. British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. doing justiceto Fabricius. The male of Cryptus pallipes (a figure of which has neverbefore appeared in any work) was first taken at Coombe Wood,by Mr. J. King; and was named and described by Dr. Leach,and deposited in the British Museum. J. F. Stephens, afterwards so fortunate as to meet with both sexes of tliisextremely rare s
. British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. doing justiceto Fabricius. The male of Cryptus pallipes (a figure of which has neverbefore appeared in any work) was first taken at Coombe Wood,by Mr. J. King; and was named and described by Dr. Leach,and deposited in the British Museum. J. F. Stephens, afterwards so fortunate as to meet with both sexes of tliisextremely rare species in June, at the same place: the otherspecies {Tenthredo furcata Vill., C. ViUersii Leach) has beentaken at Bristol in June; it is figured by Panzer in his FaunaInsectomm Germanica, fasc. 46. tab. 1.; and by Coquebert inhis Ulustratlo Iconographica Insectorum, tab. 3. fig. 4. mas. Ihave retained Villerss name, although it is objectionable, from itsbeing a generic rather than a specific one, and descriptive of themale only; because as the greater proportion of insects have beennamed from one sex, we shall never have our nomenclaturesettled, if it is to be disturbed upon such occasions. Triglochm maritimum (Sea Arrow-grass) is figured in theplate. 6o. U.^y O: $^6., ^.r^^ ^,./ -fiji!,^ STEPHENSII. Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Tenthredinidse Lat., of the Genus Tenthredo coerulescens Fab., Lat., Leach. Tenthredo Linn. Cryptus Jur. ^w<e«n«? inserted near the centre of the face, divaricating, curved,3-iointed, 2 first joints small, 3rd very long, filiform, and pilosein the males, the hairs arising at right angles on one side (f. 1) :not so long in the females, somewhat clavate, and scarcelyhairy (la). Labrum exserted, transverse, hairy, sides convex, anterior mar-gin nearly straight (2). Mandibles somewhat robust, arcuate, with an obtuse tooth nearthe middle of the internal edge, less evident in one than in theother mandible, ciliated external
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