COLEOPTERA. 



EUCHLORA VIRIDIS. 



Plate 3. fig. 2. 



Family. Melolonthid.e, Mac Leay. 



Genus. Euchlora, Mac Leay. Scarabaeus p. Linnatts, Sfc. 



Cjr. Sp. E. supra viridis subtilissime punctata, subtus cum pedibus aurea vel cupreo-senea. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 1 1 . 

 E. green above, and very finely punctured, body beneath with the legs golden or 

 coppery bronze coloured. Length nearly 1 inch. 



Syn. Melolontha viridis, Fabricius Ent. Syst. I. \\. p. 160. 7io. 23. Oliv. Ent. 1. 5. p. 



29. 31. t. 3. /. 21. Herbst. Col. IIL p. 149, t. 26./. 5. Mac Leay, Horce 

 Entomol. 1. p. 148. (Euchlora v.) 



RHINASTUS STERNICORNIS. 



Plate 4. fig. 1. 



Tribe. Riiyncophoua, Latreille. 



Family. Curculionida;, Leach. 



Division. Cholides, Schonherr. 



Genus. Riiinastus, Schonherr. Cholus p. Germar. Curculio p. Donovan. 



Ch. Sp. Rh. longirostris, femoribus dentatis, corpore poUine flavescente obtecto lateribus 

 nigris, rostro utrinque spinoso. Long. Corp. (sine rostro) hn. 1 1 . 

 Rh. with the rostrum long, with a short spine on each side at the tip, thighs toothed, 

 body clothed with a fine yellow powder, except a black stripe on the sides of the 

 thorax and elytra. Length (without the rostrum) nearly 1 inch, 



Syn. Rhinastus sternicornis, Schonherr. Syst. Curcul. vol. 3. |;. 558. 



Cholus sternicornis, Germar. Ins. spec. \.p. 214. t. \.f. 4. 

 Curculio Chinensis, Donovan, \st edit. 



This insect seems nearly allied to Curculio mucoreus, an Indian species, described 

 by Linnseus, but not figured by any author : the lateral stripe of black, and the 

 denticulations on the posterior thighs of our insect clearly remove it, however, from the 

 Linnaean species. 



Except the lateral black stripes, and the rostrum, this insect is totally covered with 

 a bright brown powder, or rather, with very minute hairs which adhere but slightly, 

 and resemble that substance. We observe a similar farinaceous appearance on the 

 Curculiones, Lacteus, Niveus, S^c. and especially on that gigantic beetle Scarabccus 

 Ek'plias. 



