. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. nus decipiens (ante, p. 105), is closely allied toT. dimidiatus above described ; it may be thus characterized :— T. decipiens ; niger punctatissimus, abdomine elongato, segmentis constrictis, ultimis duobusferrugineis, ano dentato dentibus duobus prions minoribus segmentoque penultimo etiamtridentato, pedibus nigris. Long. corp. lin. 5. Expans. alar. lin. 9*4. Habitat in Terra Van Diemenii, Mus. Westw. Communic. Dom. J. Hooker. Obs. 3.—I have detected (June 14, 1844,) a third Australianspecies of Aelurus in the co
. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. nus decipiens (ante, p. 105), is closely allied toT. dimidiatus above described ; it may be thus characterized :— T. decipiens ; niger punctatissimus, abdomine elongato, segmentis constrictis, ultimis duobusferrugineis, ano dentato dentibus duobus prions minoribus segmentoque penultimo etiamtridentato, pedibus nigris. Long. corp. lin. 5. Expans. alar. lin. 9*4. Habitat in Terra Van Diemenii, Mus. Westw. Communic. Dom. J. Hooker. Obs. 3.—I have detected (June 14, 1844,) a third Australianspecies of Aelurus in the collection of my friend G. H. K. Thwaites,Esq., of Bristol, of which the following are the characters :— Aelurus mcerens; niger, capite et thorace obscuris cinereo paullo setosis, abdomine elongato-ovato, segmento ultimo lateribus rotundatis apice in spinam parvam producto; capite setislongis griseis postice marginato, maxillis et labio ut in congeneribus, alis fusco-tinetis. Long. corp. lin. 7. Expans. alarum lin. 13£. Habitat apud Melbourne (Nov. Holl.) Mus. /y ■ir
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