Plate XLIV. fig. 1.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Cetonia, Fabricius, &c. Scarabæus, Linn. &c.
Cetonia Torquata. Obscure viridis, thoracis margine antico luteo, pygidii maculis duabus albis; elytrorum apice suturali spinoso. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Scar. torquatus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Col. III. p. 198. t. 28. f. 1. Schon. Syn. Ins. 3. 117.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head rather square, depressed above; dusky in front, grey behind. Eyes round and prominent. Antennæ black. The thorax dusky green, margined. Scutellum large, triangular, and green. Elytra dusky green, the sides and suture margined, having two swellings near the extremities, and two short thick spines at the end of the suture. The abdomen covered above with a fine brown pile like velvet. Hind part of the abdomen green, with two silvery white spots of a squarish form. All the under side of the insect green, and of a more lively or shining colour than the upper. Legs strong and thick, the tibiæ furnished with thick spines, both in the middle and at the tips, the hinder ones being hairy.
This splendid and exceedingly rare insect flew on board a ship at Sierra Leone, and was taken on the awning on the following morning. It seems to be unknown to the French Entomologists, and is omitted in the "Monographie des Cétoines" of Messrs. Gory and Perchéron.
Plate XLIV. fig. 2.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Rutelidæ, MacLeay.
Genus. Pelidnota, MacLeay. Scarabæus p., Drury.
Pelidnota Unicolor. Tota lutea; elytris tenuiter striatis. (Long Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Scarabæus unicolor, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Melolontha Druryana, Herbst. Col. II. p. 163. 121. t. 27. f. 3.
Melolontha lutea, Olivier Ent. 1. 5. p. 23. t. 19. 1. f. 2.
Pelidnota testacea, Deg. Cat.
Habitat: Brazil.
Brown. Thorax margined. Scutellum small and semi-circular. Elytra margined, and faintly striated. Anterior tibiæ dentated. Tibiæ with two spurs, except the fore ones, which have only one.
Plate XLIV. fig. 3.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Rutelidæ.
Genus. Rutela, Latreille. Scarabæus p. Drury. Cetonia p. Fabr.
Rutela Lineola. Nigra, lineâ a capite ad scutellum ductâ, lateribusque flavis, elytrorum plagâ magnâ flavidâ. (Long. Corp. 7½ lin.)
Syn. Scarabæus Lineola var. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. II. p. 552. 53. Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 145. 53. (Cetonia L.) Syst. Ent. p. 46. 17. Oliv. Ent. 1. 6. p. 78. 98. t. 11. f. 106. var. β.
Cetonia Ephippium, Fabr. Mantiss. 1. p. 29. 31.
Scarabæus Hespera, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Habitat: Brazil.
Antennæ brown. Head black, with a deep yellow stripe down the middle, which is continued across the thorax; that part being black, the sides yellow, whereon is a black spot in the middle. Scutellum yellow and triangular. Elytra black, with a large yellow patch in the middle of each. Podex yellow, the middle being black. Abdomen ringed with black and yellow above; black beneath, with two yellow spots on it. Sternum yellow, extending to the posterior coxæ, which are brown. Posterior femora broad, yellow and brown; the other legs brown.
The specimen here figured appears to differ from the ordinary character of the species in having the thorax more strongly marked with dark yellow.
Plate XLIV. fig. 4.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Rutelidæ.
Genus. Macraspis, MacLeay. Cetonia p., Fabricius. Scarabæus p., Drury.
Macraspis Fucata. Atra nitida, thoracis margine omni elytrorumque vittis duabus flavis. (Long. Corp. 10½ lin.)
Syn. Cetonia fucata, Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 151. 82. Ent. Syst. 1. II. p. 145. 69. Sch. Syn. Ins. vol. 3. p. 158.
Cetonia quadri-vittata, Oliv. Ent. 1. 6. p. 73. 92. t. 7. f. 65.
Scarabæus Cinctus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. Col. III. p. 249. 38. t. 31. f. 5. (Cetonia c.)
Habitat: Rio Janeiro.
