The Entomologist V1 1840-1842

r^ : :iy V THE ENTOMOLOGIST: CONDUC'Ttl) BV EDWARD NEWMAN LONDON JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER 1840-2 JIOW " Were tivated, lliis neglected hut beautiful — could the parison in field of nature uiorc widely cul- students of Entomology he brought to hear any com- number with those of Botany, — it is impossible to say to what extent science in general might ultimately be benefited." Bird in E\t Mat., i 105 ; C Allis, Thos H Polia nitons &c., 204 () ;; NTE NTS C!lark, ; doptera, 3!)3 Analytical Notices Swainson & Shuclcard's History and Natural Arrangement of Insects, ;)8 Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 43, 272, 313, 329; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 62, 107, 131, 161,23(>; Gosse's Canadian Naturalist, 81 ; Westvvood's Arcana Entomologica, 113, 145, 233; Newman's Grammar of Entomology, 129; Transactions of the Linnean Society, 162, 177, 193 Duncan's Natural History of ; Exotic Moths, 249 Humphreys & Westwood's British Butterflies and ; Clark, I W Lasiocampa Rubi, 327 Cook, Robert Captures near York, 258, 283, 399 Courtney, William Captures of Lepidoptera, 226, 35(i, J C Stylops Kirbii &c 174; Colocasia Coryli &c 190 Davis, A H On the Entomology of Adelaide, 88 Desvignes, Thos Captures in Shirewood Forest, 88 a new British Elater, 326 Desc riptiou of Pancalia grandis, 342 ; ; Doubleday, Edward 265; Whites Notes on Insects from King George's Sound, 345 Characters of three todontidae, 55 ; Bentley, William on species and varie- attracted hy insect, Captures of Moths, 102; Lampronia capitella, 142 Genus Sympetrum, 205 ; Captures of Lepidoptera, 155, ; Bird, Rev C.S Ciiptures near Henley-on-Thames, 396 260, 356, 373, 407 Bladon, James Friendly hint ; 208; Note on Acarus Madame Merian and 308; Shucliard's Elements of Entomology, 357 Vanessa Urticfe, 405; Argyn Aphrodite, 408 Miana Pulmo- Polia occulta, 407 horridus, 307; the ; 263; Lasiocampa Rubi, 327; Sphinx Ligustri and Smerinthus ocellatus, 3o7; List of Noctua;, 377 narifB, of a hee, 205 to subscribers, 297 Doubledav, Henry the light at the North Foreland, 327; Localities &c of Agrotis, 372 Economy ; Sympetrum rubicundum, 159; Description of anew Polyommatus, 209 Description of a new Lepidopterous Notice of captures, 406 254,316; Moths new genera of NoRemarks on some North-American Lepidoptera, 97 Bedell, Geokge ties, I Dale, their Transformations, Observations Hamlet Captures near Towcester, 409 List of Lepi- fire- flies, ; Bree, PiEv W T Polyommatus Argiolus, 143 Chant, John Achniia alvcaria, 192 Alcis Roboraria, 229; Biston hirlarius, 328; Singular growth of Fungi, 339 ClIE\ ROLAT Strictures on Entomological Notes, 355 ; Do ('(J LAS, J W Notice of captures, 65, 104, 140, 143, 157,230, 3.58; on sallows, 309; near Walton, 384 Edginton, G W Cabbage -butterflies, 313, 373 Edleston, R S List of Lepidoptera, 167; Vanessa An- 204; Hadena Lappo &c 208; Diurnea Novembris, 229 cajttines, 307, 3.35, 407 destruction of Smctiopa, ; ; IV by Iclmeumon linthus ocellatus Atropos, 263 ; Colias Philodice, 417 Evans, John