399 



piloso, articulis eateris bast subpubeseentibus, pedtous ntgris, 

 femoribus pedum 1—2 subtu* miniaceis pilosis. 



Long. lin. 1()!-11. 



Hab. In China boreali (Shanghai). 



Somewhat allied at first Bight to Monohammiu ruber, Hope, from 

 Silhet, described and figured in the 'Linnean Transactions,' and now 

 common in collections. 



The present soldier-costumed Bpecies I have named after CSolonel 

 Champion, who was mortally wounded at [nkerman, and died after- 

 wards at Scutari. The Gazette, that reached the Crimea after his 

 death, carried out the news of his promotion to Lieut.-Colonel, for 

 distinguished services in the field. Colonel Champion is known 

 to many a naturalist as one of the most amiable of men, and as an 

 excellent botanist and entomologist. His memoir on the Flora <>f 

 Hong-Kong, in the ' Botany of the Voyage of II. .M.S. Herald,' his 

 paper on Chinese Plants, in the 'Linnean Transactions, ' and his 

 papers in the ' Entomological Magazine, 1 under the name of " Ioni- 

 cus," describing the habits of Insects noticed by him in Corfu, are 

 all much appreciated. I remember well his sober, but ever-constant 

 quiet enthusiasm, and his liberal donations of insects to the Mu- 

 seum Collection. We looked forward to our Turkish, Greek, and 

 S. Russian collections being greatly added to. But his allotted time 

 on this earth had come ; and Major Champion fell on the held of 

 [nkerman, at the head of his regiment. Professor Lindley has pub- 

 lished a brief memoir of him, which I once saw for a few minute.-, 

 and which gave some pleasing descriptions of his decision of cha- 

 racter ami of his amiability. My excellent friend Mr. Murray pub- 

 lished a striking sketch of him in the ' Edinburgh New Philosophical 

 Journal' for 1855, pp. 302-307. Colonel Champion Btudied wild 

 plants and insects in Corfu, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong, and was a 

 modest, retiring man, with keen powers of observation. It would be 

 well if other officers would follow his example in this respect. 



Batocera una. (PI. LUI.fig. G.) 



II. pilis perbrevibus albidis submargaritaceis dense tecta, antennu 

 pedibusque obscurioribus ,■ ehttris costulis duobus Umgitudina- 

 libus ante apicem coadunatis et desinentibus, parte tumult ely- 

 trorum verrucis partis disperses, in lateribus crebriorious. 

 Long. une. •_",-.■•>. 



Huh. New Hebrides (where it was collected by John Macgillivray, 



Esq., the able naturalist who was out with II.M.ss. Ply, Etattle- 



■ and Ileraldj. 



Closely allied to Batocera Hercules, figured by Boisduval in 'Voy. 



Astrolabe.' The joint- of the antennas nave a /■ lu to that 



-eahmsitv ami Bpininess which >/wi- the name of Batocera Rubus, 



or the •• Bramble-branch I g-horned Bo tie" to one of tb< -| i 



The specific name is from the heroine of Spenser's ■ Paerj Que* 

 the " woful," gentle, white clad Una. 



