PREPODES? CAMELEON var. 



Plate XXXIII. fig. 4. 



Order ; Coleoptera. Section : Rhyncophora. Family : CurculionidEe, Subfamily : Brachyderides. 



Genus. Prepodes, /ScA.? CUorima, Dej. Cnrculio p. Brury. 



Prepodes? Cameleon, var. Obscure aureo-cuprcus, clytris striatis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. IJ lin.^ 



.Syn. Prepodes? Cameleon, Sclt. Syn. Ins. C(«-c. 2. 18. 4. var. /3. Fabr. Syst. El. 2. £.32. 147. (Curcul. c.) 

 Herhst. Col. \i. p. 115. No. 77. t. 67./. 8. 

 Curcidio rufescens, Drury, App.vol. 2. Herbst. Col. t. 67./. 9. 



Habitat; Jamaica. 



General colour dull golden copper. Head as long as the thorax, resembling a beak. Scutellum 

 very small. Elytra slightly striated, terminating at their extremities like the end of a boat. Tibiae 

 slightly hairy. 



PREPODES? CAMELEON var. 



Plate XXXIII. fig. 5. 



Order; Coleoptera. Section: Rhyncophora. Family: Curculionida;. Subfamily; Brachyderides. 



Genus. Prepodes, iSeA. ? Chlorima, -Dej. Curculio p. Drury. 



Prepodes ? Cameleon var. Capite thoraceque nigris, hoc subtus aureo-viridi, elytris nigris sutura pimctisque 



aureo-vh-idibus. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1 lin.) 

 Syn. Prepodes? Cameleon, Schon. lot: cit. siipr. var. y. Fabr. Syst. El. 2. 532. 147. (Curcul. c.) Herbst. Col. 



vl.p. 115. No. 77.4. 67./. 8. 

 Curculio similis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. Col. t. 67./. 10. 



Habitat: Jamaica. 



Head black, and long, resembling a beak. Tliorax black at top, but underneath of a fine golden 

 green. Scutellum very small. Elytra black, speckled with golden green. Suture golden green. 

 Abdomen black, the sides golden green. Legs black. Thighs plain and smooth. 



ENTIMUS IMPERIALIS (The Diamond Beetle). 



Plate XXXIV. fig. 1. 



Order; Coleoptera. Section: Rhyncophora. Family; Curculionidse. Subfamily: Entimides. 

 Genus. Entimus, Gernuir. Curculio, Linn. Latr. S;c. 



Entimus Imperialis. Oblongo ovatus ; niger, thoraee line^ dorsali viridi-argentea impresso ; elytris regula- 

 riter sat rude punctato-striatis, punctis squamulis viridi-aureis repletis, interstitiis angustis, subcostatis 

 denudatis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Curculio imperialis, Forster Cent. Ins. p. 34. Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Syst. El. 2 p. 508. 3. Oliv. 

 Ent. 5. 83.;). 293. t. l.f. a. b. c. Schon. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 1. 465. 2. 



Habitat: Brazil. 



Head black, and covered with minute scales, of a beautiful golden green colour, forming two longi- 

 tudinal black streaks, and three green ones. From this part proceeds a thick short beak, streaked with 

 black and green. Antennae black. Thorax golden green, with two broad longitudinal black lines on the 

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