Apus cancriformis, 226, 341 Fisher, Marshall Chiysalis of Papilio Machaon, 326; captures near Ely, 412 Gaze, W Captures of Lcpidoptera, 277 ; Lasiocanipa Rnbi, 306 Economy of PaLarvae of Lepilio Machaon, 340 ; ; pidoptera, 391 GossE, P H Lower Ca- List of butterflies taken in nada, 137 Greville, R K Hydroessa pygmasa, 159 Greville, R N Additions to Enlomologia Edinen 184 Haliday, a H Genus Ampliyginus, 175; Note on the primary divisions of Carabidas, 185; on StaphylinidsE, 186 on the Irish species of Mylsechus, 190; on Adelotopus, 305 Haruis, T W Memorandum on the larva of Papilio ; Memorandum on the death-watch, 63; Aphides and honey-dew, 159; Oxystoraa Ulicis, 171 Marshall, Thomas Sphinx Pinastri, 231 Morris, Beverley R Aphis of the turnip, 207 Hanoveriana, 228 ; Chrysomela Newman, Edwaed Entomological notes, 1, 67, 90, 110, 169, 220, 413; Linnean Society, 143; German specimens of British insects &C.229; Cerambycitum Insularum Manillarum Doin Cuming captorum, 243, 275, 288, 298, 318, 369, 381 list of Insects collected at Port ; Philip, 351, 361, 401 ; note on the appearance of Colias Hyale, 385,416 Newman, George Notice of a nest of Vespa Britannica, 106 ; cockchafers in France, 143 Paget, C J Noctua perspicillaris, (Sec 128 Rustic us of Godalming Histoiy of the Gooseberry-grub, 148 Rv lands, Peter Notes on new Amara;, 216 Shepherd, Walter Philenor, 60 Heppenstall, John Vanessa Antiopa, &c 326 356, 407 Heward, Robert Memorandum on Luxford, Ge0R(JE captures, ; Eidonia fuliginaria, 296 Shuckard, W E On the fire-flies of Ja- the Aulacidse, 115 ; Dioctria Mei- geuii, 141 SiDEBOTHAM, JoSEPH maica, 42 Hewitson, W C The Purple Emperor, 324 Hevsham, T C Orgyia antiqua, 204 Stephens, J F Zeuzera Arundinis, 160; captures Rhinomacer attelaboides, 128 HiNDLEY, William Callidium luridum, 293 Harrietsham, 199 ; captures 374 Stevens, Samuel Captures at Birch-wood, 202 Sitaris Jordan, Robert Captures at Teignmouth, 357, 394 Jordan, W R Hall Captures near Teignmouth, 389 Labkev, R Bowman Thwaites, G H K Captures near Bristol, 228 Tylden, William Pontia Daplidice, 204 Waddington, Walker, Lambert, Alfred 128 Brepha Parthenias &c., 141 ; Orgyia antiqua, 173 ; Clisiocampa castrensis, 191; Orgyia gonostigma, 208 ; capcarinelita, J Captures at York, 204 Hipparchia Cassiope, 171 ; species of ; Cerura, 359; species of Fumca, 372 tures, 226, 307, 310, 371 F Notes on Aphides (kc 127, 172, 207 DescriptionsofChalcidites, 133,217, 334 ; Laphria nigra, 60 ; on Virey's system of animal structure, 211 ; on Porcellio, 307; on Metamorjihosis, 307 Note on Myriapoda, 72, 237, ; 293 Lankester, Edwin Tortrix Mitterhachiana, 143; Ypono- Walker, J Triplucna fimbria, 191 meuta padella, 159 LioHTON, Andrew Ca])tiires in the Isle of ; humeralis, 205 ; captures in Sussex, 223 ; near Hammersmith, 397 In gall, Thomas Lebia crux-minor, 128 Lophopteryx at Wallis, Samuel Wight, 410 Cicada lismatodes, 203 ; Warrington, R 285 lysis of British BiUtcvflies, Notice of a peculiar habit in the Cenitognathiis, 310 larvae of I,epidoptera, 96 Description of a new ; on library of the M Audouin, 310 