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.

43.  Oedemera punctum (n.s.) Oe. flavo-nitida antennis obscuris, fronte puncto atro-nitido impresso, thorace lunula utrinque atro-nitida impresso, scutello flavo, elytris nigro-fuscis limbo et sutura testaceis, geniculis tibiis tarsisque nigris.

44.  Lagria tomentosa.  Fab.  Syst.  Eleuth. volume 2 page 70. 9.

45.  Lagria rufescens.  Dej.  Cat. 72.

46.  Cistela securigera (n.s.) C. subtus picea supra brunnea pubescens, antennis apice palporumque articulo ultimo securiformi nigris, elytris punctis crenatis striatis.

47.  Amarygmus tristis.  Cnodulon triste.  Fab.  Syst.  Eleuth. 2 page 13. 4.

Obs.  The characters of this genus are given by Fabricius under the head of Cnodulon, but the true Cnodulon of M. Latreille is a native of St. Domingo, and a different genus of which the characters are to be found in the Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum.  The genus has, however, been of late more accurately investigated by Dalman, in his Analecta Entomologica, and he has given it the name of Amarygmus.

48.  Amarygmus viridicollis (n.s.) A. convexiusculus capite thoraceque viridi-caeruleis, elytris cupreis striato-punctatis, corpore subtus chalybeo pedibusque nigris.

49.  Amarygmus velutinus (n.s.) A. atro-nitidus glaberrimus labri margine rubro, elytris nigro-aeneis punctorum striis minutissimis.

Obs.  This beautiful insect is one of the largest of a genus which contains a great number of species.

50.  Adelium calosoioides.  Kirby, in Linnean Transactions 12 page 420. 57. table 22. figure 2.

51.  Adelium caraboides.  Kirby, in Linnean Transactions 12 page 466. 17.

52.  Phalidura mirabilis.  Curculio mirabilis.  Kirby, in Linnean Transactions 12 469. 21. table 23, figure 9.

Obs.  The characters of this most singular genus Phalidura are chiefly to be found in the broken clavate antennae, short thick rustrum, connate elytra, and singular anal forceps of the male.

53.  Phalidura kirbii (n.s.) P. nigro-fusca clypeo subfurcato utrinque canaliculato, thorace confertim noduloso, elytris lineis elevatis interstitiis crenatis lateribusque punctato-striatis.

54.  Phalidura draco (n.s.) P. atrofusca vertice concavo cruce impresso, clypeo emarginato, thorace depresso utrinque dilatato dentato margine antico tuberculato tuberculourmque lineis quatuor duabus mediis longitudinalibus, elytris punctis elevatis scabrosis utrinque dentibus acutis seriatim armatis, lateribus seriatim nudulosis medioque linea tuberculorum sub-duplici instructo.

Obs.  This and the following species are not true Phalidurae; at least neither appears to have the anal forceps, but as they come close in affinity to the genus Phalidura, I have not for the present ventured to give them a new generic name.

55.  Phalidura marshami.  Kirby, in Linnean Transactions 12 436. 77.

Obs.  This insect appears to be a Chrysolopus in M. Dejean’s Catalogue.

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