, acutae, supra concavae. 
Maxillce lobo exteriori trigono, apice scopigero : scopa densa, ri- 
gida, trigona. 

Palpi filiformes. 

Mentum suborbiculatum, apice profunde emarginatum. 

Antennce undecim-arliculatae r articulo primo incrassato clavato 
piloso, secundo brevissimo sequentibus crassiori obco- 
nico, sex proximis magnitudine sensini crescentibus, ul¬ 
timis tribus clavam subovatam obscuram papillosam, 
intermedio semper aperto, formantibus. 

These two sets of characters are designed to point out the dif¬ 
ferences between two distinct families of Scarabceidce that have 
hitherto been considered as belonging to the same genus. Sc. mo- 
bilicornis Linn, (of which Sc. testaceus Fabr. is only a variety), qua- 
dridens Linn., farctus Fabr., Lazarus Fabr., Cyclops Oliv. &c., be¬ 
long to one of these families; and Sc. Typhceus Linn., dispar Fabr., 
Momus Fabr,, stercorarius Linn., foveatus Marsh., Mutator Marsh., 
spkndidus Fabr., sylvaticusYabY., hemisphcericus Oliv., and verna- 

Us 



collected in New Holland hy Mr. Robert Brown, 4f)l 

Its Linn., &c. to the other. Whoever considers these characters, and 
compares these sets of insects with each other, will be immediate! v 
convinced that, according to the modern system, they ought to 
constitute different genera. The mandibula of one side (in some 
the right-hand one and in others the left) bidentate at the apex; 
maxillae with the outer lobe truncated at the apex, the inner angle 
acuminate, and narrowest at the base, and ciliated ; the quadrate 
entire mentum; and above all the compressed, orbiculate, shining, 
punctate, hairy clava of their antennae, the exterior lamellae of 
which usually inclose the intermediate one as entirely as the valves 
of a bivalve shell the animal which inhabits it, distinguish the for¬ 
mer of these tribes, to which I have long given the generic name 
of Bolboceras ; whereas the other, the true Geotrupes, or earth- 
borer, is remarkable for mandibulae without teeth ; maxillae with 
a prismatic exterior lobe terminating in a brush of stiff dense 
hairs; an orbicular deeply-emarginate mentum; labium with 
rounded lobes; and antennae with a subovate clava, the third 
joint of which is always apparent, and all its joints exhibiting a 
downy appearance, but having no hairs. The body of the former 
also is more hemispherical than that of the latter, and the clypeus 
is not rhomboidal. 

Geotrupes vernalis to connect these two genera; its body 

approaching to an hemispherical form ; its labrum, though not 
emarginate, terminating in a concave line; and its mandibulae 
having two teeth at the end. It differs from both in having the 
interior tooth the shortest, and the exterior edge of the mandible 
sinuate. In most other respects it agrees with G. stercorarius, &c. 
In Bolboceras Cephus the middle joint of the clava of the antennae 
is not so wholly shut up between the two exterior ones as to be 
entirely hidden by them. In other respects it agrees with the 
rest. My details of Bolboceras %vere taken from B, quadridens, 

3 o ‘2 and 



4^2 Mr. Kirby's Description of several new Species of Insects 

and those of Geotrupes from G. stercorarius. I shall now describe 

a new species of the fornjer genus from Mr. Brown's collection. 

Australasia^ 11. B. testaceus, thorace punctatissimo antice re- 
tuso, clypeo obtuse carinato. 

Plate XXIII. Fig. 5. 

Long. corp. iin. 9- 

Corpus oblongo-hemisphaericum, totum testaceum, subtus pubes- 
cens. Caput antice confluenter, postice sparse punctatum. 
Chjpeus antice rotundatus, marginatus : margine subreflexo, su¬ 
pra carinatus; carina transversa, obtusa, utrinque abbreviata. 
Mandibula sinistra a tergo bidentata: dente exteriore obtuso. 
Lahrwn late emarginatum. Palpi articulo extimo elongate, sub- 
lanceolato. Antenna clava magna, compressa, exacte orbicu- 
lata, nitida, punctata, lamella intermedia penitus clausa. Tho¬ 
rax transversus et fere lunatus, confluenter punctatissinms: 
dorso postice longitudinaliter laeviori punctulis sparsis, utrinque 
obtusangulus et puncto ordinario majori impressus, antice re- 
tusus: fovea subtriangulari, prominentia obsoleta triplici. Elp- 
ira striata: striis ex punctis impressis crenatis. Tibia anticae 
serratae: serraturis nigris, Tibiarum calcaria iongissima. 

Trox Fabr. 

.sp 2 iru{s. 12. T. oblongus, scaber, subcinereus, eljtris seriatim pa- 
pillatis. 

Long. corp. Iin. 5. 

