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COLEOPTERA. 



CALANDRA PALMARUM. 



Plate VI. fig. 2. 

 Division. Rhyncophorides, Schonhen: 



Genus. Calandra, Fabricius. Rhyncophorus, Herbst. Curculio p. Linn. 

 Species. Calandra Palmarum : depressa, atra, obscura ; thorace supra piano ; elytris 

 abbreviatis striatis ; rostro apice compresso, supra piloso. Long. Corp. 1| unc. 

 Calandra : depressed, black, not shining ; thorax flat above ; elytra abbreviated 

 and striated ; rostrum compressed at the tip, and hairy above. Length 1| inch. 

 Stn. Curculio palmarum, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. p. 606. 1. Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 2. 430. 

 De Gear Ins. 5. t: 15. / 26. 



Donovan observes, upon this insect, — " A very abundant species in India, where 

 it is found chiefly on the palm tree." The real locality of this species is South 

 America. De Geer and Madame Merian giving Surinam ; Dejean, Cayenne ; and 

 Latreille, South America, Cayenne, and Surinam. The mistake appears to have 

 originated, either by confusing several allied species together, or by giving the West 

 Indies under the name of India generally, as noticed under the last species. 



Order. HEMIPTERA, Linnceus. 



FULGORA PYRORHINA. 



Plate VII. fig. 1. 



Suborder. Homoptera, Latreille. 



Family. Fulgorid^e, Leach. 



Genus. Fugora, L innctvs. 



Species. Fulgora Pyrorhina : " fronte rostrata adscenaente, apice rubra ; hemelytris 



fuscis fascia pallidiori ; alis nigris, basi viridibus." Donovan. Expans. alar. unc. 4. 

 Fulgora : with the trunk rostrated, ascending ; red at the tip ; wing-cases brown, 



pale across the middle ; wings black, green at the base. Expanse of the wings 



4 inches. 

 Syn. Fulgora pyrorhina, Westwood Mon. Fulgorained. 

 Fulgora pyrorhynchus, Donovan, 1st edit. 



" Amongst the more valuable acquisitions, designed to enrich this illustration, 

 few can afford higher gratification to the scientific reader than this Fulgora. In size 

 it is inferior only to F. lanternaria ; it is an undoubted nondescript, and may be con- 