Head black and circular. Thorax black, margined with yellow. Scutellum very large, black, and triangular. Elytra black, the sides brown, between which colours is a narrow yellow line, which, running round the extremities, returns back pretty broad up to the anterior edge. Podex and abdomen brown. Sternum long and black. Legs black. Tibiæ with two long spurs at the tips, the fore-legs having only one. Ungues having a long slender spine fixed to the joint, of equal length with the hook itself.
Plate XLV. fig. 1.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Reduviidæ, Leach.
Genus. Ectrichodia, Laporte. Ectrichotes, Burmeister. Loricerus, Hahn.
Ectrichodia Barbicornis. Nigra; thorace, abdominis lateribus pedibusque rufis, scutello nigro nitido. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Reduvius barbicornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 194. 4. Syst. Rh. 267. 4. Drury, App. vol. 3. (Cimex b.)
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head small and dark brown. Antennæ filiform, black. Thorax dark orange. Scutellum small, black, rough, and shining. Hemelytra black, velvety; but edged next the body with orange. Abdomen black, edged with orange. Rostrum short, not reaching to the fore-legs, and brown. Legs slender and orange-coloured.
Plate XLV. fig. 2.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Coreidæ, Leach.
Genus. Cerbus, Hahn. Anisoscelis, Latr. Lygæus, Fabr.
Cerbus Falx. Fuscus, thoracis lateribus compresso-lunatis serratis, femoribus posticis dilatatis haud dentatis, tibiisque posticis membranaceo-dilatatis. (Long. Corp. 9½ lin.)
Syn. Cimex falx, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Coast of Africa.
Head small, dirty brown, which is the general colour of the insect. Antennæ slender, about two-thirds the length of the insect. Thorax brown, the sides terminating in two broad and thin protuberances, bending forward towards the head, the edges being serrated. Scutellum triangular. Wing-cases, wings and legs muddy-coloured, the hinder legs having the tibiæ very broad, and thin.
This insect is very nearly allied to Lygæus Tragus Wolff, fig. 188, which is, however, an inhabitant of China.
Plate XLV. fig. 3.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Coreidæ, Leach.
Genus. Diactor, Burmeister. Acanthocephalus, Laporte. Cimex, Drury. Lygæus, Fabr.
Diactor Latipes. Fuscus sive brunneus, unicolor; pronoto cano granoso, elytrorum venis rufis, tarsis posticis pallidis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Cimex latipes, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Lygæus compressipes, Fabr. Syst. Rh. 209. 24. Stoll Cim. t. 2. f. 14. Burmeister Handb. 2. 334. (Diactor c.)
Habitat: Jamaica (Drury). South America.
Head black and very small. Antennæ slender, and almost as long as the insect. Thorax dark muddy green, almost black, which is the general colour of the insect. Next the head there is a white mark, somewhat resembling a crown, the sides terminating in two angles. Scutellum triangular. Hemelytra and wings of the same dark colour with the other parts. Rostrum slender, extending to the middle legs. Fore and middle legs slender, the thighs being dentated. Hinder legs very long, the thighs very thick and strong, and much dentated; the tibiæ being very broad and thin, and the inner edges serrated. Tarsi dark orange.
Plate XLV. fig. 4.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Reduviidæ, Leach.
Genus. Hammatocerus, Burm. Hammacerus, Laporte. Cimex, Drury.
Hammatocerus Purcis. Niger, undique granosus, elytris basi albis, femorum posticorum basi sanguineâ. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
Syn. Cimex Purcis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Brown Ill. tab. 70. f. 2.
Reduvius Nychthemerus, Illig. Burm. vol. 2. 236. 1. (Hammatocerus n.)
Hammacerus conspicillaris var. Laporte Hem. 79.
Habitat: Virginia (Drury). Georgia (Burmeister).
Head, eyes, and thorax black; the latter rough. Antennæ setaceous, consisting of innumerable articulations. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium white, terminal membrane black. Wings white and transparent. Abdomen black, the edges marked with scarlet and black spots. Rostrum black and short, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black, the hinder thighs next the body scarlet.
Plate XLV. fig. 5.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Coreidæ, Leach.
Genus. Cerbus, Hahn. Anisoscelis, Latr. Lygæus, Fabr.
