ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



DIAPERIS BOLETI. Fabrtcius. 



Black and nearly hemispherical and very convex 

 above : head inclined, punctured with a deep trans- 

 verse impression from eye to eye : antennae gradually 

 enlarging towards their extremities, from the fourth 

 joint perfoliated : thorax convex, marginated and 

 deeply punctured, sinuated on the hinder margin and 

 produced near the scutellum : elytra very convex, 

 with an orange-coloured fascia at the base, one 

 across the middle and a dot at the apex, of the same 

 colour : legs and the whole of the under part black. 



Length of the body 3£ lines. 



Inhabits the boleti of trees. 



We have never had the pleasure of seeing this 

 insect alive, and the only specimen that enriches our 

 cabinet we obtained many years ago from our friend 

 Dr. Leach ; we believe he received it from the late 

 Mr. Millard, of Bristol, the author of " Outlines of 

 British Entomology, in Prose and Verse." 



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