The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured . he Collection of H. G. Harrington, Esq., &c. 58 ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY. FIGURE (APATELA2) RADIANS. Noctua alls auticis nigris strigis transversis undulatis valde indistinctis plumbeis, margiiie onuii maculis uumerosis,intus acuminatis sulphureis, postieis albidis basi anguloque extemo nigi-is ; capite et thorace albido transversefasciatis. Noctua with th
The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured . he Collection of H. G. Harrington, Esq., &c. 58 ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY. FIGURE (APATELA2) RADIANS. Noctua alls auticis nigris strigis transversis undulatis valde indistinctis plumbeis, margiiie onuii maculis uumerosis,intus acuminatis sulphureis, postieis albidis basi anguloque extemo nigi-is ; capite et thorace albido transversefasciatis. Noctua with the fore wings black, witli several very indistinct transverse undulated leaden-coloiu-ed strigce ; allthe maigins marked with a number of sulphur-colomed spots, which are acuminated towards the middle of the wing;hind wings black at the base and outer angle, the remainder whitish, body black, with the head and thorax trans-versely striped with sulphureous. Expansion of the fore wings 11 inches. Inhabits Assam. Communicated by Major F. Jenkins. The orchidaceous plant represented in the plate is the Dendrobium aggregatmn of Roxburgh. The singular plant represented in Plate XXV is the very rare Acanthophippium bicolor, from PLATE XXIX. (ORDER-COLEOPTERA. Section-Losgicounes. Leach.) FIGURE 1. CERAMBYX (s—o. not.) TELEPIIOKOIDES. Westw. Cerambyx depi-essua thoracis lateriljus inermibus, eljtris apice trimcatis, antennis corpore lougioribus, pedibus elongatis feraoribus clavatis tibUs posticis dilatatis ; testaceus, setoso-sericeus,elytris fulvis,apieibus uigiis : auteuuis nigris apice fuscis, articiilis 7 et 8 albidis ; pedibus nigiis, femoribus basi fiilvis. Ccrambjx with tlie body depressed, the sides of the thorax not spinal, tlie elytra with the tips truncate, the antenna;longer than the body, the legs long mth the thighs thickened and the posterior tibia; dilated, testaceous, setose-silky,opaque, with the elyti-a fulvous, the tips black ; the anten
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