Cerbus Sanctus. Fuscus, thorace maculâque cruciatâ elytrorum fulvis, thorace inermi, pedibus nigris femoribus posticis maximis, tibiis mediocribus. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)
Syn. Cimex Sanctus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head dark brown. Antennæ almost as long as the insect. Thorax orange brown, having a black streak on it next the head. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium orange brown, apical membrane black. Rostrum small and slender, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black. Hinder thighs strong and thick, having a strong spine on the under part, and another longer, near the tip of the tibiæ.
Fabricius has applied the specific name of Sanctus to one of the species of thick-legged Coreidæ, from Brazil, which is placed by Burmeister in the Genus Crinocerus. Drury quoted the Fabrician description as belonging to his species, but the diversity in their locality would alone be sufficient to prove them to be distinct.
Plate XLV. fig. 6.
For the description of this species, and a representation of an individual with expanded wings, see Vol. II. plate XXXVIII. fig. 4. The following are the only material variations noticed in the descriptions of this specimen as compared with that referred to above, and which can only be regarded as indicating slight variety.
Head very small and black. Antennæ black, about half the length of the insect. Thorax shining, punctated, and of a deep blue, almost black, being surrounded with a circular line of a cream colour, and which is divided in the middle, the sides terminating in two black angular spines. Scutellum large, glossy, triangular, and black, the tip being cream-coloured and punctated. Hemelytra brownish, tinged with blue, the extremities being blueish black. Abdomen red above, edged with orange and black; deep yellow beneath, with black spots on the edge. Legs deep yellow, tibiæ black. Tarsi black above, yellow beneath.
Plate XLV. fig. 7.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Coreidæ, Leach.
Genus. Cerbus, Hahn. Anisoscelis, Latr. Lygæus, Fabr.
Cerbus Umbrosus. Obscurè fulvescens, pronoti disco striis tribus nigris, antennarum articulo ultimo fulvo, elytris striis obliquis nigris notatis, membranâ apicali æneâ nitidâ, femoribus tibiisque posticis serratis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Cimex umbrosus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Brazil.
Head and thorax dark orange, the latter with three longitudinal streaks of a darker colour. Antennæ dark orange and black, the last articulation orange. Scutellum triangular, and dark brown. Hemelytra striated with dark orange and brown, the extremities being of a bronze-colour and glossy. Abdomen darker than the other parts. Rostrum extending to the middle legs. Legs orange-brown, the hinder ones having the thighs and tibiæ serrated.
Plate XLV. fig. 8.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Reduviidæ, Leach.
Genus. Hammatocerus, Burm. Hammacerus, Laporte. Cimex, Drury.
Hammatocerus Conspicillaris. Niger, elytris basi albis, maculâ irregulari nigrâ, abdominis marginibus rubro-maculatis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Cimex conspicillaris, Drury, App. vol. 3. Laporte Hemipt. p. 79. Burmeister Hem. p. 236. 2.
Habitat: Brazil.
Head small and black. Antennæ setaceous, black, and about half the length of the insect. Thorax black. Scutellum triangular and black, but tipped with white. Hemelytra black, the base white, whereon is an oblong black spot. Abdomen dark red, edged with dark red and black. Rostrum short and curled, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black.
Plate XLVI. fig. 1.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.
Pentatoma Catena. Albida, pronoti dorso maculâ magnâ nigrâ, lineâ tenui albâ in medio divisâ, scutello maculâ basali, alterâ subapicali, membranâque elytrorum nigris. (Long. Corp. lin. 7½.)
Syn. Cimex catena, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Brazil.
Head cream-coloured and black. Antennæ about half the length of the insect. Thorax flesh-coloured; a large black spot occupying the middle, which is divided by a cream-coloured line. Scutellum shaped like a bell, black, surrounded with cream colour, and divided transversely by a line of the same colour. Hemelytra flesh-coloured, the extremities black. Beneath cream-coloured, with a great many black spots. Rostrum black, extending below the fore legs. Legs cream, streaked with black.
Plate XLVI. fig. 2.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Scutati, Burm.
Genus. Edessa, Fabr. Centroproctus, Hahn. Cimex, Drury.