Interme-dius inter Trogem et Melolontham^ et forsan proprii gene¬ 
ris, Corpus oblongum, nigrum, glabrum, obscurum, punctis 
papillatis et centro oblongo eminentibus pallid is subcinereum 
€t scabrum. suborbiculatum, deflexum, inaequale: cly- 

peo 



463 


€\)llected in New Hoiiand hy Mr, Robert Brown. 

peo reflexo antice subernarginato. Os concursu labri et menti 
omnino clausum : labio, raandibulis maxillis palpisque labiali- 
bus penitus tectis. Palpi maxillares articivlo extimo prajcedenti- 
bus majori, subarcuato, basi tenuiori. Mentum magnum, eleva- 
lum, dorso depressum, triangulari-cordatum. Antennce novem- 
urticulatae : articulo prime subglabro longiori, secundoque bre- 
vi, clavatis, apice incrassatis; tertio graciliori, clavato; quarto 
brevissimo, subcylindrico ; quinto et sexto subpaterseformibus, 
transversis; clava lamellis tribus lanceolatis acutis. Thorax 
transversus, antice emarginatus, postice obsolete obtusangulus, 
iateribus rotundatis, dorso utrinque tri-impressus. Elytra punc- 
tis papillatis seriatim ordinatis, seriebus plurimis. Tibice anticce 
obtuse tridentatie. 

Not being able to come at the trophi {Instrumenta cibaria Fabr.) 
of this insect, 1 cannot clearly ascertain whether it belongs to 
Trox or Melolontha. Its habit, stature, and closed mouth are 
nearly those of the former genus; but the first joint of the an¬ 
tennae is not hairy as in that, its abdomen not vaulted and flat, 
and the anterior pair of tibiie are not without teeth. 

Melolontha Fabr. 

scrlcea. 13. M. viridis, supra sericea subtus piloso-incana, pedi- 
bus rufis, clypeo elongato emarginato. 

Long. corp. lin. 5^. 

^fflnis M. aulicolce Fabr. et M. aurukntcs Kirby, sed distincta. 
Corpus oblongum, viride^ sericeo-nitidum, subtus ex pilis albis 
decumbentibus incanum. Caput inclinatum, ex punctis con- 
fertis impressis quasi reticulatum- Clypeiis elongatus, antice 
profunde emarginatus: margine omni reflexo. Palpi maxil- 
lores niveo-pilosi. Maxilla basi apertae, magnae. Mentum ob- 
triangulare. Antennce palJide rufae, deceraarticulatae: articulo 

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464 Mr. Kirby^s Description of several new Species of Insects 

secundo sequentibus longiori; clava fusca. Oculi septo cili- 
ato : cilia nivea. Thorax subconicus, confluenter punctatissi- 
mus, dorso subcanaliculatus, lateribus subspinosis impressis. 
Scutellum acuminato-triangulare, laevissimum. Elytra subseri- 
atim punctata: lineis duabus longitudinalibus elevatiusculis. 
Pedes rufi, niveo-pilosi. Tibiae anticcc apice subsinuatae, vix den- 
tatae. Tarsi unguiculis apice bifidis. Abdomen ventre valde con- 
vexo et fere gibbo. 

Cetonia Fabr. 

atropunctata, 14. C. olivacea, cljpeo elongate bifido, el}^tris 
punctis sex vel octo atris. 

Long. corp. lin. 12. 

Habitat in Australasia. Apud Port Jackson a D. Brown in 
Mimosa lecta. 

Corpus nitidum, olivaceum, supra glaberrimuni, subtus pubescens. 
Caput deflexum, punctatum. Clypeus elongatus, apice bifidus: 
lobis obtusis, margine incrassatus. Palpi subclavati. Thorax 
triangularis, antice truncatus: angulis porrectis acutis, postice 
sublobatus : lobo emarginato, sparse punctatus : margine late- 
rali incrassato, subrepando. Scutellum triangulare, Ifevissimum. 
Elytra punctata, at vix seriatim, punctis impressis, subrugosa, 
basi leeviuscula: punctis tribus atris in triangulo obtusangulo 
ordinatis, uno minori semicirculari apud scutellum, altero ma- 
jori extus in medio, tertio minori intus pone medium, rotundis. 
Apice mucronata sunt elytra: mucrone brevissimo. Postpec- 
tus in medio, et abdomen subtus segmentis quatuor primis, ni- 
gris. Poststernum porrectum, apice triangulare. Coxes anticca 
tuberculo parvo subtriangulari fusco prope apicera inserto. Ti¬ 
bia antica acute tridentatee. Tarsi unguiqulis duobus com- 
pressis, truncatis. 

Var. /3. elytris punctis octo atris. D. MacLeay. 


Brownii. 


465 


collected in 'New Holland hy M.r, Hoberi IBrown* 

BrowniL 15. C. castanea, capite, thoracis disco, scutello, pec- 
toreque nigris, clypeo elongate bifido. 

Plate XXIII. Fig. 6. 

Long. corp. lin. 13J. 

Habitat in Australasia, apud Port Jackson. 

Corpits obovatuin, glaberrimum, nitidum, laeve. Caput atrum. 
Clypeus elongatus, bifidus: lobis divergentibus, utrinque im- 
pressus, margine incrassalo. Antennce castaneae. Thorax vix a 
prsBcedente difFert quoad figurain, sed anguli antici baud pro- 
tensi et latera rotundata, levissime punctulatus, castaneus: 
margine antico et postico, et macula magna dorsali sublobata, 
atris. Scutellum triangulare atrurn. Elytra levissime, ast se¬ 
riatim, punctulata, castanea; basi humeris suturaque, atris r 
Pectus et Postpectus atra. Pedes atri: tibiis castaneis apice atris. 
Abdomen nigro-castaneum. Anus lineolis transversis insculptus. 
Ilorum insectorum colkctori Botanices Australasia elucidatori 
exmiOi Ordinum plantarurn Naturaliurn docto et lynceo extricatori 
D. R. Brown, S.B.S. Bibl. L.S. hoc msectum ab illo lectum merito 
dicatur, 

brunnipes. l6. C. supra viridis, thoracis lateribus, punctisque dii- 
obus dorsalibus elytrorumque plurimis, albis,. 
pedibus brunneis. 

