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hollowed out at its base. Legs rather thick, the outer of the two tarsal
claws of the third pair of legs, cleft at the end, anterior tibiae
externally sub-tridentate. Thorax with the sides somewhat angulated and
narrowly margined, rounded behind, but the sides of the posterior margin
are straight, the surface is minutely punctured and covered with brown
hairs, the sternum of the mesothorax is without a spine, or projecting
angle; elytra in some specimens of a rich, lively, metallic, yellowish
green, in other coppery green with the suture and margin dark green, the
surface chagreened and punctured. Underside of the body and legs dark
green, the former covered with ash-grey pubescence, or rather longish
soft hairs.
This insect seems to be one of those links which connect such genera as
Anoplognathus, Amblyterus and Brachysternus, and it is very difficult to
say to which of these genera it is most allied. Professor Burmeister has
begun to eradicate the Phyllophagous genera of Beetles, and from his deep
knowledge of Entomology, and the particular acquaintance which he has
with the principles of general Zoology, as well as the thorough manner in
which he means to go through all the species, much light may soon be
expected to be thrown on the subject; how true is Darwin's remark, made
in speaking of a somewhat anomalous bird, "this, from its varied
relations, although at present offering only difficulties to the
systematic Naturalist, ultimately may assist in revealing the grand
scheme, common to the present and past ages, on which organized beings
have been created." (Journal and Remarks Voyage of Beagle 3 page 112.)
BIPHYLLOCERA, g.n.
Antennae (seemingly) nine-jointed, the first joint long, much thickened
at the end, and furnished with several stiff hairs, the five last are
lamelliform, the lamellae in the male long, and pinnated on one side;
labium deeply grooved in the middle, notched at the tip; palpi with the
terminal joints longest, sub-cylindrical; head moderate; clypeus
separated by a distinct line, basal part slightly hollowed out, as is the
head between the eyes; thorax short; elytra elongate, somewhat rounded on
the lateral edge, truncated at the end; legs slender; tibiae of first
pair anteriorly sub-tridentate, tibiae of second and third pairs with
many spines, claws of posterior tarsi entire, joints of tarsi, slender,
elongate.
In the system this would come at no great distance from the genus Serica,
the compound lamellated joints are, I believe, the first noticed amongst
Phyllophagous Coleoptera.
Biphyllocera kirbyana, sp. n. Illustration 19 Insects 2 Figure 1 a and
b.)
Piceo-brunnea, subtus piloso-fulvescens, thoracis margine flavescente,
dorso, hirtello; elytris 9 (saltem) lineis longitudinalibus impressis,
interstitiis transverse substriolatis quasi squamulatis.
Shining, more especially on the head and clypeus, the crown of the head
very smooth, the space between the eyes with impressed punctures, the
clypeus slightly notched in front; antennae pale-ferruginous; thorax with
short rust-coloured hairs, and the lateral margin slightly reflexed and
paler than the dorsal part, which is covered with short striolae, giving
a squamulate appearance to it; when narrowly examined, just above the
rather large and bluntish scutellum, there are some distinct scattered
punctures; thorax beneath covered with fulvous hairs.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
There are two more or less injured specimens of this species in the
collection of the British Museum. In the same collection, from the same
locality, are two specimens of what I regarded as the females of the B.
kirbyana; they are larger and of a pale brown; one of these is figured in
the accompanying wood-cut figure 2. In the lamellae of the antennae of
the two specimens there is considerable difference, so that probably
there may be a second species of Biphyllocera. I have given it the name
of B. fabriciana.
Lamprima micardi, Reiche in Guerin's Rev. Zool. 1841, Number 2, page 51.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Porrostoma rufipenne (Fabricius) Laporte Histoire des Anim. Art.
Lycus rufipennis, Fabricius Syst. El. 2 page 114 to 120.
Habitat King George's Sound.
Porrostoma serraticorne (Fabricius) Lap.
Lycus serraticornis, Fabricius Syst. El. 2 3 page 6.
Habitat King George's Sound.
Saprinus cyaneus (Fabricius) Erichson Uebers. der Hister. in Klug's
Jahrb. d. Insectenk. 1 page 178.
