. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. gloom of the weeping year; When the roses have withered that bloomd on thy birth, And the sunbeam that nursd thee has passed from the earth ? The flowers that fed thee are frozen and gone— Thy kindred are perished, and thou art alone— No one to welcome—no one to cheer— Child of the Summer ! what dost thou here ? Yet tis sweet thy gossamer wing to view, Revelling wild in the troubled blue— Heeding nor rain, nor snow, nor storm— Buffeting all with thy tiny form. Even thus the hope of our summer days, In the hearts lo
. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. gloom of the weeping year; When the roses have withered that bloomd on thy birth, And the sunbeam that nursd thee has passed from the earth ? The flowers that fed thee are frozen and gone— Thy kindred are perished, and thou art alone— No one to welcome—no one to cheer— Child of the Summer ! what dost thou here ? Yet tis sweet thy gossamer wing to view, Revelling wild in the troubled blue— Heeding nor rain, nor snow, nor storm— Buffeting all with thy tiny form. Even thus the hope of our summer days, In the hearts lone winter gaily plays— Thou art the type of that hope so dear : Child of the Summer ! thou rt welcome here ! Welcome mid sorrow, and gloom, and showers, Emblem of gladness that once was ours— Emblem of gladness that yet will come, When the sun-bright ether will be thy home; And myriads of others, as bright as thou, Will revel around us—all absent now : Emblem of hope to the mourner dear, Child of the Summer ! thou rt welcome here ! Dublin Penny Journal. 69. *t 83 PLATE LXIX. ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME SPECIES OF LONGICORN BEETLES FROMTROPICAL WESTERN AFRICA. The AfricanLongicorn beetles belonging to the section, of whichLamia regalis ma} be considered as the type, are amongst the mostbeautiful species of the entire group ; and as our collections areparticularly rich in them, I propose to devote a few Plates in thepresent volume of this work to their illustration. In the presentPlate four new species are represented from the cabinets of theRev. F. W. Hope, A. Melly, Esq., and my own collection. The species represented in Nos. 1, 2, and 3, belong to the genusSternodonta of De Jean. This group was first pointed out andcharacterised by me ten years ago, in a paper published in the firstvolume of the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,having been omitted by Serville in his revision of the Longicornbeetles. I forbore, however, to propose a separate name
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