Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury.
Nymphalis Doriclæa. Alis lutescenti-fuscis suprà strigis duabus punctorum nigrorum, posticis subtus puncto baseos atro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Doriclæa, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 248. No. 772. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 386. 124.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Antennæ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings dark clay-coloured. The anterior ones having three black marks placed at the middle of the anterior edges, being about a quarter of an inch long, and a few very faint dark marks at the external edges. Posterior wings with only two rows of small faint dark crescents placed along the external edges.
Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings light clay-coloured; the latter having two black streaks placed close to the anterior edges, near the middle, and a shade of dark brown along the external edges. Posterior wings along the upper part light clay; but towards the abdominal corners are darker. A dark-coloured narrow band rises at the middle of the anterior edges, which runs circularly towards the abdominal groove, but is lost in the general colour of the wing before it reaches that part. About the middle of this inner compartment is a small round black spot, being the only one either on the upper or under side. Margins of the wings entire, the posterior being slightly angulated.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 1, 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: Papilionidæ, Leach.
Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Latr. God. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Linn. &c. (Subgenus: Leptalis, Boisduval.)
Pieris (Leptalis) Crisia. Alis oblongis, anticis falcato-acuminatis fuscis, fasciâ ante apicem flavescente, posticis integerrimis flavescentibus, limbo fusco. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Crisia, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 166. No. 515. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 197. (Pieris Cr.) Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. p. 422. (Leptalis Cr.)
Habitat: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ spotted white beneath. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings dark brown, almost like chocolate, the tips forming an obtuse angle; a white streak crossing them obliquely towards the lower corners, having a very small black spot thereon near the upper part. The posterior edges are white, extending from the body almost to the lower corners. Three small faint white spots are situated near the tips. Posterior wings white, deeply edged with brown from the upper to the abdominal corners.
Under Side. Palpi, breast, and abdomen grey. Anterior wings not so dark as on the upper side; but having the same marks, with the addition of a white streak at the tips. Posterior wings white, with a few patches of a very light brown, the lower edges being dappled with that colour. Near the shoulders are two small yellow spots. Margins of the wings entire.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 3, 4.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Heliconiidæ, Swains.
Genus. Acræa, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Heliconii), Fabr. olim.
Acræa Ethosea. Alis oblongis, suprà fuscis disco albo, anticis integerrimis, posticis subdenticulatis, his infrà basi punctis nigris, margine exteriori maculis albis trigonis serie digestis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Ethosea, Drury, App. vol. 3. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 235. No. 17.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings deep brown, almost black; the disk of the anterior being white, and extending to the shoulders, all the middle part of the posterior being white likewise.
Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen brown. Anterior wings next the body yellowish brown, but towards the tips inclining to grey; nerves black; the disk white, with a round black spot near the body, and another of a smaller size below it. The middle of the posterior wings is white, surrounded with brown, that part along the lower edges being darkest; next the body are five distinct black round spots, and an irregular shaped one at the middle of the upper edge; along the lower edges are a number of small triangular white spots. Margins of the posterior wings slightly dentated.
Although Sierra Leone is given by Drury in his published account of this insect as the locality for this species, I find it mentioned in his manuscript Catalogue as being received from "New Zealand, Mr. Banks, 1775." The authors of the Encyclopédie Méthodique evidently knew the species only from Drury's figures and descriptions, and therefore have given the former locality. It is difficult to account for this contradictory statement, or to assert which of these localities is the correct one.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 5, 6.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Heliconiidæ, Swains.
Genus. Acræa, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Heliconii), Fabr. Olim.
Acræa Cynthia. Alis oblongis integerrimis fuscis, fasciâ communi anticarumque macula apicali, albidis; posticis suprâ punctorum fulvorum serie posticâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Hel.) Cynthius, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. tab. 80. f. 1. 2.
