The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, economy, &ctogether with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . of the wood,they feem to prefer the thick hedges by the road fides. Is found in the months of May, June, and July. P 2 FIG. 94- PLATE CVt. F I G. IV. PHALiENA PANZERELLA. lepidoptera. Tinea. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Long, narrow. Anterior wings pale clay colour, with a dark
The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, economy, &ctogether with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . of the wood,they feem to prefer the thick hedges by the road fides. Is found in the months of May, June, and July. P 2 FIG. 94- PLATE CVt. F I G. IV. PHALiENA PANZERELLA. lepidoptera. Tinea. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Long, narrow. Anterior wings pale clay colour, with a darkftreak down the middle, and a few minute fpots of the fame colournear the apex. Pofterior wings almoft tranfparent, bluifh, fringevery deep, of a clay colour. This elegant Infect was found the latter end of autumn, 1794,among fome high grafs and water plants in the vicinity of Hampftead,and is now in the polTeiTion of the author. It has certainly never been defcribed or figured before j nor is it inthe cabinet of any Entomologift within the circle of our friends j ifwe except a very diftinil variety which is in the cabinet of Mr. ^ Borough. We have named it Panzerella in honour of the German Entomolo-gift Dr. George Wolffgang Franz PANZERy Author of FaunaeInfcdorum Germanicae initia, &c. PLATE i07. C 95 ]PLATE CVII. CURCULIO ARGENTATUS. COLEOPTERA. Wings two, covered by two {hells, divided by a longitudinal future, GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae clavated, elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the fnout,which is prominent and horny. Joints in each foot four.* * Snout fhort. Thighs dcntated. SPECIFIC with fine green bronze fcales. Antenna: and legs brown. C. breviroftris fem£)ribus dentatus ; corpore viridi argenteo. 155. 148. Limi. Sy/i. Nat. 2. 615. 75. CuRCULio fquamofus, viridi auratus. Geoff. Inf i. 293. 3^8. CuRCULlO Urtica^ kc. Degeer. Inf. 5. 219. 12. Sulz. Hij}. Inf. tab. 4. fig Spec. Inf. i. 198. 21&. This elegant littl
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