Edessa Virens. Obscure virescens, elytris fuscis margine externo pallido, pronoto lateribus utrinque in spinam longam rectam et acutam productis. (Long. Corp. 10½ lin.)
Syn. Cimex virens, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Edessa cervus? Fabr. Syst. Rh. 146. 2.
Habitat: Brazil.
Antennæ small, about two-thirds the length of the insect. Head, thorax, and scutellum dirty green; the latter large and triangular. The thorax on each side ends in very acute angles. Hemelytra brown, but were probably green when the insect was living. Beneath dirty green. Rostrum extending beyond the hinder legs.
Plate XLVI. fig. 3.
Order: Hemiptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Lygæidæ, Leach.
Genus. Largus, Hahn. Euryopthalmus, Laporte. Cimex, Drury.
Largus Lineola. Ferrugineo-niger, profunde punctatus, pronoto postice luteo, membranâ albido-cinereâ fusco venosâ limbo fusco. (Long. Corp. 6 lin.)
Syn. Cimex Lineola, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 721. No. 52.
Cimex punctatus, De Geer Mem. pl. 34. fig. 17. 18.
Cimex humilis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Hahn. Wanzen. Art. Ins. t. 2. f. 6. (Largus h.) Stoll, tab. 27. fig. 265.
Euryopth. puncticollis, Laporte Hemipt. 38. 4.
Lygæus Mutilis. Perty Del. Art. Braz. pl. 34. f. 9.
Habitat: Brazil.
Head black. Antennæ small and black, and about half the length of the insect. Thorax black in front, orange behind; with many minute black spots, the under part being edged with cream. Scutellum triangular, small and black. Hemelytra black at the base: white at the extremities. Abdomen black, edged with cream both above and beneath. Rostrum black, extending to the hinder legs, all of which are black likewise.
Plate XLVI. fig. 4.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.
Pentatoma Spectabilis. Capite rufescenti postice nigro, pronoto albido, antice maculisque duabus posticis nigris, scutello et corio albidis fasciâ latâ communi membranâque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp. 7½ lin.)
Syn. Cimex spectabilis, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Brazil.
Head red. Eyes, neck, and antennæ black. Thorax cream-coloured, edged in front with black, having two small black spots on the shoulders, and two larger on the hinder part, which are continued on the front of the scutellum, which is large and triangular; the tip being cream colour, the middle having a broad black band crossing it and the hemelytra, which are cream-coloured at the base, the hinder part being black. Beneath red, with small black spots along the sides. Rostrum long and black, extending below the hinder legs. Thighs red, the tibiæ and tarsi black.
Plate XLVI. fig. 5.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.
Pentatoma Rutilans. Cyanea aut viridi ænea, pronoti fasciâ transversâ anticâ, scutelli apice elytrorumque basi internè sanguineis, abdomine sanguineo maculis marginalibus pedibusque nigris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Edessa rutilans, Fabr. Syst. Rh. 151. 25.
Cimex anchorago, Drury, App. vol. 3. (nec Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 86. 25.)
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head dark blue. Antennæ black. Thorax deep shining mazarine blue, the fore part with a scarlet transverse streak. Scutellum triangular, appearing swelled in the fore part, which is of a dark greenish blue, the hinder part being scarlet, and continued along the edges up to the shoulders. Hemelytra dark blueish green. Abdomen scarlet, edged with dark blue spots. Rostrum black, extending to the hinder legs. Beneath deep yellowish flesh-colour, spotted on the sides with blue. Legs black.
Plate XLVI. fig. 6.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.
Pentatoma Regia. Lutea; capite, pronoti maculis duabus oblongis, scutelli basi, elytrorum maculâ centrali membranâque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp. lin 7½.)
Syn. Cimex regius, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Pentatoma catena var. vel sexus alter? Drury, in text.
Habitat: Brazil.
The principal difference between this insect and Pent. catena, is two black spots on the flesh-coloured part of the hemelytra; the scutellum not having the black part divided by the cream-coloured line, and the under part of the insect being rather more spotted than that.
Plate XLVI. fig. 7.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Aspongopus, Lap. Burm. Edessa, Fabr. Cimex, Drury.
Aspongopus Janus. Niger, supra ruber; capite, pronoti maculâ anticâ, scutelli basi, membranâque nigris. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.)