Long. corp. lin. 5f. 

Affinis admodum videtur C. aulica Fabr. sed inulto minor et di- 
stincta; Corpus obovatum, subtus nitidiusculum, nigrum, pi- 
losulum, polline pallido variegatum; supra viride, obscurum. 
Caput defiexum, punctatum, postice lunula interrupta polli- 
nosb-alba. Clypeus apice emarginatus, subreflexus. Palpi cum 
an tennis brunnei. Thorax quoad figuram fere ut in prasce- 

dente. 




466 Mr. Kirby’s Description of several new Species of Insects 

dente, sed latera obsolete obtusangula, et postice baud loba- 
tus, ante scutellum tamen emarginatus : lateribus margine 
punctisque duobus dorsalibus distantibus pollinoso-albis, line- 
olis arcuatis sparsis insculptus. Scutellum elongaturn, trian- 
gulare, laeve : lineola utrinque pollinoso-alba. Elytra pone 
humeros siniiata, punctis lineolisque sparsis pollinoso-albis 
picta, lineolis, interdum duplicatis interdum figura ferri equini, 
insculpta : lateribus ante apicem, apiceque ipso, obscure brun- 
neis. Pedes setosi, brunnei. Tibice anticce acute tridentatae. 
Podex rugosus : maculis quatuor, interioribus majoribus, polli- 
noso-pallidis. Abdomen subtus lineolis arcuatis setigeris in- 
sculptum. 

COLEOPTERA heteromera. 

{Tenebrionidce.) 

Adelium Kirby. 

caraboides. 17« A. nigrum, thorace postice utrinque angulato, 
elytris porcatis : porcis alternis catenulatis. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 7- 

Carabus porcatus apterus,ater, elytris striatis apice 
granulatis. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. i. 147- 101. 

Calosoma porculatum. Fab. Syst. Eleuth. i. 211.3. 

Long. corp. lin. 7f‘ 

Facies omnino Carabi sed hujus generis. Corpus subdepressum, 
nitidum, glabrum, nigrum. Caput subtriangulare, ex punctis 
excavatis confluentibus postice rugosum, antice inter antennas 
transverse elevatum. Antennce fere filiformes, thorace longiores. 
Thorax planiusculus, transversus, ex punctis impressis conflu¬ 
entibus valde rugosus, antice emarginatus, postice transversus: 
angulis lateralibus extantibus, subrecurvis, utrinque margina- 

tus: 



collected in New Holland hxj Mr, Robert Brown* 


A6r 


tus : niargine explaiiato rotundato. /Scz/fe/Z/m apice rotunda- 
turn, punctatuni. Elytra porcata : porcis crenatis, alternis ca- 
tenatis, vel ex punctis oblongis elevatis, ut in Carabis pluribus 
obtinet, constantibus. 

Ohs, Porci omnes in apice cljtri interrupti sunt. 

I did not discover that Adelium caraboidts had been described 
bj Fabricius till after the figures illustrative of this paper were 
drawn ; and as the insect here given confirms the genus I had 
laid down in iny former paper, and is another instance of its spe¬ 
cies imitating the form and appearance of the Carabidce, I think 
it may be interesting to Entomologists, particularly on account 
of Mr. Curtis's excellent figure, if I retain it. I have altered 
Fabricius’s trivial name, as the insect certainly is neither a Cara- 
bus nor a Calosoma, to make it harmonize with those of the spe¬ 
cies before described. 

HELiEUs Latreille. 

^ Thorace antice bipartite, ante caput protenso. 

Brownii, 18. H. ater, glaberrimus, thorace caput ambiente, co- 
leoptris disco elevato granulato: sutura cari- 
nata. 

Plate XXIII. Fig. 8. 

Long. corp. lin. 9* 

Affinis H, perforato Latr. sed dimidio minor. Palpi maxillares 
articulo extimo minori, subpetiolato. Coleoptra glaberrima, 
baud punctata, granulis quibusdam subseriatim notata. Su- 
tura in carinam elevata. Sternum vix carinatum. Alias simil- 
limus. 

This family of the genus Helceus presents some of the most sin¬ 
gular insects in nature. The lobes of the thorax meet over the 
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468 Mr. Kirbu's Description of several new Species of Insects 

head, and by their union, by means of a sinus cut out of their in¬ 
ner side, form a round hole where the vertex of the head appears 
and part of the eyes, so that the animal is thus enabled to see 
things above it as well as below it. The anterior part of the head 
is below the thorax. 

Thorace baud caput ambiente. 

piceus. 19. H. fusco-piceus glaber, thorace emarginato, elytris 
seriatim punctatis. 

