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Curtis^ s British Entomology, 



A RT. 11. Catalogue of Works on Natural History, lately published, 

 •with some Notice of those considered the most interesting to British 

 Naturalists, 



Britain. 



Curtis's British Entomology. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 4*. 6d. coloured. 

 No, LIV.for June, contains 

 215 to 218. — Tel^phorus cyaneus; Coleoptera Telephoridae. Of this 

 genus twenty-eight species are natives of Britain ; that figured was taken 

 at Ambleside, near some 

 oak trees, while Primula 

 farinosa, here figured, was 

 in flower abundantly at the 

 same time. — Dascillus cer- 

 vinus ; Coleop. Telephori- 

 dae {Jig' 135., natural size, 

 a, magnified b) ; of which 

 there are several varieties, 

 which appear in May and 

 June, and are very abund- 

 ant in the north of England 

 and in Scotland. The 

 Dwarf Orchis (O. ustulata) 

 was in flower on Arthur's 

 Seat, nearEdinburgh, where 

 Mr. Curtis gathered his specimen. — Catocala elocata(^^. 136. c); Lepidop- 

 tera iVbctuadae. The caterpillar of which feeds upon willows and elms. 



- Gen. Char. — Antennae alike in both sexes, inserted in the crown of the 

 head close to the eyes, long, slender, and setaceous, externally covered with 

 scales, internally pubescent (a), with scattered bristles from the middle to 

 the apex {b) : basal joint the largest, cup-shaped. Maxillae as long as the 

 antennae, convoluted, setaceous, a considerable portion of the apex ciliated 

 with tentacula (c). 