Syn. Cimex Janus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 107. 105. Syst. Rhyng. 151. 23. (Edessa J.) Stoll Cim. 2. t. 6. f. 41. Wolff. Cim. 1. 13. t. 2. f. 13. Burmeister Hemipt. p. 352. 3. (Aspongopus J.)
Cimex Afer, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Coast of Coromandel (Drury). "In Americæ insulis" (Fabr. haud recte).
Head and antennæ black. Thorax red and margined, having a black triangular spot situated near the head. Base of the scutellum black, the hinder part and sides being red. Hemelytra red, the extremities black. Abdomen red. Rostrum short, extending only to the fore legs. Beneath black, edged with red. Legs black.
The specific name, Afer, given to this insect, although having the priority in point of date over that of Fabricius, is so completely inappropriate that I have not hesitated in adopting the latter.
Plate XLVI. fig. 8.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.
Pentatoma Pulchella. Sanguinea, supra cœruleo nigra, fasciis duabus sanguineis, anticâ arcuatâ, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.)
Syn. Cimex pulchellus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll, pl. 5. fig. 30. & pl. 21. fig. 142.
Cimex concentricus, Klug, Burmeister Hemipt. 365. 5.
Habitat: Bay of Honduras (Drury). Para (Burmeister). Guiana (J. O. W.).
Head flesh-coloured. Antennæ black. Thorax dark blue, the angulated corners red. Scutellum scarlet, with a dark blue band crossing it near the middle, and two small blue spots adjoining to the thorax. Hemelytra, next the thorax red, below which is a broad dark blue band crossing them, and a narrow scarlet one beneath it; the remainder being dark blue. Rostrum black, extending below the hinder legs. Abdomen scarlet at the base, with two rows of white streaks; the extremity next the anus dark blue. Legs black.
Plate XLVI. fig. 9.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidæ.
Genus. Sphærocoris, Burmeister. Tetyra, Fabr. Cimex, Drury.
Sphærocoris Argus. Lutea, guttis 15 pallidis sive rubris nigro-cinctis. (Long. Corp. lin. 4.)
Syn. Cimex annulus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 82. 10. Syst. Rh. 132. 20. (Tetyra A.)
Cimex Argus, Drury, App. vol. 3. (nec Fabr. Syst. Rh. 533.) Stoll Cim. pl. 7. fig. 50.
Sphærocoris Argus, Burmeister Hemipt. 391. No. 2?
Scutellera gibbosa, Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Hemipt. pl. 5. b. f. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head dark cream colour, with two black lines from the front to the hinder part. Thorax dark cream, with two waved bands crossing it from side to side, of a darker colour. Scutellum very large, and entirely covering the abdomen. This part is high and rounded, of the same colour with the rest of the insect, having a number of oval, circular, and other shaped marks thereon. Beneath dark-cream; breast and fore-part lightest. Rostrum extending below the hinder legs, all of which are of the same dark cream colour with the other parts.
There is some confusion as to the specific names of the insects composing the present genus. The Tetyra Argus of Fabricius, with which the species here figured (from Sierra Leone) was considered identical by Drury, is an inhabitant of South America. Dr. Burmeister has also confused it with a species from the Cape of Good Hope.
Plate XLVII. fig. 1.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Serricornes. Family: Elateridæ.
Genus. Elater, Linn, &c. (Subgenus: Tetralobus, Encycl. Méth.)
Elater (Tetralobus) Flabellicornis. Fuscus, antennis 8-laminatis, elytris nitidis lævibus. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Elater flabellicornis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. p. 651. 1.? Fabr. Syst. Ent. 1. App. p. 824. 1.? Syst. Eleuth. II. p. 221. 2.? De Jean Catal. Col. 2nd Edit. 85. Oliv. Ent. II. 31. p. 8. t. 3. fig. 28.? Herbst. Col. ix. p. 320. t. 127. f. 1.?
Elater Gigas, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. II. p. 221. 1.?
Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury, Afzelius, Schonh.). Guinea (De Jean). India (Linn. Fabr. Oliv.).