Acræa Cynthia, Enc. Méth. ix. p. 234.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Antennæ brown. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Anterior wings dark brown; a dark cream-coloured band rises at the middle of these wings, and crossing the posterior meets at the abdominal edges a little above the anus; a dark cream-coloured patch is also situated near the tips, and a narrow reddish line runs from the body to the disk. Posterior wings dark brown, having a row of five oblong lightish spots placed along the lower edges.
Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen streaked and spotted with dark cream and black. Wings paler than on the upper side; the band and patch not so conspicuous as on the anterior ones; a row of marks, like acute angles, are placed along the edges of all the wings, the posterior ones having a cluster of ten small black spots placed near the body. Margins of the wings entire.
In Drury's manuscripts, which have come into my hands, it is stated that this insect was brought from Sierra Leone by Mr. Smeathman, and that "the original insect from which this figure was taken is destroyed, and was of a much livelier colour than those which I judge to be varieties of Cynthius."
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Heliconiidæ, Swains.
Genus. Heliconia, Latr. God. Papilio (Helicon.), Fabr.
Heliconia Irene. Alis oblongis, anticis nigris basi ferrugineo radiatis, à medio ad extimum flavo-maculatis, posticis fulvis limbo exteriori maculisque ante apicem nigris, singulis infrâ punctis marginalibus albis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Irene, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 165. No. 510. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 223. No. 60.
Habitat: "Jamaica, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black at the base, but yellow at the tips. Thorax black. Abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings black, with twelve different shaped spots, occupying half the wings next the tips; these spots are principally yellow, (one next the body being orange), and differ very much in form and size; next the body are two narrow faint reddish longitudinal streaks. Posterior wings dusky orange, the edges being bordered with black from the middle of the anterior edges to the abdominal corners; a square black spot is placed near the upper corners, and two very small ones by the side of it.
Under Side. Palpi black. Breast streaked with white. Abdomen yellow. Wings less brilliant; but having much the same markings as on the upper side; the black border on the posterior ones having a row of white spots thereon, and another row is observable on the edges of the anterior. Posterior wings dentated.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury.
Nymphalis Iole. Alis suprà basi fulvis, tunc nigris cœruleo-micantibus, subtus nitenti-ferrugineis, strigis duabus nigris undulatis, posticis caudatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Iole, Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll Suppl. Cram. pl. 29. fig. 4. 4. D.
Papilio (N) Furcula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 79. No. 246. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 360. 36. (Nymphalis F.) Donovan Nat. Repos. 5. 151.
Habitat: "Jamaica" (Drury, in text). "Madras, Mr. Skeene, 1772" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen brown. Wings brown-black, a considerable part of them encircling the body being dark orange. Posterior wings furnished with two tails, rather lighter than the other part.
Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen cream-coloured. Wings brown, having a blueish as well as a reddish hue, several waved lines crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges; five small white spots are placed next the tips, and several small black ones are situated along the external edges of both wings.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Hipparchia, Fabr. Satyrus, Latr. God. Papilio (Helic. Parn.), Drury.
Hipparchia Andromeda. Alis hyalinis, anticis strigis duabus fuscantibus, posticis apice chermesinis ocello utrinque unico. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (P.) Andromeda, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 467. No. 107. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 184. No. 569.
Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Menander, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. t. 84. fig. 6.
Papilio Philis, Cramer, 387. fig. E.
Papilio Pireta, Cramer, pl. 315. fig. A.
Habitat: Jamaica (Drury). Surinam (Enc. Méth.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Two small white spots on the neck. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings perfectly transparent, the lower part of the posterior beautiful carmine-red; close to the upper corner of these wings is a round black spot encircled with yellow, and a small white one on its edge; another white one, very minute, is also situated just below it, which is barely discernible.
Under Side. Palpi white. Breast and abdomen grey. Wings are exactly the same as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Heliconiidæ, Swainson.
Genus. Heliconia, Latr. God. Papilio (Helicon.), Fabr.
Heliconia Sappho. Alis oblongis, supra atro cœruleis infrà nigris; anticis utrinque fasciâ transversâ bifidâ; posticis margine exteriori albis, his subtùs basi sanguineo radiatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Sapho, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 165. No. 511. Stoll Suppl. Cramer, pl. 30. 2. & 2. B. Herbst. Pap. tab. 75. f. 7.
