ENTOMOLOGY. 



insect having been discovered before the time of Linnaeus, we find 

 it described in the writings of that author. The specimen which he 

 describes, was one preserved in the Museum of the Queen of Swe- 

 den, and is minutely noticed in the Linnsean catalogue of that 

 Museum. 



This insect was formerly esteemed for its unusual rarity, but in 

 consequence of our more extensive intercourse of late years with 

 South America, it is become less uncommon. It is nevertheless still 

 an insect of pretty considerable price, and from its interesting and 

 very beautiful appearance, is likely to maintain its estimation : in 

 the cabinet of the Entomologist it must ever remain one of the most 

 attractive objects. 



The magnitude of this insect being so considerable as to pre- 

 clude the possibility of introducing more than one figure of it in the 

 annexed plate, we have appropriated this to the representation of 

 the lower surface, and shall introduce the dehneation of the upper 

 surface in the plate next succeeding, plate Ixxxviii. 