Head rather small, square, surrounded with a small black margin; palpi very short. Antennæ black; those of the male laminated, having eight distinct plates or laminæ laying close to each other, which, when closed together, appear to be of equal thickness. General colour dark or dirty brown. Thorax with a black margin, terminating on the sides in two sharp spines. Scutellum small. Elytra smooth and glossy, without any margin, and rounded at the extremities, without spines. Sternum black and small. Beneath of the same colour as the upper side.
This figure has been usually cited as the Elater flabellicornis Linn., the habitat of which is said to be India, whereas the real habitat of Drury's insect, as confirmed by Afzelius and De Jean, is Sierra Leone and Guinea. This insect was sometimes found by Mr. Smeathman in the evenings, having flown into the houses, to which it was attracted by the lights.
Plate XLVII. fig. 2.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Serricornes. Family: Elateridæ.
Genus. Elater, Linn. &c. (Subgenus: Agrypnus, Eschscholtz.)
Elater (Agrypnus) Quadri-maculatus. Cinereus, thoracis punctis quatuor, elytris fasciis duabus undulatis nigris. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
Syn. Elater quadri-maculatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. II. p. 219. 14. Syst. Eleuth. II. p. 224. 13. Oliv. Ent. II. 31. p. 20. t. 8. f. 79. Herbst. Col. x. p. 105. t. 168. f. 3. Klug Ermann's Voy. App. p. 31. pl. 15. f. 3.
Elater fasciatus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Coast of Africa (Drury). "In Africa æquinoctiali" (Fabr.).
Head grey. Antennæ serrated and black; much shorter than the thorax, which is grey, with two small round black spots on the middle, and two square ones next the scutellum, which is black, surrounded by a patch of the same colour. Elytra grey, with two waved irregular bands crossing them, one near the middle, the other near the tips. Beneath black, and, when viewed through a microscope, appearing to be powdered as it were with grey. Legs black.
Plate XLVII. fig. 3.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Serricornes. Family: Elateridæ.
Genus. Elater, Linn. &c. (Subgenus: Cardiophorus, Eschsch.?)
Elater (Cardiophorus?) Pictus. Fulvus, antennis nigris serratis, thorace elytrisque nigro-lineatis et undulatis, his etiam maculâ utrinque triangulari nigrâ. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
Syn. Elater pictus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Schonh. Syn. Ins. 3. 277.
Habitat: Coast of Africa.
Head yellow-brown. Antennæ deeply serrated and black, being shorter than the thorax. Thorax yellow-brown, with several black longitudinal streaks. Scutellum very small and yellow brown. Elytra of the same colour, with several faint black marks thereon, particularly two situated near the middle of a triangular shape, and reaching to the sides; they are a little striated, and terminate in four blunt spines, two to each. Beneath of a greyer colour than on the upper side. Sternum remarkably large.
Plate XLVII. fig. 4.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Serricornes. Family: Elateridæ.
Genus. Elater, Linn. &c. (Subgenus: Semiotus, Eschscholtz.) Pericalus, Enc. Méth.
Elater (Semiotus) Ligneus. Ferrugineus, elytris mucronatis vittis duabus lateralibus suturâque obscurioribus, thorace lineâ mediâ nigrâ. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Elater ligneus, Linn. Amœn. Acad. vi. p. 395. 24. Syst. Nat. 1. II. p. 652. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. II. p. 224. No. 20. Oliv. Ent. II. 31. p. 17. t. 2. f. 15. Herbst. Col. ix. p. 339. 14. t. 158. f. 8.
Elater serraticornis, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Elater conicus, Voet Col. Ed. Panz. II. p. 110. 9. t. 42. f. 9.
Habitat: Rio Janeiro.
Head red brown. Antennæ black, shorter than the thorax, which is red-brown, with a dark longitudinal streak running along the middle from the head to the scutellum, the sides terminating in two angular points. Scutellum small and brown. Elytra red-brown, marginated and ending in two spines; they are a little striated, with three longitudinal streaks of a dark brown colour; one in the middle along the suture, the others on each side. Breast and base of the abdomen red-brown colour; hinder part of the latter is darker, having two oval spots of a lightish colour near the anus.
Plate XLVII. fig. 5.