late WHrTE,ADAM WaTEHHOUSK, GkO R Westwood, John ; Description of Plataspis Bucephalus, 135 ; of Lagenoderus gnomoides, 181; of two new butterflies, 280; singular cause of vegetation in the desert, 343 ; description of Probsenops, 406 beetle, 281 O Note on the Aulacidse, 139 Entomo- ; logical Society, 144, 175, 17(), 192, 231, 232, 248, 264, 296, 311, 312, 375, 376 ; observations on the Ana- EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES The liy Mr Raddon from Abbot's drawing, 'The Entomologist.' (unnumbered), engraved first plate ex|ilained by Mr Doubleday at p 55 of is Plate A Merisus splendidus, fejM Ent Mag ii 166 « Antenna Prothorax Rhaphiteh maculatus, /em Ent Mag ii 178 a Antenna Notanisus versicolor, /fm Ent Mag iv 352 a Antenna Eunotus cretaceus, mas Ent Mag ii 297 a Antenna ; ' Plate B Ent Mag ii 296 a Antenna Ent Mag ii 179 a Antenna Psilonotus Adaraas,/CT« Metopon atrum,/e?H Ent Mag ii 302 a Antenna Eutelus immaculatus, mas Ent Mag ii 357 a Antenna 1 Systasis encyrtoides,/«M Plate C Merismus flavicornis, /em Ent Mag i 377 a Antenna Coruna clavata, mas Ent Mag i 379 a Antenna, t Antenna of female Prosodes ater,/em Ent Mag i 374 Merostenus Phedyma, mas Ent Mag Antenna a iv 344 a Antenna Plate D Toxeuma Ent Mag i 379 « Antenna Gastrancistus laticornis,/ej/i Ent Mag ii 174 a Antenna Ent Mag i 374 « Antenna Psiloeera obscura, ?H«s Prosopon montanun), mas Ent Mag iv 356 a Antenna Ericjp, /em Plate E Ent Mag iv 21 a Antenna Ent Mag i 465 a Antenna Micromelus pyrrhogaster, mas Ectroma fulvescens,/er?i Ent Mag v 115 a Antenna Ent Mag ii 169 a Antenna Ormocerus maritimus,/em Trigonoderus obscurns,/em Notaspis formiciformis, Plate c Abdomen Eupelmus na, ynas Degeeri,/(?r«, Ent F Mag ii 38 a Head Ent Mag iv 361 a Antenna Ent Mag i 118 a Head in front, Priomerus pachymenis,/e»i —4th joints Plate G Hetroxys scenicus,/em Pteromalus latus /rm i" above, Ent Ent Mag Mag iv 10 ii 481 a Antenna Antenna « b Thorax, i Anten- VI ;j Eni Mag-, Ent Mag Isosoina ilavicone,/t'*« Systole platYpteva,/em 153 ii 153 ii Antemui « Auteir.ia ol male /; Plate H Ent Mag iv 364 a Antenna Encyrtus corniger, jHtts Ent Mag v 114 a Antenna Encyitus urocerus,/em (Cerchysius) Ent Mag iv 439 Encyrtus mirabilis, (Cerapterocenis) Ent Mag v 14 a Forewing Encyflnusstrigosus,/e?« Plate I Dipaia petiolata, /««« Ent Mag i 373 Semiotus vaiians,/fm Ent Mag ii 293 a Antenna Syntomopus thoracicus,/e)n Ent Mag i 372 a Antenna Torymus Diomorus caliginosns, mas nobilis, mas, hind Ent Mag i 118 Ent Mag ii 159 leg Plate K Coecophagus scutellaris Mon dial i a Antenna Mon Clial i a Antenna of female Aphelinus basalis, mas Ann Nat Hist iv 234 a Antenna, b Ditto Thusanus ater, mas c Middle tibia and tarsus Mon Chal i 13 a Antenna, Trichogramraa evanescens, mas d Hind wing c Fore wing tarsus, of feni b Hiiul Plate L Mon Chal i 190 mas, (Stenomesius) Mon Chal i 193 Mon dial i 324 Cirrospilus caudatus,/(?m (Aprostocetus) Mon Chal i 42 Entedon Amylcas, (Derostenus) Eulophus fulvicoUis, mas, (Hemiptarsenus) Cirrospilus pulchellus, Plate M Eulophus albiventris, mas Mon Chal i 173 a Antenna Ann