Curtis's British Entomology, 139 



during the progress of the expedition. By the same authority 

 directions were also given to " receive on board Mr. A. Cunning- 

 ham, a botanist ; " and also to '^ engage any other person, if 

 there be such in the colony, who possesses a competent know- 

 ledge of Mineralogy or Natural History." If the services of any 

 such person could have been obtained, considerable additions 

 would doubtless have been made to the collections : without this 

 assistance however they are extremely respectable, and, when 

 his numerous other avocations are considered, they may even be " 

 regarded as highly creditable to the zeal and exertions of Capt. 

 King. 



British Entomology ; or Illustrations and Descriptions of the 

 Genera oj Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, By 

 John Curtis, F,L,S, Nos. xxii — xxiv. 



The first of the numbers which we have now to notice exhibits 

 1. Lebia turcica^si species exceedingly rare in Britain. 2. Cleora 

 cinctaria^ a species new to this country, and associated under the 

 above generic name with the Geometra abietaria^ G. crepuscularia^ 

 &c. 3. Abia nigricornis 3' and $ . 4. Chironomus cestivus, a new 

 species of this very extensive genus of Diptera nearly allied to 

 the C. elegans of Meigen. 



In the twenty-third number are contained 1. Obrium ca«- 

 iharinum ^ and $ ; the former sex having been described by 

 Fabricius and Panzer under the name of Saperda brunnea, and 

 the female by that of S. ferruginea. The name of the genus has 

 been adopted from Megerle, but his characters, if indeed they have 

 been published, have not yet reached this country. It differs 

 chiefly in its long and dilated, or subspinose, thorax from Saperda 

 and Callidium, and is also peculiarly distinguished by the length 

 of the first joint of the antennae. 2. Spilosoma. Walkerii^ a non- 

 descript species of a new genus allied to Eyprepia^ and compre- 

 hending Bombyoc lubricipeda^ B, menthastri, &c. which are 

 readily distinguished by their spotted bodies. 3. Clavellaria 

 marginata^ Tenthredo marginata of Liime, which Mr. Curtis sus- 

 pects to be merely the female of the Amerinw of the same dis- 