Long corp. lin. 6f. 

Forsan ad aliud genus amandandum. Corpus oblongo-ovale, totum 
glaberrimum, obscuriusculum, fusco-piceum. Caput postice 
angustius, levissime punctulatum. Labrum transversum, apice 
rotundatum. Labium transversum, rotundatum. Mentum fere 
pentagonum. Talpi maxillares quadriarticulati: articulo extimo 
magno, sed haud maximo, securiformi. Clypeus apice subemar- 
ginatus. Thorax semicircularis, segmento circuli antice dempto, 
postice subrepandus: lateribus marginatis, levissime punctula- 
tus; dorso valde convexo. Elytra seriatim punctulata, margi- 
nata : margine subreflexo. Epipleura lata, laevis. 

COLEOPTERA tetramera. 

{CurculionidcE.') 

Eurhinus Kirby. 

muricatus. 20. E. niger, piloso-subincanus, elytris basi subcris- 
tatis: granulis tuberculisque acutis elevatis 
scabris. 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 8. 

Corpus obcuneiforme, plus minus piloso-incanum. Caput ru- 
gulosum, postice laeve, inter oculos canaliculatuni. Rostrum 

thoracis 



collected in New Holland hj Mr, Robert Brown. 469 

thoracis longitudine, pone antennas punctatum. Antennee ros- 
tro pone apicem insidentes, thoracis fere longitudine, basi vix 
nioniliformes: articulis tribus primis subclavatis, proximis quin- 
que obconicis, sensirn brevioribus et inajoribus, ultirnis tribus 
fere ut in E. laviori K. Thorax teretiusculus, rugosus. Co/e- 
Optra oblonga, granulata, striata : striis punctatis ; punctis pro- 
funde excavatis ; dorsalium interstitiis tuberculorum acutoruni 
serie, apud scutellum utrinque crista obsoletius elevata tuber- 
culis acutis muricata. Bedes antici longiores: femoribus in- 
crassatis. 

CuRCULio Linn. 

mirahilis. 21 . C. fuscus, rostro brevissimo, tliorace confertim ely- 
trisque seriatim nodulosis, ventre masculo pos¬ 
tice aperto. 

Plate XXIIL Pig. 9 . 

Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 10. 

Corpus lineari-oblongum, obscurum, nigro-fuscum. Caput squa- 
mulis luteo-pallidis consiturn. Rostrum brevissimupi, crassissi- 
mum, subcylindricum, supra insequale, canaliculatum, apice 
emarginatum. Mandibulce maximae, subtrapeziformes, intus 
laevissimec, glaberrimae, nitidissimae, extus pallido-squamulos£e : 
pilis nigris intermixtis; vertice extus excavatae. Antennce frac- 
tse : articulis 4^ 6^, 7® globosis, quatuor ultirnis clavam lan- 

ceolato-rhomboidalem acutam arctissime imbricatam et fere 
subsolidam formantibus. Thorax depressus, suborbiculatus, 
dorso subimpressus, antice subconstrictus, confertissime nodu- 
losus. Elytra subporcata, seriatim nodulosa: nodulis parvis 
setigeris, apice obtusa et ad suturam submucronata. Femora 
inermia. Tibice vix calcaratee. Venter segmentis duobus ulti- 
mis ut videtur quasi circulo dempto, adeo ut patent interiora; 

3 p 2 sed 



470 Mr. Kirby's Description of several new Species of Insects 

sed revera deflexa est liorum segmentorum pars media. Ex 
fundo cavitatis iamiiiae duae, latiE, compressa?, obcuneatie, 
apice rotundatae, loevissimae, glaberrimae, nitid^e emergunt, ct 
postice iitrinque in margine ipso circuli setarum rigidissirna- 
rum fasciculi, vel potius pectines duo. Basi iate excavatus est 
venter. 

Var. Sexus alter: mandibulis trigonis obscuris, rugosis setosis, 
acutis, thorace vix impresso, ventre integro: cavitate nulla. 

I know no insect amongst the Curculionidce (except one of the 
same tribe with this in Mr. MacLeaj's cabinet with an anal for¬ 
ceps, something like that of an earwig,) that is so wonderfully 
formed as the species here described. Idie ventral cavity, lami¬ 
nae, and pecten have no parallel that I am aware of in the insect 
world. These organs are probably for sexual purposes, since the 
other sex, if I am not mistaken in supposing the variety 1 have 
described merely sexual, is without them. 

(Ceramhycidee.) 

Stenocorus Fabr. 

punctafus. 22. St. piceus, thorace spinoso, elytris excavato-punc^ 
tatis, pallido nebulosis. 

Long. corp. lin. 14. 

Corpus lineare, subdepressum, piceum, nitidum, subtus piloso- 
incanum. Capiit subinclinatum, subtus transverse rugosum: 
gula in medio laevissima, supra subpilosum postice rugosum, 
inter antennas canaliculatum. Labrum transversum : disco de- 
presso. Labium biloburn: lobis divaricatis pilosis. Mandi- 
bul<je incurvae, acutae, supra rugosae. Maxillae apertae : lobo 
exterior! elongato scopigero, interior! brevi ciliato. Palpi ar- 
ticulo extimo semicordato, maxillares longiores. Mentum trans¬ 


versum. 