Hister. cyaneus Fabricius Systema Entomologiae page 52 7 3. Syst. El. 1
86 13. Oliv. Ent. 1 number 8 plate 3 f. 17.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Stigmodera roei, Hope, Synopsis of Austr. Insects page 2 number 15.
Buprestis dejeaniana, Boisduval Voyage de l'Astrolabe Ent. 2 page 63
plate 6 f. 6.
Stigmodera cancellata, Lap. and Gory (nec Donovan) Histoire Naturelle
etc. des Col. plate 2 f. 6.
Habitat King George's Sound, Capt George Grey.
Donovan's B. cancellata is surely a distinct species, the serrated
margins of the elytra and other characters would separate it. I have not
seen the work of the Reverend F. Hope, referred to by Messrs. Gory and
Laporte, so that I am not aware whether the specific name roei or
dejeaniana had the priority in publication.
Stigmodera iospilota, Hope, var. "Syn. etc." Lap. and Gory, op. c. plate
7 f. 39.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Diphucrania scabiosa, Gory ? Boisduval Voyage de l'Astrolabe.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Ptomaphila lacrymosa (Schreiber) Hope. The Coleopterist's Manual part 3
page 150.
Silpha lacrymosa, Schreibers Linnean Transactions 6 page 194 tab. 20
Figure 5.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Belus suturalis, Boisduval Voyage de l'Astrolabe, Ent. 2 page 304 plate 7
Figure 20.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Catasarcus rufipes (Hope) Schoenh. Gen. and Spec. Curc. 5 gen. 109 sp. 2
page 814.
Cneorhinus stigmatipennis, Boisduval Voyage de l'Astrolabe 2 page 349.
Habitat King George's Sound.
Helaeus echidna, new species. Illustration 20 Insects 3.
H. elytris triseriatim spinosis.
The dilated sides of thorax meeting in front, and projecting beyond head,
a short spine in the middle near the hind margin. Elytra with two rows of
spines close to the suture, and another close to the edge, where the
dilated part commences: the central rows of spines are not continued to
the tip, the spines being placed irregularly; they are also much larger
than those of the side row. General surface of thorax and elytra very
smooth, shining, the dilated parts of thorax and elytra with the surface
somewhat undulated.
Inhabits King George's Sound, Captain Grey.
EMCEPHALUS, Kirby Zool. Journal 3 page 524.
Emcephalus (Cilibe) tricostellus, new species.
Much larger than the E. gibbosus, of a dirty brown, glossed, and wide
margin of elytra flat, the extreme edge somewhat turned up, the sides of
the elytra at base are somewhat straight, but the edge soon gradually
gets rounded off towards tip. Towards the suture the elytron is raised so
as to form a very prominent keel down the back of elytra; the general
surface of the elytra is somewhat pustulose, and there are three slightly
elevated, longitudinal lines, nearly meeting (but indistinctly) behind on
the convex part of each elytron. The middle of thorax is more shining
than the other parts, and seems to have two impressions on the back on
each side of a longitudinal, elevated dorsal line.
King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
This species may belong to the genus "Cilibe Kirby," shortly alluded to
by Dr. Boisduval in the Entomological part of the Voyage of the
Astrolabe.
Hesthesis cingulatus (Kirby) Newman. Annals of Natural History 5 page 17.
Molorchas cingulatus, Kirby, Linnean Transactions 12 page 472.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius) Newman, Annals of Natural History 5
page 19.
Stenocorus semipunctatus, Fabricius Systema Entomologiae 180 8 Syst. El.
2 306 8. Donovan Epitome etc. figure.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Hebecerus marginicollis, Dejean.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Bardistus cibarius, Newman, Entomologist March 1841 Number 5 page 80.
Illustration 21 Insects 4.
Of a yellowish bay colour, the head, thorax, and basal part of the three
first joints of the antennae darker; the elytra soft, margined, with
three parallel raised lines, not reaching the tip, the outer is on the
side and not so distinct as the other two; there is also a short one
running from the base of the elytron near the scutellum, and soon forming
a margin to the suture. The antennae are slightly hairy outside. (In the
accompanying figure they are represented much too short.) There are a few
short hairs at the rounded tip of the elytra.
Habitat King George's Sound, where it seems to be very abundant, forming
a favourite article of food with the natives who call it Barde; it is
eaten in its imago as well as its larva and pupa states.
