. 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. ck. 144^. bellosus Curt. Brit. 668. ? . The (J is unknown. Two females of this beautiful insect I bred the end of lastJune from some dead bramble stalks that were given to me byMr. F. Smith, with the expectation of obtaining from them theOsmia leucomelana, not one of which however made its appear-ance, but to my surprise and gr
. 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. ck. 144^. bellosus Curt. Brit. 668. ? . The (J is unknown. Two females of this beautiful insect I bred the end of lastJune from some dead bramble stalks that were given to me byMr. F. Smith, with the expectation of obtaining from them theOsmia leucomelana, not one of which however made its appear-ance, but to my surprise and gratification these Crypti, and afew days after some females of Odi/7ierus [Epipone) Icevipes,described by Mr. Shuckard in Loudons Magazine of , issued from the sticks. The Crypti were exceedingly vi-vacious, not a joint of their antenna? or legs, or a segment oftheir abdomen being at rest, and they resisted the fumes ofsulphur under a glass longer than any other insect that hascome under my observation, whilst, on the contrary, the Ody-neri were very sluggish, not attempting to unfold their wings,and were easily deprived of life. For specimens of Valeriana [Fedia) auricida, gathered nearCowes in the Isle of Wiofht, I am intlebted to Dr. J: !£^^> Jan, /, /^£i2 ? - / ?389. 3 a AGRIOTYPUS ARMATUS, Order Hymenoptera. Fam. of the Genus Agriotypus armatus Walk.— Curt. Guide, Gen. 503^ () Antennce inserted towards the middle of the face, remote, filiform,very hairy, rather long in the male and composed of 31 joints,basal joint the stoutest, ovate, 2nd short subovate, 3rd thelongest, 4th not longer than the 1st, remainder decreasing inlength to the apex, apical joints short and oblong, the terminalone conical (1, portions of the base and apex). Short in thefemale and composed of 2-1 joints, Labrum nearly concealed by the clypeus, somewhat orbicular,anterior margin thickened, producing a few long bristles; tongue-shaped, pubes
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