471 


collected in New Holland hf Mr. Uohert Brown. 

versum, apice rotundatum. Aniennce breviorcs, rufo-piceae; ar- 
ticidis quinque intermediis extus apice spina armatis. Thorax 
rugosus, utrinque spina acuta valida, antice et postice constric- 
tus, dorso verrucis s. tuberculis quinque, in quincunce ordi- 
natis, complanatis. Scutelhmi piloso-cinereuin. Elytra exca- 
vato-punctata: punctis magnis profundis, picco pallidoquo 
varia, apice bispinosa. Pedes dilute picei. 

Disticiiocera MacLca3\ 

Labriim transversura, tetragonum. 

Lahiim membranaceum, apice bilobum ; lobis divaricatis. 
Mandibulcc trigonse, edcntala;, apice incurvae, acutn?. 

Maxillcc basi apertai. 

Palpi filiformes. 

Mentim transversum, trapeziforme. 

Aniennce sensim crassiores, disticho-ramos30. 

This genus, named long ago, as above, by Mr. MacLeay, con¬ 
nects Cerambyx with Molorchiis^ Necydalis, and lUiagiiim. With 
the latter indeed it has little other connexion than from the simi¬ 
lar shape of its elytra, which grow gradually narrower towards 
the apex; from Cerambyx it is distinguished by its antenn'cc; and 
from Molorchus and Necydalis by its elytra, scarcely at all shorter 
than the wings, and by its disticho-rarnosc antennae. 

maculicollis. 23. 

Plate XXHL Fig. 10 . 

Long. corp. lin. 8. 

Corpus fere cuneiforme, subtus pilis argenteis nitidum, supra ni¬ 
grum, obscurum. Caput subcordatum, pilosum, canalicula- 
tum, utrinque ante antennas carinatum. OcuU brunnei. An- 
tenncB breviores, nigrae : articulis omnibus apice biramosis (duo- 
bus primis brevissiine); ramis oppositis compressis vertice ro- 

tundatis, 



472 Mr. Kirby’s Description of several new Species of Insects 

tundatis, sinistris paulo longioribus, articulo extimo simplici 
clavato. Thorax subcjlindricus: maculis quatuor dorsalibiis 
quadratim ordinatis. cuneiformia: lineis tribus longitu- 

dinalibus elevatis; striga apud scutellum et alia major! in me¬ 
dio apud suturam, piloso-argenteis, a pice truncata. Fetnora 
brunnea. bicalcaratae. elytris long!ores. 

JMolorciius Fabr. 

cingulatus. 24. M. niger, elytris dimidiatis luridis, apice ma¬ 
cula alba, abdomine cingulis tribus niveis. 

Long. corp. lin. 11. 

Corpus lineare, subtus atrum, pilis albis maculosum. Caput in- 
clinatum, subcordatum, medio canaliculatum, utrinque sub 
antennis carinatum, ex punctis confluentibus rugulosum. Cly- 
pens a fronte linea impressa separatus, pentagonus, vel rhom- 
boidalis : angulo antico truncato. Antennce mediocres, apicem 
versus crassiores, nigrae. Thorax brevis teretiusculus, antice 
constrictus, postice impressus, lateribus caput versus obtusan*- 
gulis, confluenter punctulatissimus. Scutellum nigrum. Ely¬ 
tra brevissima, oblique truncata, confluenter punctulata, luri- 
da; lateribus deflexis fuscescentibus, apice in medio macula 
triangular! pilosa alba. Alee nigricantes, corporis longitudine. 
Vedes brunnei: femoribus dilutioribus. Abdomen cingulis tri¬ 
bus piloso-niveis circumcinctum. 

( hepturidee.) 

Leptura Linn. 

ceramboides. 25. L. nigra, thorace subspinoso antice constricto, 
elytris croceis, ore pedibusque rufis. 

Plate XXIIL Fig. 11 . 

Long. corp. lin. 7?. 


A habitu 



collected in New Holland hy M}\ Robert Brown, 


473 


A babitu generis omnino recedit, Ccrambycihus propior. Corpus li- 
neare, angustum, nitidum, glabriusculum, nigrum. Caput por- 
rectum, oblongiusculum, subtiis et antice rut'um, inter oculus 
canaliculatura, ante antennas declive. Labrum transversum, 
minutum. Labium apice bifidum ; Jobis divaricatis. Mandi- 
hulce trigonae, sabforcipatae, acutas. Maxillae basi apertee. Ralpi 
breves, filiformes. Mentum tmnsversum, quadrangulum. Jn- 
tenncesubmediocves: articulis interinediis subtus barbatis. Oculi 
subtriangulares, prominuli. Thorax antice valde angustatus 
et late constrictus, utrinque subspinosus, supra quadrituber- 
culatus : tuberculis complanatis, anticis approximatis. Elytra 
punctulatissima, obscura, elevato-quadrilineata, crocea : suturai 
in medio violacea. Redes rufi. 

This species approaches very near to Stencorus sufuralis of 
Olivier (iv. no. 69- 29. 25. t,3. f. 29.); but in his insect the legs 
are black, the thorax has only two tubercles, and the base of the* 
exterior margin as well as that of the suture is violet; whereas in 
L. ceramboides the legs are red, the thorax has four tubercles, and 
only the suture is violet. His insect also comes from a different 
country, being a native of the East Indies. These two species; 
form a distinct section of Lepturay or perhaps a new genus.. 

