ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



ANTHRAX ORNATA. Hqfmansegg. 



Black shining : head covered with black hair be- 

 tween the eyes, silvery behind, clypams and under 

 side of the head with golden hair : thorax with 

 ochre-coloured hair before, nearly naked in the cen- 

 tre : scutellum brownish : "body beneath covered 

 with short golden hair, the sides surrounded with 

 alternate fasiculi of fine white and black hair, the 

 third and fourth segments with white fascia inter- 

 rupted in the middle, sixth with a white spot in the 

 centre, last joint very white with hair : wings trans- 

 parent, many -nerved, with a brownish cloud extend- 

 ing two thirds the length, sinuated at the posterior 

 margin, with a transverse transparent spot near the 

 base, a larger one in the centre and two others near 

 the margin at the union of the nerves : legs black, 

 femurs and tibiae covered with close yellow hairs : 

 halteres or balancers yellow. 



Length of the body 5 lines, expansion of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Mr. Curtis says A. omata was first discovered by 

 J. C. Dale, Esq. at Pasley Heath, on the borders of 

 Dorset and Hants, in July, 1821, and afterwards in 

 September, 1823. It was found settling upon heath, 

 banks, and on the ground where the turf had been 

 pared off'; it has also been captured by Mr. Bentley 

 in the same neighbourhood. Mr. Curtis further 

 observes that the Anthraces fly in the sunshine and 

 subsist upon the juices of flowers. 

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