"It is found in the Xanthorrhoea. The grubs are white, have a fragrant
aromatic flavour, and form a favourite article of food amongst the
natives. They are eaten either raw or roasted, and frequently form a sort
of dessert after native repasts. The presence of these grubs in a
grass-tree is thus ascertained. If the top of one of these trees is
observed to be dead, the natives give it a few sharp kicks with their
feet, when, if it contains any Barde, it begins to give way; if this
takes place, they push it over, and breaking the tree in pieces with
their hammers, extract the Barde." Captain Grey's manuscript.
Paropsis, Oliv.
There are several beautiful species of this genus found at King George's
Sound, where they seem to take the place of the Tortoise beetles
(Cassididae). When alive, they have, like many of the Cassidae, the most
brilliant lustre, their resplendent colours disappearing soon after
death.
Coccinella tongataboae, Boisduval Voyage de l'Astrolabe Ent. it. page 595
plate 8 figure 24.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
...
ORTHOPTERA.
Blatta subverrucosa, new species.
Apterous, oval; thorax in front semicircular, shrouding the head;
posterior angle sharp, rounded behind, the frontal edge bent slightly
back, and yellowish; the upper surface brown, rather obscure, the surface
irregularly raised, below deep shining pitchy brown. Abdomen yellowish
brown, above sprinkled with dark brown, the edges of each segment with
several small wart-like prominences; two first segments being also
shagreened at the sides, beneath pitchy brown, segments at the base black
with green reflections; the femora are pitchy brown; the tibiAe pale
yellowish with black spines; the tarsi of a deeper yellow; head dark
brown, the trophi and a narrow line on the cheeks yellowish; antennae
somewhat ferruginous.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
A large apterous species.
Mantis latistylus, Serville, var. Orthopt. Suites de Buffon page 179.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Mantis rubrocoxata, Serville ? Orthopt. page 203.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Acheta ? marginipennis, new species.
Thorax black with a yellow line above; head as wide as the thorax, with a
blunted projection in front between the antennae, which are very long and
situated in a groove in front of the eyes, and have their basal joint
very large. No ocelli visible. Thorax wider than long, somewhat narrower
in front than behind. Hemelytra very transparent, longer than the
abdomen, lying flat upon one another, the outer margin bent down; the
horizontal portion has many irregular nerves; there are two longitudinal
nerves at the angle formed by the bent down outer margin, which extend
from base almost to the tip, the spaces between these nerves being of a
yellowish colour, the general colour greyish, there are several oblique
parallel veins on the bent down margin; wings very short; posterior legs
very long; femora much thickened, brown, at the base very pale; anal
appendages very long and hairy. Somewhat allied to the Acheta arachnoides
of Westwood, figured in the Naturalist's Library, Introduction to
Entomology, volume 1 plate 6.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Tympanophora pellucida, new species. Illustration 22 Insects 5.
Antennae very long, arising from between the eyes, labrum heart-shaped,
eyes very large, prominent; ocelli 3, the first the largest, situated
between the antennae, the two others being placed on the sides of a
slight groove behind them. Prothorax widest behind, in front not so wide
as the head; abdomen small, two of the segments on the back with
projecting knobs; anal appendages in the male short cylindrical, slightly
hooked inwardly, furnished at the end with two teeth, the surface is
rough with short bristly hairs. The elytra are much longer than the wing,
which again are at least twice the length of the abdomen; the first and
second pair of legs are rather stout, the tibiae having two rows of
strong spines on the underside; the hind legs are long and slender, the
under surface of the tibiae being but slightly denticulated. The head is
green, the front inclining to yellow, the crown is reddish brown, eyes
green, ocelli yellow, two basal joints of antennae green, the remainder
rust coloured; prothorax green, brown behind, with a broadish line of
same colour down the middle; body rusty green, each segment with a dusky
ring; elytra pale green with few longitudinal nerves, but many cross
ones; wings of a very pale green; anterior legs of a pale brown, femora
of second and third pair green; the tibiae pale brown, the tarsi and
joints darker.
Habitat King George's Sound.
This genus is not far removed from AEcanthus Serville; when the wings are
closed it somewhat resembles a species of the African genus Pneumora;
(the figure should be reversed.)
Saga denticulata, new species.