(Chrysomelid<x,y 
Chrysomela Linn. 

Curtisii. 26. C.oblonga, sanguinea, thoracis vitta, el'ytrisque dis¬ 
co, aurato-viridibus. 

Plate XXllI. Fig. 12. 

Long. corp. lin. 4. 

Corpus oblongum, sanguineum. Caput punctulatum. Antenna ex- 
trorsum crassiores, compressse^ nigrse, basi ruffe. Thorax trans- 

versus, 



47-i K r R B v's Description of several new Species of Insects 

versus, punctatus, antice iitrinque puncto vittaque dorsali an- 
gusta cyaneo-viridibus. Scutellum viride. Elytra vage punc¬ 
tata : disco aurato-viridi. Postpectus utrinque viride. Pedes 
genu bus tarsisque nigris. 

Ab insectoriim pictori eximio, collecfori strenuo, indagatori assiduo, 
cordato, D*’ Johanni Curtis Norvicensi, hoc pulchcllum insectum 
nomen miituatur. 

HEMIPTERA. 

{Cimicidce.) 

ScUTELLERA LaiU. 

Dux. 27 . S. viridis, supra cyanea, scutello basi macula biloba, 
abdoniinc, lateribus, femoribusque, aurantiacis. 
Long. corp. lin. 6. 

Corpus ex ovali subheptagonum, viride, punctulatum. Caput tri- 
angularc, subtus gula flava utrinque puncto nigro. llostrum 
nigrum, basi rufum. Antennce nigrae. Thorax antice laevis vL 
ridis: lineola transversa obscura rufa, postice convexus cya- 
neus punctulatus utrinqu'e obtusangulus.^<ScR^€//Rm cyaneum : 
antice macula magna transversa postice biloba aurantiaca. 
Postpectus cyaneo maculatum. Alee, nigral Pedes villosi, cy- 
anei: femoribus rufis. Abdomen lateribus dentato-aurantiacis. 

(Cicadiadee.') 

AciiIlus Kirby. 

Frons tricarinata. 

Labrum vix distinctum, cum clypeo in medio coalitum. 

Antennce suboculares biarticulatae : articulo primo brevissimo cy- 
lindrico, secundo paulo crassiori tereti, laevi, setigero. 
Thora^v brevissimus, antice subrepandus, postice obtusangulus: 
angulo caput spectante. 


The 



475 


coUeded in Nez^' Holland, hy Mr. Robert Brown. 

The situation of the antenna? of the insect from which I have 
formed this genus, agrees with that of Fulgora; but in all the 
genuine species of the latter their second joint is much larger 
than the first, globose, and covered with papillas: whereas in 
A chillis it is not remariablj larger than the first, is rather taper¬ 
ing, and without papillae. The labrum also is not separated from 
the cljpeus, except on the sides, by any suture or even impressed 
line; the thorax a good deal resembles that of Fulgora, but it is 
more completely obtusangular. 

Jiammeus. 2S. A. 

Plate XXIII. Pig. 13. 

Long. corp. Jin. 

Corpus sanguineiim, immaculatum. Caput vertice transverse qua- 
drangulo, postice segmento circuli dempto. Frons inflexus, vix 
a clypeo separatus, tricarinatus. Clypeus cum labro in medio 
connatus. Oculi hemisphaerici, albi, laterales, postici. Antennce 
sub oculis insertae, biarticulatas : articulo primo brevissimo cy- 
lindrico, secundo longiori paulo crassiori teretiusculo, baud pa¬ 
pillate, setigero. Ocellus utrinque intus inter oculos et antennas 
ad clypeum situs. Thorax brevis, postice sinuatus : sinu magno 
obtusangulo, antice repandus. Metathorax cum Scutello fere 
rhomboidalis. Elytra corpore longiora, plana, oblonga, latere 
exterior! et apice rotundata, intus subsinuata. Alee plicatiles, 
elytris paulo breviores, apice latiores obliquae rotundatte. Pe¬ 
des angulati: tibiis posticis apice calcaribus et spinulis semi- 
coronatis. Anus flosculiferus^. 

* By this term we designate an anus terminated by a process resembling a floret. Ex, 
Fulgora Candelaria. 

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476 Mr.KiRBY^s Description of several new Species of Insects 


HYMENOPTERA. 

{SphegiclcB.) 

Thynnus Fabr. 

annulaiits. T. fulvesccntc-villosuvs, thorace obscure ferruginco 
nigro maculoso, abdomine flavo: segmentis 
utrinque annulo nigro. 

Long. corp. lin. loj. 