Habitat: "Jamaica, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Eyes brown. Thorax and abdomen black. Wings mazarine blue; the anterior ones having a white band crossing them from the middle of the anterior edges to the lower corners; the posterior edged with a white border, intersected by the blue tendons of the wings.
Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen black, streaked with white. Wings black where they are blue on the upper side, with the same white markings; but next the body are adorned with beautiful red streaks, ending in points resembling rays issuing from it. Margins of the wings entire.
Plate XXXIX.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ, Stephens.
Genus. Erebus, Latr. Thysania, Dalm. Noctua p., Fabr.
Erebus Zenobia. Alis cinereis strigis dentatis et undulatis fuscis et brunneis variegatis, subtùs ferrugineis nigro-undatis. (Expans. Alar. 5 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Bombyx) Zenobia, Drury, App. vol. 3. Cramer? tab. 115. A. B.
Noctua Zenobia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 8. No. 1. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2529. 969. Oliv. Enc. Méth. 8. p. 251. 1.
Habitat: "Jamaica, Mr. Kenchan, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ setaceous and dark brown. Head the same. Thorax and abdomen grey: having a tuft of black hairs standing between them. General colour grey, faintly tinged with red. Anterior wings with a remarkable irregular black bar running from the tips to the shoulders, crossing the thorax horizontally, and parallel with the anterior edges; on the middle of this edge is a triangular dark brown spot edged with black, and nearer the body is a smaller one of the same shape and colour: a second narrower black line is situate about half an inch below, and parallel with the first, rising on the posterior edges, and extending across the wings almost to the external ones. Posterior wings with a black irregular bar arising near the external corners, and crossing them in a straight direction, meeting at the extremity of the abdomen; just above this, and almost close to it, is a very small and narrow waved black line running parallel with it, but towards the end suddenly turns off, and reaches the anterior edges. Besides the above markings there are a number of lighter and darker shades interspersed on the different parts of the wings.
Under Side. Palpi reddish, the extremities brown. Tongue spiral. Legs dark brown, mottled with red. Breast, abdomen, and sides red. Wings greyish red, with black indented lines and bars running parallel with the edges of the wings, and regularly placed one above another. Anterior wings having a black spot near their centre shaped like a kidney-bean, with a small round one at a little distance nearer the body. Posterior having likewise a small black spot about half an inch from the base. Margins of the wings rather deeply scolloped.
Plate XL.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Goliathus, De Lamarck. Cetonia, Fabr. Scarabæus, Linn. Drury, &c.
Goliathus Drurii. Albidus, thorace lineis sex et disco elytrorum irregulariter nigris, pedibus æneis, capite porrecto bifido. (Long. Corp. 4 unc.)
Syn. Goliathus Maximus var. Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 135.
Cetonia Goliata, Oliv. Ent. 1. 6. p. 71. t. 9. f. 33. c.
Habitat: Sierra Leone, Africa (Drury).
Head cream-coloured at top, and black underneath, being full three-fourths of an inch in length, from the neck to the extremity of the two horns which issue from the fore part of it, the sides of which are furnished with two other thick horns which are shorter than the former. Eyes black, and situated so as to discern above and beneath. Antennæ black. Thorax an inch and a half long, cream-coloured, having a thin, sharp, black edge all round; on the top are six longitudinal black streaks differently shaped, separated by cream-coloured lines, the middle ones being narrowest, on each side of which near the lateral edge is a small single black spot; the under part of the thorax is cream-coloured. Scutellum of a longish triangular shape, and cream-coloured. Elytra cream-coloured, with a broad black streak like velvet, about a third of their breadth, running near the lateral edges from the shoulders to the tips. On each side the scutellum is a small black oblong spot, at about one-third of an inch from it. Legs dark green, finely polished. The hairs on the middle and hind thighs and tibiæ dark orange. Abdomen dark green. Abdominal scales [posterior coxæ] the same; on which, close to the joints of the hinder thighs, are two small cream-coloured spots. Sternum long, and of a dark green colour.
