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.

164.  Agarista agricola.  Don.  Ins. of New Holland.  Agarista picta.  Leach, Zool.  Misc. volume 1 table 15 —­ Godart.  Enc.  Meth. 9 803. 2.

Obs.  As Donovan described and figured this insect many years before Dr. Leach, his name has the right of priority.

165.  Sphinx latreillii (n.s.) S. alis integris; superis griseo-flavescentibus atomis brunneis aspersis, punctis duobus nigris basalibus et fasciis quatuor obscuris subapicalibus, inferis griseo-nigrescentibus apicem versos subflavescentibus.  Dielophila Latreillii.  De Cerisy manuscripts.

Obs.  The underside of the four wings is very pale, of a yellowish-gray colour, traversed by a line of blackish points, which indeed are dispersed very generally over the whole surface.  The disk of the upper wings is rather blacker than the rest.  The head and thorax are of the colour of the wings, their sides and the conical abdomen being rather lighter.  The antennae are ciliated, whitish above, and brownish beneath.

166.  Sphinx godarti (n.s.) S. abdomine griseo linea media longitudinali guttulisque lateralibus nigrescentibus, alis integris; superis griseo-nigrescentibus maculis irregularibus nigris punctoque medio albo, inferis griseo-flavescentibus fasciis tribus nigris.  Dielophila Godarti.  De Cerisy manuscripts.

Obs.  All the wings are of a gray colour beneath, the fringe being alternately white and brown.  The thorax is gray, with a narrow, tawny, transverse mark, a lateral white fascia, two black curved marks, and on the hinder part a black spot.  The body beneath is of a whitish colour.

167.  Macroglossum kingii (n.s.) M. capite thoraceque viridibus, abdomine nigro flavoque variegato, alis integris hyalinis subtus ad originem flavis, superis basin versus brunneis pilis viridescentibus obtectis costa limboque posteriori brunneis, inferis ad originem limbumque internum brunneo-viridescentibus.  Macroglossum kingii.  De Cerisy manuscripts.

Obs.  The antennae of this beautiful species are black, very slender at the base, and thick towards the extremity.  The palpi are greenish above and white beneath.  The breast is white in the middle, and yellow at the sides.  The two first segments of the abdomen are, on the upper side, gray in the middle, and yellow on the sides; the third segment is black, with a part of the anterior edge yellowish towards the side; the fourth segment is entirely black, having only a white fringe on its anterior edge; the fifth segment is of an orange yellow, with the middle black; the sixth segment is entirely yellow, and the whole abdomen is terminated by a pencil of hairs, which are yellow at their base, and black at the extremity.  The thighs are whitish, with the tibiae and tarsi yellow.

168.  Cossus nebulosus.  Don.  Insects of New Holland.

169.  Euprepia crokeri (n.s.) E. alba antennis fuscis, cavite nigro bipunctato, thorace linea transversa miniata antice punctis quatuor et postice duodecim nigris, alis testaceo-fuscis, superis ad basin albis punctis axillaribus tribus atris maculisque duabus mediis hyalinis, abdomine supra miniato subtus albo lateribus duplici serie punctorum nigrorum notatis, pedibus chermesinis.  Euprepia crokeri.  Captain P.P.  King manuscripts.

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