Corpus nigrum, pube densa satis fulvescenti vestitum. Caput sub- 
triangulare : ore flavo. Clypeus flavus, postice macula dorsali 
longitudinal! subcampanulata nigra. Antennae nigra?. Truncus^ 
oblongu's, quadrangulus, fulvus: maculis quibusdam obscuris 
dorsalibus nigris. Pedes fulvi: coxis posterioribus basi nigris. 
Alee corporis fere longitudine, fuscescentes. Abdomen lineari- 
lanceolatum, basi retusum, apice deflexum, flavum ; segmentis 
apice annulisque duobus latere exteriori interruptis, nigris. 
Podex macula nigra. Venter segmentis utrinque lunula, stri- 
gaque intermedia, nigricantibus; ultimo spina acuminata ar- 
mato. 

variahilis^. 30. T. rufus, nigro maculosus, abdomine atro : seg¬ 
mentis quinque anticis supra et infra flavo 
maculatis. 

Long. corp. lin. 13. 

Corpus fere lineare, niollissime sed vix dense fulvo pubescens. 
Caput flavum : vertice macula magna angulata nigra. Antennae 
thoracis fere longitudine, setaceae, nigrae. Truncus subglobosus, 
supra fulvus: antice fasciis duabus vitta intermedia connexis, 

^ I adopt this name from the MSS^. of Dr. Leach, who observes that this species vari«s 

considerably. He possesses four varieties, and Mr. MacLeay a fifth. 

nigris, 



477 


collected in New Holland by Mr, 'Robert Brozcn. 

nigris, disco nigro: lineolis duabus obliquis rufis, subtus ful- 
vus, spatio inter pedes primi paris et posteriores nigro utrin- 
que fulvo strigoso. Pedes rufo-fulvi. Jlze corpore longiorcs 
fuscescentes. Abdomen ovato-lanceolatum, vel fere cuneiforme, 
nigrum, segniento priino flavo: apice, maculis duabus, cruce- 
que, nigris, intermediis quatuor nigris : maculis quatuor flavis 
transverse digestis. Venter segmentis anticis fascia flava, iilti- 
niis interruptis, anali mucronato. 

(Apida.) 

Xylocopa Latr. 

Aiistralensis. 31. X. cyanea, supra viridis, alis violaccis, capite 
anoque villoso-albis. 

Long. corp. lin. 8. 

Corpus oblongum, subtus cyaneum : pube nigra. Caput orbicula- 
tum, viride: vertice cyaneo tincto, totum villoso-album. An- 
tenncB nigrae, subtus piceae: stipite viridi-aeneo^ Truncus supra 
cyan co-v iridis, punctulatus : disco laevissimo nitido, antice ca- 
naliculatus. Alze violaceae. Pedes cyanei atro bird, tarsi pos- 
tici praecipuc. Abdomen supra viride, punctatum, nitidum : 
ano pilis albis ciliaio. 

{Formicida,) 

Formica Linn. 

intrepida, 32. F. nigra, trunco pedibusque rufis, capite abdo- 
mine majori. 

Long corp. lin. 7. 

Habitat in Australasia, apud Port Jackson. Formicarum auda- 
cissima, strenuissima. 

Affinis F. rufcBi L. Corpus glabriusculum, nigrum. Caput trian- 
gulare, postice subemarginatum, supra sparse punctatum, et in- 
3 Q 2 super 



478 Mr. K i rb t's Description of several new Species of Insects* 

super sub lente fbrti reticulato-lineatulum : areolis minutissi- 
iiiis. Stemmata in triangulo in foveolis inserta, sed posteriora 
duo difficiliime cernuntur. Frons inter antennas bicarinata: 
carinulis flexuosis; interstitio canaliculato. Mandibula vali- 
dissimae, supra punctatae, apice sexdentatae. Antennae rufes- 
centes: stipite nigro. CAppeus obtuse carinatus, emarginatus. 
Truncus eompre^s>ns,, cum pedibus rufus; femoribus dilutiori- 
bus. rufa, Integra, pilis subciliata. subovale, 

nigrum, subpilosum. 

viridis. 33. F. glauco-viridis : antennis oreque rufis, abdornine 
segmentis margine albis. 

Long. corp. lin. 

Habitat in Australasia septentrionali. 

AiBnis videtur F, smaragdince Fabr. sed minor. Corpus fere glau- 
cum, pube brevissima obscuratiim. Caput triangulare. Man- 
dibulae apice nigrae, supra punctatae. Labium cum maxillis pal¬ 
lidum. Frons stemmatibus tribus in triangulo. Antennas pal- 
lide rufae. CIppem tmnonius, 6sus Jorso sa^ 

turatior, subtus utrinque macula obscura pallida. Tarsi rufes- 
centes. Aloe corpore longiores, albae: neuris fuscis. Squama bre¬ 
vissima, crassa, emarginata. Abdomen ex globoso ovatum, glau- 
cum : segmentis supra et infra margine albis. 

This is the ant the bite of which Sir Joseph Banks found so 
painful^. 

* Hawkesworth’s Cook's Foy, iii. 223, Kirby and Spence, Introduct. to Entomo- 
logyi}. 3rd ed. 123. 


EXPLA- 



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Explanation of Elates. 


479 


EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXL XXIL XXIII. 

Plate XXL 

. 1. Felecuim cyanipes. 

a. Labrura. b. Maxillary Palpus, c. Labial ditto, d. Li- 
gula. e. Antenna. 

2. Anelastes Drurii. 

a. CJypeus. bb. Mandibulaei.—cv Antenna. 

3. RhipiceTiTTTTUT^inata, 

a a. Mandibulce. hb. Ditto of Rli. femoralis, 

4. Lampyris Latreillii. 

a. Antenna of female. 