I have ventured, on the authority of several distinguished entomologists, to give this insect as a species distinct from Goliathus maximus, figured in the first volume of these Illustrations, Pl. 31. It is true, indeed, that both are from the tropical districts of the western coast of Africa, and that both exhibit the same general structure and form of the horns, (the variations of which constitute the chief specific differences in these cornuted species). Drury evidently at first regarded it as specifically distinct, for he says, in his observation upon it, "This insect is of the same genus with that described in Vol. 1. Pl. XXXI., but I judge it to be a different species," although in the synoptical appendix to the volume he calls it "a variety of Goliathus," the markings are very different, as may be seen by comparing the two figures; but it might be considered that the specimen represented in the first volume was a rubbed individual of that here figured; this, however, is evidently not the case, because in both descriptions Drury expressly describes the dark part of the elytra as resembling velvet, which could not be the case if the specimen was rubbed. Moreover, a very fine and recent specimen corresponding with the present figure has lately been received by Mr. Havill, of Oxford Street, printseller and naturalist, who has demanded the sum of fifty pounds for it. The individual here figured is in the collection of Mr. MacLeay, to whom I have been indebted for a sight of it, and by whose father it was purchased at the sale of Mr. Drury's collection at the price of £12. 1s. 6d., forming lot 95, in the first day's sale, Thursday May 23, 1805, and described in the catalogue as "Scarabæus Goliathus, var." I have also seen in the Royal Museum at Berlin a female of this genus having the head unarmed, and agreeing in colour and markings with the insect here figured, but which is regarded by Dr. Klug as a species distinct from the Goliath. maximus, and which he has recently described in Ermann's Voyage.
Plate XLI.
Order: Neuroptera. Section: Filicornes. Family: Myrmeleonidæ, Leach.
Genus. Myrmeleon, Linn. &c.
Myrmeleon Torridum. Capite thoraceque fulvescentibus, lineâ dorsali nigrâ, hoc griseo-pubescenti, abdomine fusco, alis fusco-punctatis et maculatis, maculis posticarum majoribus et versus apicem crucem irregularem formantibus. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Myrmeleon Libelluloides var., Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Antennæ black, slender, and thickest at the extremities. Head, neck, and thorax yellowish brown, with a black longitudinal stripe running along the middle. Four palpi, two of which are short; the other two long, slender, and knobbed at the extremities. Thorax nearly covered with grey hairs. Abdomen yellowish brown; but, when the insect was living, was probably green. Wings of equal length, the anterior being broadest, all marked with a great number of red-brown spots, and clouds of various shapes and sizes, and appearing to be composed of fine lattice-work like gauze, and perfectly transparent where they are not clouded. Legs nearly of equal length, having two strong tibial spurs.
This is the insect referred to in the observations upon Myrmeleon Libelluloides figured in Vol. 1. tab. 46. fig. 1. as having been regarded by Drury and Fabricius as a variety of that South-Europæan species. That they are specifically distinct both in their habitat and characters will not, I think, be doubted. The peculiar dilatation of the extremity of the posterior wings is a curious character not found in the Libelluloides.
Plate XLII. fig. 1.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Pompilidæ, Leach.
Genus. Pepsis, Fabr. Latr. Sphex, Linn. Drury.
Pepsis Atrox. Nigra, alis fusco-diaphanis, pedibus fulvis. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 3 lin. Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Sphex atrox, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head dark brown. Jaws strong: two of the palpi are long, the other two short. Tongue dilated, and tufted at the tips. Eyes oblong, shining and prominent. Thorax and abdomen brown-black. Abdominal peduncle short. In the specimen figured the sting was exserted, curved, and furnished with two short clavate instruments at its base. Wings thin, and diaphanous. Legs yellow-brown, and furnished with a great number of short spines from the claws to the base of the tibiæ. Tibiæ with two spurs, except those of the fore-legs, which have but one.
