Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia eBook

Philip Parker King
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Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia eBook

Philip Parker King
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 567 pages of information about Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia.

9.  Passalus edentulus (n.s.) P. ater convexiusculus antennis triphyllis, verticis cornu elevato incurva canaliculato apice emarginato, tuberculo utrinque acuto, elytrorllm striis subpunctatis, mandibulis concavis extus dentatis.

Obs.  This insect is much less in size than the former, and is more convex.

10.  Lamprima aenea.  Horae Entom. 1 page 101. 3.

11.  Dasygnathus dejeanii.  Horae Entom. 1 page 141. 1.

12.  Trox alternans (n.s.) T. capite antice linea angulati elevata marginato, thorace lineis quatuor mediis elevatis, exterioribus interruptis tuberculisque utrinque duobus inaequalibus, elytris tuberculis striatim dispositis, striis alternatim majoribus.

13.  Melolontha festiva.  Fab.  Syst.  Eleuth. 2 171. page 63.

Obs.  This most beautiful insect ought to be considered as the type of a new genus near to Serica.

14.  Diphucephala sericea.  Kirby, in Linnean Transactions 12 page 463.

Obs.  This genus I had named Agrostiphila in my manuscripts, but M. Dejean has since published it under the name of Diphucephala.

15.  Diphucephala splendens (n.s.).  D. viridis nitidissima antennis palpisque nigris, capite antice thoracisque lateribus subpunctatis, media canaliculato, elytris punctis rugosis seriatim dispositis, corpore subtus hirsutie incano.

An Melolontha colaspidoides, Schon.  App. 101. ?

16.  Cetonia variegata.  Fab.  Syst.  Eleuth. 2 page 157. 112.  C. luctuosa.  Lat. in Cat.  Mus.  Gall.

Obs.  This insect is an inhabitant of the Isle of France, and was probably collected by Captain King during his stay in that island.

17.  Cetonia australasiae.  Donov.  Ins. of New Holland, table 1.

18.  Cetonia dorsalis.  Donov.  Ins. of New Holland, table 1.

19.  Anoplognathus viridiaeneus.  Horae.  Ent. 1 page 144. 1.

20.  Anoplognathus viriditarsis.  Leach.  Zool.  Miscel. 2 44.

21.  Anoplognathus rugosus.  Kirby, Linnean Transactions 12 405.

22.  Anoplognathus inustus.  Kirby, Linnean Transactions 12 405.

23.  Repsimus aeneus.  Melolontha aenea.  Fab.  Syst.  Eleuth. 2 page 166. 30.

24.  Repsimus dytiscoides.  Horae.  Entom. 1 page 144. 2.

25.  Buprestis macularis.  Buprestis macularia.  Don.  Ins. of New Holland, table 8.

26.  Buprestis imperialis.  Fab.  Syst.  Eleuth. 2 page 204. 98.

27.  Buprestis suturalis.  Don.  Ins. of New Holland, table 8.

28.  Buprestis variabilis.  Don.  Ins. of New Holland, table 7.

29.  Buprestis kingii (n.s.) B. elytris striatis nigro-violaceis testaceo-quadrifasciatis haud bidentatis, thorace punctato nigro-aeneo lateribus testaceis.

Obs.  This species comes perhaps too near to some of the darker varieties of B. variabilis, of the true appearance of which scarcely any idea can be formed from the figures of Donovan.  Our insect bears a remarkable similarity to a Surinam Buprestis, with serrated elytra.

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