Head yellowish green with a brownish tint; the cheeks below the eyes and
an irregular mark above the clypeus brownish in some specimens; labrum
yellow, in some at the base brown; mandibles pale at base, succeeded by a
reddish brown hue, the cutting edges being black and shining; antennae
lower half green, terminal portion brownish green; prothorax without
transverse grooves, the surface with minute wart-like prominences; elytra
(in male) pale green with darker reticulations, the inner edge with a
rosy hue; abdomen of a dark dull green above, beneath pale; legs green,
changing into yellowish and brownish; the two rows of spines on the
underside of the femora and tibiae short and blackish; anal appendages in
the male knife-shaped, with a broad tooth at base. The ovipositor of
female has the edges quite smooth beneath.
This species is but half the size of the Saga serrata.
Inhabits King George's Sound.
This species belongs to Serville's second division, or may possibly form
a third, as in the males there exist rudiments of wings. Each of the
elytra has a clear space like a tympanum; the upper part of the prothorax
is smooth, the sides and posterior part are very slightly bent back, the
last segment of abdomen notched at the end.
Tropinotus cinnamomeus, Serville Orthopt. page 620.
Gryllus australasiae, Leach Zool. Misc. 1 page 56 tab. 24 ?
Habitat King George's Sound.
Calliptamus carbonarius, Serville Orthopt. page 691.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Calliptamus brunneus, new species.
Head smooth, of a light brown; antennae somewhat red, at the tip
brownish; ocelli yellow; the four facial keels distinct; thorax light
brown behind with foveated impressions, amidst which arise a few longish
prominences, transverse grooves feeble, dorsal keel very distinct. Elytra
longer than the body, slightly opaque, light brown, with a few indistinct
spots; wings scarcely as long as the elytra, with a greenish hue, except
at the tip which is brownish; abdomen brown, shining, palest beneath,
segments keeled above, posterior tibiae of a bright red, sides at the
base yellowish, spines black, posterior femora with two brown bands on
the upper edge about the middle.
Inhabits King George's Sound.
...
HYMENOPTERA.
ONCORHINUS, Shuckard.
[Family Thynnidae Shuckard.]
My reasons for establishing the family Thynnidae I shall expose in my
monograph of that family, which would have been published ere this but
for the difficulty of procuring specimens for dissection; and as I must
for a similar reason defer the positive character until I publish the
synopsis of the whole, I will give those negative ones which are
comprised in the differences which distinguish it from Scotaena of Klug,
and from which it may be separated by its much swollen and protuberant
clypeus, being considerably less emarginate. Genae scarcely conspicuous.
Antennae longer and more porrect; second submarginal cell as long as the
third; abdomen broader at the base, its ventral surface concave;
hypopygium scarcely carinated laterally, and pygidium prominent and
deeply emarginate, its lateral edges produced into acute teeth. External
differences apparently so small, and which might elsewhere be deemed
inadequate to the establishment of genera, become important in this
remarkable family, from their being confirmed by the structure of the
trophi, and the strong distinctions exhibited in their females in every
instance that has yet presented itself to me, wherever I have had the
certainty of specific identity in these heterogynous insects, from the
direct observation of my friends in Australia.
Oncorhinus xanthospilos, Shuckard.
Black--clypeus, mandibles, lower portion of face in front of eyes, a
narrow streak above and behind them--anterior margin of collar, tegulae,
tubercles and adjacent part of epimerae--a round spot on each side of
each segment of the abdomen, except the terminal one--apex of the femora,
the tibiae and tarsi, all yellow; the posterior tibiae being only brown
within, and the extreme apex of the joints of their tarsi also brown.
Habitat King George's Sound. Length 11 lines, expansion of the wing 18
lines.
This is a unique species in the genus as far as I have yet had the
opportunity of ascertaining.
W.E.S.
NEUROPTERA.
Bittacus australis, Klug. Monogr. Panorp. Berlin Transactions sp. no. 11.
Habitat King George's Sound.
HEMIPTERA.
CHOEROCYDNUS, n.g.