Fabricius has described an insect from South America, under the name of Pepsis Heros, which nearly agrees with this species, with the following reference—"Sphex Securus, Drury Ins. . tab. . fig. ." It will be sufficient to observe that Drury has described no such insect, although it is probable that Fabricius, who was on terms of intimacy with our author, might have seen the unpublished figure of such insect in his possession. Mr. Smeathman informed our author that he was once stung in the finger by one of these insects, but the pain was not so severe as might have been expected from a wound made by so large a creature belonging to this genus. His method, when stung by any insects in Africa, was to open the puncture with a lancet, and squeeze out the blood and venom together, which, when effectually done, soon caused the pain to abate.
Plate XLII. fig. 2.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Sphegidæ, Leach.
Genus. Chlorion, Latr. Sphex, Drury.
Chlorion Ferox. Viridi-cyaneum, nitidissimum, antennis pedibusque nigris, alis fuscescentibus. (Expans. Alar. fere 2 unc.)
Syn. Sphex ferus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Sphex lobata? Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 206. 30. Syst. Piez. 217.
Habitat: China.
Head fine green. Jaws strong. Tongue not observed. Eyes oblong. Antennæ black. Wings thin and diaphanous. Thorax and abdomen beautiful shining emerald green. Legs black.
The description given by Drury of this insect entirely agrees with a very common Chinese insect, the Chlorion lobatum, Latr. This figure is however hardly to be recognized.
Plate XLII. fig. 3.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Heterogyna. Family: Formicidæ, Leach.
Genus. Atta, Fabr. Latreille. Formica, Linn. Drury.
Atta Fervens. Fusca, sericea, alis fuscis, capitis angulis posticis rotundatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Formica fervens, Drury, App. vol. 2. Say in Journ. of Nat. Hist. Soc. of Boston, p. 290.
Habitat: Musquito Shore, on the Bay of Mexico.
Antennæ small, setaceous, and shorter than the thorax. Head dark brown, small and flat, armed with strong jaws. Eyes small, round and black. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, and velvety. Wings brown and diaphanous. Legs coloured like the body, without any spines at any of the joints; neither is there any abdominal peduncle.
This insect (which appears to be a queen or female ant) is nearly allied to a very celebrated South American species, which, from visiting the houses of the inhabitants in great swarms, is termed the visiting ant. (Atta Cephalotes, Fabr.) The late Mr. Say, however, pointed out the differences between the two species in his manuscripts, which have been published in the Journal of the Natural History Society of Boston for 1836.
Plate XLII. fig. 4.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Pompilidæ, Leach.
Genus. Pepsis, Latr. Fabr. Sphex, Linn. Drury.
Pepsis Severa. Atra, alis fulvo-diaphanis apice fuscis, pedibus fulvis femoribus nigris. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Sphex Severus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Coast of Africa.
Head black. Tongue not observed. Palpi four. Eyes oblong, prominent and shining. Wings yellow-brown, diaphanous, the tips black. Thorax, abdomen, and thighs black. Tibiæ and tarsi yellow-brown.
Plate XLIII. fig. 1.
Order: Orthoptera. Section: Cursoria. Family: Mantidæ.
Genus. Mantis, Linn. (Subgenus: Harpax, Serville.)
Mantis (Harpax) Ocellaria. Capite inermi, femoribus posticis lobo apicali, elytris viridibus ocello magno discoidali flavo nigro-cingulato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Mantis ocellaria, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Coast of Africa.
Antennæ setaceous. The insect, when living, was probably green, but is now of a yellowish brown; the eyes, head, and thorax being of that colour. One-third of the tegmina, next the tips, is transparent, the remainder being green. In the centre is a yellow spot resembling an eye, encircled with black, whose centre is dark green, with a black margin at top. Wings transparent. Fore-legs yellow-brown. Femora strong, with two rows of spines, and a groove between to receive the tibiæ, which are furnished with a strong spine at the tip. Middle and hind legs having a small flap placed at the tips of the femora, and two tibial spurs.
