﻿of 
  some 
  neio 
  Species 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  from 
  China, 
  6fc. 
  241 
  

  

  Caput 
  breve, 
  transversum, 
  facie 
  sub 
  antennas 
  verticale 
  tenu- 
  

   isslme 
  punctata, 
  subtus 
  semicirculariter 
  terminata, 
  clypeo 
  et 
  

   mandibulis 
  brevibus 
  crassis 
  setnicirculo 
  inclusis, 
  labro 
  minuto 
  

   ciliato. 
  Antennaj 
  fere 
  longitudine 
  corporis, 
  graciles 
  simplices 
  

   nigrae. 
  Protliorax 
  elongatus, 
  prope 
  basin 
  valde 
  constrictus, 
  

   parte 
  antica 
  ovata 
  vakle 
  gibbosa, 
  punctis 
  elongatis 
  seu 
  slriolis 
  

   gracilibus 
  numeiosis 
  impressus, 
  griseo 
  parum 
  setosus 
  ; 
  parte 
  

   pone 
  constrictionem 
  brevi 
  subannuliformi 
  transversim 
  ele- 
  

   vata. 
  Elytra 
  capite 
  et 
  prothorace 
  pauUo 
  longiora 
  ; 
  basi 
  

   prothoracis 
  partis 
  latioris 
  latitudine, 
  in 
  medio 
  sensim 
  dilatata 
  

   ovata, 
  valde 
  convexa 
  glaberriraa, 
  basi 
  carneo-castanea 
  rude 
  

   oblongo-punctata 
  singuloque 
  tuberculo 
  magno 
  elevato 
  apice 
  

   acuto 
  reflexo, 
  instructo, 
  ultra 
  basin 
  punctatam 
  ovalia, 
  valde 
  

   convexa 
  glaberrima 
  cyaneo-nigra, 
  impunctata, 
  apicibus 
  albo- 
  

   setosis. 
  Pedes 
  cyaneo-nigri. 
  Corpus 
  infra 
  nigrum, 
  pectore 
  

   pube 
  grisea 
  dense 
  vestito. 
  

   Taken 
  by 
  Major 
  Champion 
  on 
  Erijohotria 
  Chinensis, 
  Champ., 
  on 
  

   Victoria 
  Peak, 
  near 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  April 
  6th, 
  1849. 
  

  

  PI. 
  XII. 
  fig. 
  6, 
  Insectum 
  valde 
  auclum 
  ; 
  6a, 
  idem 
  a 
  latere 
  visum; 
  6/', 
  la- 
  

   brum 
  ; 
  6c, 
  mandibula 
  ; 
  6rf, 
  maxilla; 
  6c, 
  instrumenta 
  labialia. 
  

  

  '^XVI. 
  On 
  the 
  Insects 
  used 
  for 
  Food 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  

   Amazon. 
  By 
  A. 
  R. 
  Wallace, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  [Read 
  6th 
  June, 
  1853.] 
  

  

  Annulose 
  animals 
  have 
  found 
  little 
  favour 
  as 
  articles 
  of 
  food, 
  and 
  

   those 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  use 
  in 
  one 
  country 
  are 
  often 
  despised 
  

   in 
  another. 
  We 
  ourselves 
  consume 
  quantities 
  of 
  Crustacea, 
  but 
  

   would 
  be 
  loth 
  to 
  eat 
  the 
  locusts 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  or 
  the 
  fat 
  butterflies 
  

   of 
  Australia; 
  while 
  the 
  palm 
  worms 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  thougb 
  

   highly 
  esteemed 
  there, 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  introduced 
  at 
  the 
  tables 
  

   of 
  our 
  epicures. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  are 
  less 
  fastidious 
  in 
  their 
  tastes, 
  

   for 
  while 
  turtles, 
  alligators, 
  lizards, 
  snakes 
  and 
  frogs 
  are 
  all 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  articles 
  of 
  food, 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  insects 
  and 
  other 
  Annulosa 
  

   furnish 
  them 
  with 
  their 
  greatest 
  luxuries. 
  Six 
  different 
  orders 
  — 
  

   Hymenoptera, 
  Neuroptera, 
  Homoptera, 
  Coleoptera, 
  Aptera 
  and 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II. 
  K.S. 
  PART 
  Vni.— 
  APRIL, 
  1854. 
  R 
  

  

  