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COLEOPTERA. 
CALANDRA PALMARUM. 
Plate VI. fig. 2. 
Division. Rhyncophorides, Schonherr. 
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. If unc. 
Calandra : depressed, black, not shining; thorax flat above; elytra abbreviated and 
striated ; rostrum compressed at the tip, and hairy above. Length If inch. 
Syn. Curculio palmarum, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. p. 606. 1. Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 2. 430. 
De Geer Ins. 5. t. 15, f. 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, Linnaeus. 
FULGORA PYRORHINA. 
Plate VII. fig. 1. 
Suborder. Homoptera, Latreille. 
Family. Fulgoridje, Leach. 
Genus. Fugora, Linnaeus. 
Species. Fulgora Pyrorhina; “ fronte rostrata adscendente, 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, ls£ 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 