Head broad, in front somewhat truncated; ocelli wanting; antennae
five-jointed, second joint longest, third, fourth and fifth, somewhat
thickened and nearly equal; beak reaching to base of last pair of legs,
if not beyond; third joint the longest; thorax in front notched for
reception of head, not so wide as the body; scutellum long and pointed,
the line separating it from hemelytra very indistinct; hemelytra without
a membrane at the end; tibiae very spiny; abdomen broadest behind; tarsi
of fore-legs very feeble, two-jointed, second joint shorter than the
first, and ending in two claws.
Choerocydnus foveolatus, new species. Illustration 23 Insects 6.
Dark pitchy brown; head, thorax, and body margined with hairs; head above
minutely punctured, an elongated space in the middle, smooth; thorax
above minutely punctured with some larger impressed dots, and irregularly
shaped smooth spaces, the coriaceous part pitted; antennae and tarsi
light ferruginous.
Inhabits King George's Sound.
LEPIDOPTERA.
Papilio liris, Godart. Encycl. Meth. 9 Papilio page 72 no. 132. Boisduval
Spec. gener. des Lepidopt. 1 page 269 number 92. De Haan. Bijdr. etc.
Verh. Nat. geschied. etc. Zool. Insecta tab. 4 f. 3 page 40.
It may perhaps be not altogether foreign to the purpose of this list to
say that in the collection of the British Museum there are two specimens
of this species from the North-west coast of New Holland, where they were
collected by the late Mr. Allan Cunningham. The whole of his collection
was bought by Mr. Children, and many of the rare Lepidoptera in it were
named by Mr. G.R. Gray. Godart's description of the body agrees exactly
with the male in the national collection, les cotes et le bout de
l'abdomen d'un rouge-carmin tendre. Boisduval, in the standard work above
alluded to, says of this species, dessous et extremite de l'abdomen d'un
rouge carmin. FEMELLE SEMBLABLE AU MALE, sur quatre individus que nous
possedons, AUCUN NE VARIE. In one of the Museum specimens (a female) the
abdomen is nearly entirely black, and the brown in both specimens is of
the same rich deep shade that is found in the Papilio polydorus. The
abdomen may possibly be that of some other species, as the specimen is
not in very good condition. I regard the specimens from the north-west
coast of New Holland as a slight local variety. Godart's specimens came
from the East Indies and Boisduval's from Timor. I find that Monsieur W.
de Haan, in the splendid work published at Leyden on the Natural History
of the Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies, etc. has described and
figured "the female" of this species with the following note; his
specimens were from Timor-Kupang. On the lower side of both wings there
is a carmine anal spot placed at the end of the yellow band and gradually
running into it, this spot is larger and more deeply coloured in the male
than in the female; in the former it shows itself on the upper side,
along the inner edge, as a small streak which is not visible in the
latter (l.c. page 40). I may add that his figure of the abdomen is red,
and the specimens are larger than those in the Museum (Bijdragen tot de
Kennis der Papilionidea, in the Verhandel. over de Natuurl. Geschied etc.
Zool. No 3 tab. 4 f. 3 1840.)
Pieris aganippe (Donovan) Boisduval var. Lepidopt. 1 page 457.
Papilio aganippe Donovan Ins. of New Holland.
Habitat King George's Sound.
Hipparchia merope (Fabricius).
Habitat King George's Sound.
Hesperia ? Sophia. Illustration 24 Insects 7.
Above, brownish black; upper wings varied with bluish grey scales, many
near the outer margin arranged into a somewhat regular series; a
transverse, slightly bent, white band runs from near the outer edge close
to the tip, to near the middle of the wing; wings fringed with greyish
and black; under wings brownish black, with fulvescent orange spots and a
band, one small spot somewhat transverse, near the middle, beneath this a
broadish band extends from the anal margin nearly to the outer side of
wing, which is divided by a brown line, leaving an irregular squareish
spot, attenuated towards the outer margin; on the margin are three
differently-shaped dots beginning from the internal margin, and in one of
the specimens are four slight lunules, growing fainter as they approach
the outer margin. Beneath, upper wings with two transverse fulvescent
orange bands, one near the centre, the other at the tip, broadest
externally, with three black spots, the outer largest running into it
near the margin, interiorly it is much contracted ending in spots; the
base of the wings is yellowish grey, under wings yellowish grey at base,
otherwise very similarly marked, the outer part of the orange band having
two longitudinal whitish lines on it; antennae at base fringed with
white; club brown. Body above silky yellowish brown; borders of segments
lighter; beneath, greyish white.