"This rare and beautiful mantis was found in a savanna."—Smeathman.
Plate XLIII. fig. 2.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabricius, Drury.
Pentatoma Bicolorata. Fusca, pronoti lateribus in spinam obtusam utrinque productis, scutello versus basin et ad apicem elytrorumque maculâ costali fulvis. (Long. Corp. lin. 7.)
Syn. Cimex rostratus, Drury, App. vol. 2.
La punaise à sept taches, Stoll, pl. 14. fig. 97.
Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury). Coast of Guinea (Stoll).
Head and eyes brown. Thorax dark yellow in front; the hinder part brown, the sides terminating in two obtuse spines. Scutellum yellow, brown in the middle. Hemelytra brown, with a yellow spot on the middle of the anterior edges. Legs yellow-brown, the fore ones having a remarkable spine on the thighs, placed near the tips. Rostrum strong, extending as far as the middle legs. Abdomen with two lateral dark indented lines extending to the anus.
I have been compelled to propose another specific name for this insect, that given to it by our author being quite inexpressive.
Plate XLIII. fig. 3.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Coreidæ, Leach.
Genus. Cerbus? Hahn. Cimex, Drury.
Cerbus? Flaveolus. Fuscus, pronoti marginibus fasciâque angulatâ elytrorum fulvis; abdomine rufo, nigro marginato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Cimex flaveolus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head dark orange. Antennæ filiform, four-jointed, about three-fourths the length of the insect. Thorax brown, edged with yellow. Scutellum triangular, not large, brown. Hemelytra brown, one-half of the posterior edge next the body having a yellow line running along it, crossing the middle, and ending at the anterior edge. Wings diaphanous. Abdomen red, edged with black. Rostrum slender, and extending just below the fore-legs. Legs yellow-brown. Tibiæ and tarsi almost black.
Plate XLIII. fig. 4.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Reduviidæ, Leach.
Genus. Diaspidius, Westw. Cimex, Drury.
Diaspidius Scapha. Fulvus; capite, antennis, pronoti lobo antico, membranâ elytrorum pedibusque nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
Syn. Cimex Scapha, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head very small, black, hairy, and long. Antennæ filiform, about half the length of the insect. The fore part of the thorax is hairy and black; the remainder and the scutellum yellow-brown. Basal half of the hemelytra orange-coloured, the remainder dark brown. Wings diaphanous. Abdomen brown-yellow. Rostrum short and black, not reaching to the fore-legs, which are black. Middle and hind legs partly black and brown.
This insect differs so much from the other species of the extensive family Reduviidæ, that I have been compelled to raise it to the rank of a distinct genus, the characters of which are as well marked as those of the majority of the genera recently proposed by the Continental Entomologists in this group. Its characters as a genus are—
Caput parvum. Antennæ breves vix longitudine thoracis, 4?-articulatæ; articulo 2ndo., 1mo. et 3tio. breviori. Pronotum posticè in lobum magnum depressum, supra scutellum et basin alarum productum. Hemelytra marginem lateralem abdominis haud tegentia. Tarsi ut videtur 1-articulati.
Plate XLIII. fig. 5.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Lygæidæ.
Genus. Pyrrhocoris, Fallen, Burmeister. Astemma, St. Farg. & Serv. Platynotus, Schill.
Pyrrhocoris Princeps. Sanguineus; pronoti lobo antico in medio, elytrorum fasciâ versus basin maculâque costali mediâ nigris, membranâ apicali fuscâ, femoribus in medio nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
Syn. Cimex longirostris, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head yellowish-brown. Thorax in front black, and brown behind. Antennæ black and slender, about half the length of the insect. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium yellow-brown, having a black streak crossing the middle, and a black spot near it; apical membrane opake and dark brown. Wings diaphanous. Rostrum long and slender, reaching to the middle of the abdomen. Legs partly black and brown. Tarsi three-jointed.
The name applied to this species by Drury is so inexpressive that I have been induced to propose for it a new specific designation, which has allusion to its large size and rich colouring.