ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



ZEUGOPHORA FLAVICOLLIS. Kunze. 

 Auchenia Flavicollis. Marsham. 



Antenna? filiform, and somewhat thicker towards 

 their extremities, the three basal joints yellow, the 

 remainder black : head black and punctured, front 

 and under part of the head reddish yellow : eyes 

 large, prominent and black : thorax of the same co- 

 lour and deeply punctured, with the sides from the 

 head, increasing to about the middle, where it termi- 

 nates in an obtuse spine ; the posterior part is cylin- 

 drical : elytra bluish, black and deeply punctured : 

 body black and shining, legs and breast reddish 

 yellow. 



Length If lines. 



This pretty insect is very nearly allied to the Z. 

 subspinosa, from which it differs by being nearly a 

 third larger in size : the thorax has less punctures, 

 and the black head will easily distinguish it : the 

 species figured is very rare, and we believe that 

 very few cabinets possess it. We have been for- 

 tunate in having taken two specimens, (one of which 

 is now in the indiginous collection of the British 

 Museum) at a period of some years between, and 

 both on the same spot, the N. W. corner of Bexley 

 Wood, Kent, in the month of June: the last speci- 

 men was taken, when in company with our friend 

 Mr. Edward Allen. Mr. Marsham was the first who 

 described this very local insect, Major Gyllenhall, in 

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