Inhabits King George's Sound. Capt George Grey.
This seems to belong to a new genus not far removed from Castnia or
Coronis.
Hecatesia thyridion, Feisthamel. Illustration 25 Insects 8.
1. Hecatesia thyridion female.
1a. do. male upper side.
1b. under.
1c. fenestra in wing of male.
1d. section of fenestre.
2. Hecatesia fenestrata male.
Lepidopt. Voyage Favorite Supplement plate 5 f. 1 male.
Female alis longioribus, maculis albis triseriatis alarum anticarum
majoribus, nulla macula diaphana fenestrata ad costam.
The genus Hecatesia was founded by Boisduval in 1829,* upon a singular
Zygenidous insect sent to Latreille by Mr. Alexander Macleay, from New
Holland, in some part of which it does not seem to be uncommon.
(*Footnote. Essai sur une Monographie des Zygenides page 11.)
The species H. fenestrata Boisduval (l.c. page 11 plate 1 f. 2) was
brought by Mr. Hunter, Surgeon of Captain King's expedition, and by him
presented to the British Museum. Another species has been described by
the Baron Feisthamel in the voyage of the Favorite (page 19 plate 5 f. 1)
under the name of H. thyridion.* Of this species there are specimens in
the collection presented to the British Museum, and I take the present
opportunity of describing the female of this species, only remarking that
it wants the fenestrated clear space in the upper wing.**
(*Footnote. Lepidopteres nouveau, etc. Supplement a la Zoologie du voyage
autour du monde de la Favorite sous le commandement de M. Laplace
capitaine de Fregate.)
(**Footnote. At first, from the body being so much more slender than in
the fenestrated specimens, I thought it might be the male but, on showing
the specimen to Mr. Edward Doubleday, he pronounced it a female.
The H. thyridion is distinguished from the H. fenestrata by its larger
size, and a third yellowish white interrupted band close to the base of
the first pair of wings; the fenestrated spot is narrower, more lunated,
and is much smaller in proportion than in the corresponding part in Dr.
Boisduval's species. The body beneath is girded with four yellowish white
and black bands, the black bands are continuous on the sides, while the
white pass on the sides into the deep ochry-yellow of the upper side; the
abdomen has a single row of black spots (at least seven) down the middle,
one at the base of each segment, the two nearest the thorax have a
whitish spot behind them.
The female of this species brought by Captain Grey has the upper wings
more developed; the three interrupted whitish bands are composed, at
least the two outer, of three spots, larger than in the female; the
little bluish white spots on the deep brown part of the under side of the
lower wing are also nearly obsolete; the sides of the body are not
fringed as in the male; and the apical tuft is very small indeed.
The most marked character however is the want of the fenestrated
diaphanous spot in the upper wing, which being a most prominent
characteristic in the examples of this species already recorded, makes it
highly probable that they have all been females, and that this is the
first time that the male has been alluded to.
The beautifully striated and waved surface of the glassy spot, taken in
connection with the fact of the noise made by the insects possessing it,
would seem to indicate that the fenestrated spot must act as a tympanum.
Cossodes lyonetii, new species. Illustration 26 Insects 9.
Wings black, with violet, purple, and green reflections; upper with a
longitudinal line, broken by the black of the wing near the base, the
other part extending to the tip of the wing, sinuated anteriorly, and
elbowed posteriorly; near the posterior margin are two irregular white
spots, the upper sub-triangular, the under squareish; on the apical
margin are seven whiteish spots, the first very minute, the second
largest, the others gradually diminishing towards the long white line
where they terminate. The fringe is black, slightly greyish on the edge;
the underside of the wing is greyish at the base, and on the inner edge,
then violet, the apical portion being of a silky yellowish brown; the
lower wings are purplish violet, the outer margin at the base is whitish,
the fringe is black at the base, at the end white--the white forming a
broader line than the black; beneath it is violet black, and black with a
greenish tinge. The thorax and body in the specimen described is rubbed;
the latter seems to be blackish green, banded with white. I have seen a
species closely resembling the above in Dr. Boisduval's immense
collection.