5. Eurypus nibeiis. 

a. Maxillary Palpus, Labial ditto. c.Labrum. d.Tarsus. 

6. Axina analis. 

a. Maxillary Palpus, h. Labial ditto, c. Tarsus. 

7. Rriocera variegata. 

a. Maxillary Palpus. 6. Labial ditto, c. Tarsus. 

8. Geniates barbatus. 

a. Mandibulse. b. Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, c. La- 
brum. r/d. Labial Palpi, e. Labium. /. Mentum 
with circular beard or brush, g. Antenna, h. Di¬ 
lated anterior Tarsus. 

9. Apogonia gemellata. 

a. Mandibula. b. Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, c. La- 
brum. d. Labium with Labial Palpi, e. Antenna. 
f. Part of Tarsus. 

10. Rutela pidchella. 

a, Mandibula. b. Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, c. La- 
brum. d. Labium with Labial Palpi, e. Antenna. 



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Explanation of Elates 


Fig. 11. Cetonia MacLeayi. 

12. Lucanus nebulosus* 

a. Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, h. Labium with La¬ 
bial Palpi, c. Mentuni. 

13. Esammodes longicornis. 

a. Labrum. b. Base of Maxilla, c. Maxillary Palpus. 

d. Labium with Labial Palpi, e. Mentum. /. One 
of the setigerous puncta of the Thorax. 

14. Scotinus crenicollis. 

«. Labrum. Z>. Base of Maxilla, c. Labium, c?. Maxil¬ 
lary Palpus, e. Mentum. /. Antenna. 

15. Sphcerotus curvipes. 

a, Labrum. b, Mentum. c. Maxillary Palpus, d. La¬ 
bial ditto, e. Apex of Antenna. /. One of the 
puncta of the Elytra. 

16. Strongylium chalconatum. 

a, Labrum. b. Base of Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, 
c. Labium with Labial Palpi, d. Mentum. e. Apex 
of Antenna, f. One of the puncta of the Elytra. 

Plate XXIT. 

J’ig. 1. Eurynotus muricatm. 

a. Labrum. b. Labium, c. Mentum. d. Antenna. 

2. Adelium calosomoides, 

a. Labrum. b. Labium with Labial Palpus, c. Base 
of Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, d. Mentum. 

e. Apex of Antenna, f. Anterior Tarsus. 

3. Oxura setosa. 

a. Labrum. b. Labium, c. Mentum. d. Mandibula. 
€. One of the setigerous puncta of the Thorax. 

Fig. 




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to Mr. K iRBY^s Descriplions oj new Species of Insects. 481 

Fig. 4. Spheniscus erotyhides. 

a. Labrum. h. Labium with Labial Palpi, c. Base of 
Maxillae with Maxillary Palpus, d. Mentuin. 

5. Stenocfiia rufipes. 

a. Labrum. b. Labium with Labial Palpus, c. Base of 
Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, d. Mentum. 

6. GnatMum Francilloni. 

a. Head (front view). Labrum. c.Mandibulae. d. Lobes 
of Maxillae, e. Labium. /. Mentum, 

7. lihmotia hamoptera. 

a. Mandibulae. b, LaTOiin with Labial Palpi, cc. Max¬ 
illae with Maxillary Palpi, d. Mentum, 

8. Eiirhinus Icevior. 

a. Mandibulae. b. Labium with minute Labial PalpL 
cc. Maxillae with Maxillary Palpi, d. Mentum. 
e. Antenna c?. /. Antenna ? of another species. 

9. Khinaria cristata. 

a. Head (front view). 6. Crest, c. Mandibula. J. Labium. 

10. Eynchcmiis DuJ'resnii. 

a. Head (front view). 

11. Curculio Hancocki, 

a. Apex of Mandibula. 

1^. Curculio elegans. 

13. Frionus Spencii. 

14. Choragus Sheppardi. 

a. Head (front view), b. Palpi, c. Puncta of the Thorax. 

15. Lamprosoma bicolor. 

a. Labrum. 55. Mandibulae. c. Maxillary Palpus, c?. La¬ 
bial ditto, c. Antenna. 

16. Gonykptes horridiis. 

a. Mandibula with Chela. 5. First joint of ditto, c. Part 
of Pectus, d. Sternum. 

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482 


ILwplanation of Plates. 


Plate XXIIL 


Fig. 1. 

Buprestis criientata. 

2. 

•- phceorhea. 

3. 

- - ^0-m.aculata. 

4. 

- fissiceps. 

5. 

Bolboceras Australasice. 


a. Labrum. b. Mandibulae. c. Labium with Labial Pal¬ 
pus. d. Maxilla with Maxillary Palpus, e. Men- 
tum^. f. Antenna. 

6. Cetonia Pror 0 nu. 

7 . Adelium carahoides. 

8. Helceiis Brownii. 

9 . Curcidio mirahilis, 

a. Ventral Cavity and Apparatus, hb, cc. Laminse in ditto. 

10. Disticliocera macidicollis. 
a. Labium, b. Antenna, 

11. Leptura ceramboides. 

12. Chrysomeld Curtisii. 

13. Achilusflammem, 

a. Front, b. Antenna, 


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