COLEOPTERA. 
CURCULIO SPECTABILIS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae clavated, feated on the fnout, which is horny and projecting: palpi four, and filiform. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Snout fhort: thighs dentated : body variegated with green. 
Curculio Spectabilis : breviroftris femoribus dentatis, corpore viridi variegato. 
Fab. Ent. Syfi. T. 1. />. 2. p.483. Sp.373. 
This is a fine confpicuous infeCt, and bears in this country the trivial appellation of the “ Botany Bay 
Diamond Beetle,” in allufion to its refemblance to that brilliant creature Curculio Imperialis, the fpecies 
known moft commonly with us by the name of the Diamond Beetle. The fimilitude between thofe 
fpecies is, however, remote. Curculio Spectabilis partakes in fome degree of the form, fize, and habit 
of Imperialis, but is altogether deftitute of the lovely fparkling luftre which fo eminently charaCterifes 
the latter fpecies. A magnified figure of this beetle is reprefented clinging to the bloffoms of the Metro- 
fideros Citrina in the upper part of the plate; this, as well as C. Imperialis, being a moft delightful 
objefit for microfcopical obfervation. 
Curculio SpeCtabilis, once a rare infeCt, has of late years ceafed to be confidered valuable in the efti- 
mation of the Entomologifts of this country, in confequence of the number brought hither at vaiious 
times from our fettlement in New South Wales. Throughout the whole ifland of New Holland this 
feems to be one of the moft abundant infeCts, and being a creature of remarkable figure and appearance, 
we are not to be furprifed that it fhould attraCt the attention of thofe who colleCt the natural productions 
of that country, either as objeCts of curiofity for themfelves, or for the fake of emolument. 
CURCULIO OUADRI-TUBERCULATUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
BlacWih: wing-cafes, (Mated, and dotted with white, with two black tubercles. 
Curculio Quadri-tuberculatus ; nigricans, elytris (triads albo punftatis = tuberculis duobus nigris. 
A new fpecies from Botany Bay. 
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