Habitat King George's Sound. Captain George Grey.*
(*Footnote. The Saturnia laplacei, described and figured by the Baron
Feisthamel in his description of the Lepidoptera collected on the voyage
of the Favorite is synonymous with the Chelepteryx collesi, described by
Mr. G.R. Gray in the First Volume of the Transactions of the
Entomological Society of London page 122.)
Odonestis elizabetha, new species.
Antennae, with the pectinations rusty brown, lighter at the tips, the
stem densely covered with white scales, palpi and head in front deep
ferruginous. Thorax thickly clothed with fawn-coloured hairs; body above,
shining ochrey inclined to orange; short tuft at the end of the body;
underside lateritious; upper surface of first pair of wings fawn, with a
reddish hue, densely covered with hair-like scales, with shorter and
somewhat square scales beneath, the scales over the nervures, being
reddish; an indistinct line of seven obscure spots still more
indistinctly connected by a zigzag reddish line, runs across the wing
nearly parallel to its apical margin, and nearer the tip of the wing than
the middle. (In one of the two specimens this band of spots is obsolete,
or nearly so, as are the reddish coloured nervures.) Second pair of wings
of a blush red, the fringe fawn coloured; underside of both wings, more
of a brick colour than the upper surface of second pair; the fringes fawn
coloured; the second pair with a very indistinct band, nearly parallel to
the posterior margin; the nerves on the first pair of wings are lighter
than the general ground, on the second pair darker; space between the
first pair of legs densely clothed with long ferruginous hair; two hind
pair of legs with two strong spurs, one rather shorter than the other;
the tibiae have each a tuft of yellowish white hairs, the legs themselves
are covered with short ferruginous scales or hair, those on the soles of
the tarsus being somewhat ochrey in colour.
Trichetra isabella. Illustration 27 Insects 10.
Alis anticis albis, fasciis tribus apiceque nigris, maculis subocellatis
duobus inter fasciam secundam tertiamque, maculis octo apicalibus;
posticis nigris, basi anguste, apiceque marginali ochraceis. (10 figures
1 and 3)
Antennae destroyed. Triangular tuft between the eyes, reddish ochre, the
sides brown; hairs on thorax white, with a yellowish tinge. The upper
wings have their general surface white, the margin at the base being
ochrey-orange; there are two black parallel bands suffused towards the
outer margin, and in this way connected; a third somewhat diagonal band
is in this manner also connected with the second; near the margin there
is also a connection between the second and third bands by means of a
brownish band interspersed with white scales, and in this are two
subocellated spots, white, with an ochrey-orange roundish pupil; the
second just in front of the third band white in front, and ochrey-orange
behind; behind the third black band there comes a narrow band of white
scales, with an ochrey-orange spot at the end near the outer margin. The
tip of the wing is (broadly) velvety brown, with eight marginal whitish
spots; the fringe is mixed with black and ochrey; the ochrey tingeing the
posterior margin of some of the outer spots.
The under wings are velvety brown; the base being obscurely ochrey; the
yellowish colour running up into brown; the fringe behind is ochrey.
The under wings are ochrey at the base; the outer margin of the first
pair being dark brown; the brown of the second pair is scolloped on the
margin as is that of the first. The body above, on the sides and on the
margin beneath, is covered with velvety black hair; beneath there is a
somewhat indistinct longitudinal brownish band down the middle.
The hairs on the end of the body are longish, and not in a dense close
effused tuft as in the female; the legs are hairy, the brushes being
black and yellowish white.
Female: Alis anticis albis fasciis tribus brunneo-nigris apice
brunneo-nigris.
Maculis 8 (saltem) marginalibus antice albis, postice ochraceis.
Alis posticis, basi ochraceis, fascia, apiceque late brunneo-nigris,
margine postico subaurantiaco. Illustration 28 Insects 11.
Since the figure of this was drawn from one of the two rather injured
specimens presented by Captain Grey, I have seen another specimen in
finer condition, from which I shall take the more particular description
of the bands on the upper wing.
The head and thorax are covered with long and close hairs; the tuft
between the eyes being of a brownish ochrey colour; the sides blackish.
The hairs on the fore-part of the thorax are ochrey-brownish, gradually
passing into white on its general surface, which however has more or less
of a yellowish tinge.
The upper wings are white and covered with longish loose scales. Near the
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