Part 56

GENUS. CYPHUS, Schonherr. Chlorima, Dej. Curculio p., Linn.

CYPHUS SEDECIM-PUNCTATUS. Coerulescens, thorace punctis nigris quatuor, coleopteris duodecim. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)

SYN. Curculio sedecim-punctatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2. 618. 92. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 3. 509. 10. Oliv. Ent. v. 83. t. 2. f. 17. a. b. Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 1. 625. 8.

HABITAT: Cayenne.

Entirely fine blue-coloured. Antennæ somewhat longer than represented in the plate, and black. Thorax with five black spots on it; one in the centre, and two on each side. Elytra having twelve spots of the same colour, the apices terminating in two sharp points.

SOLENOPUS CACICUS.

Plate XLIX. fig. 5.

ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ. SUBFAMILY: Cholides.

GENUS. SOLENOPUS, Schonherr. Odontoderes, Sahlberg. Curculio p., Drury.

SOLENOPUS CACICUS. Ater sulphureo-squamosus, thorace bivittato, lateribus granulatis, elytris punctis magnis oblongo-quadratis et striatis. (Long. Corp. rostr. inclus. 1 unc. 3 lin.)

SYN. Curculio morbillosus, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Solenopus cacicus, Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 3. 597. 1.

Dionychus granicollis, Germ. Ins. Spec. 315. 454.

HABITAT: Cayenne.

{77}Head, eyes, and rostrum black, the latter being about the length of the thorax. Antennæ arising near the end of the beak. Thorax dirty brown, having a number of very small pustules on it. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra the same colour with the thorax, with patches of lighter brown on them. They are also margined and furrowed, having a great number of black pustules. Legs black, tibiæ with two spurs, the outer ones being the thickest.

PLATE L.

LESTES COERULEATA.

Plate L. fig. 1.

ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ.

GENUS. LESTES, Leach. Libellula p., Drury, Donovan.

LESTES COERULEATA. Coerulea, thorace pallidè vittato, alis hyalinis fasciâ latâ subapicali coerulescenti, stigmate nigro. (Expans. Alar. 5 unc. 6 lin. Long. Corp. fere 4 unc.)

SYN. Libellula coeruleata, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Libellula coerulea, Donovan Nat. Repos. 4. 110.

HABITAT: Bay of Honduras (Drury). "Muskito Shore, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (Drury's MSS.).

Eyes large, projecting from the head. Thorax dark blue. Wings reticulated and transparent, having a broad patch of a deep mazarine blue crossing them near the extremities, the tips being transparent. Abdomen three inches and an eighth in length, dark blue. Under side of the head, thorax, &c. grey.

LAMPYRIS GIGANTEA.

Plate L. fig. 2.

ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Lampyridæ.