Nat Hist Cirrospilus Attalus,/e»i Menes, fem Mon Chal i 18 a Antenna Eulophus Aphaca,/ew (Tranosoma) Ent Mag i 329 Pteroptrix Plate N Antenna « ^^- Encyrtus Jugaeus, (Cercobelus) Ent Mag v 48 a Antenna a Antenna Pacuvius, (Ceranisus) Ann NAt Hist i Pirene varicornis, mas Ent Mag i 337 a Antenna, b Ditto of female Ent Mag ii 149 a Antenna b Ditto of Cerocephala formiciformis Cirrospilus male c Head Plate O Ent Mag i 140 a Antenna Ent Mag iv 359 a Antenna Calosoler vernalis,/(?in Ent Mag iv 354 a Antenna Macroneura maculipes, 7nas a Antenna, (the last three joints are Cea pulicaria, fem Ent Mag iv 356 Oiinyrus punctiger,/e»i restored conjecturally) Plate P Mon Chal 1,1a Eucharis Volusus ii b Head in front, c Antenna, d Two last joints of antenna Thoracantha furcata Head c in front, Mon Chal ii 65 a Scutel covering the wings b Antenna Eucharis lello Mon Chal ii 12 a Antenna, b Hind Eucharis Zalates Mon Chal ii 13 « Antenna of male Hind c tarsus of female Merostenus Sadales,/*//) Mon dial ii 91 a Antenna tarsus Ditto of female C ; THE ENTOMOLOGIST No NOVEMBER, MDCCCXL I I Art I — Entomological Notes By Edward Newman (Continued from the 'Entomological Magazine', Class Natural Order Genus — Price 6d vol V p 402) — COLEOPTERA — Cerambycites, Newman allisph yris, New^nan Caput pronum, prothorace angustius ; antennaj dimidio corporis vix longiores, 11 -articulate, simplices, apice paullo crassiores pro: thorax lateribus medio dentatis elytra dimidio corporis manifesto breriora, a basi ad medium pedetentim angustata, pone medi: um lineaiia : pro- et mesopedes breves, simplices, femoribus /^ *^\^'f^~~~^\ M I baud tumescentibus \ I metapedes elongati, femoribus tibiisque valde hirsutis Call Macropus Niger, hirsutus, anten- narum basi, elytris, pedibusque metafemorum spatio mediano, que omnibus unc lat nigris flavis": tarsis- (Corp long "35 unc.) Inhabits South America A single specimen, taken by Mr Darwin on the Island of Chiloe, of the Entomological Society of London is in the cabinet This fine insect in some of its characters closely resembles Odontocera of Serville, but the structure of its antennae, the tooth on each side of its prothorax, and its slender and simple pro- and meso-femora, incline me to consider the similarity merely dependant on its nar- rowed elytra and hirsute metatibiae, and not implying any very near approach to that well-known genus B —— Phoracanthid.e, Neivman Family In this family I would propose to include Phoracantlia of Newman, Mallocera, Sphaerion, Cordylomera, Trichophorus, and Elapliidion of Audinet-Serville, and several other nearly-allied insects, many of which They are at present undescribed guished at the first are generally to be distin- glance by having a short spine at the extremity of several joints of the antennae, beginning with the third ending with the seventh the head : is and usually porrected, nearly on a level with the prothorax, and not deeply received into that part as in some of the families of this extensive order The elytra are generally terminated by an oblique truncature, of which the exterior angle is usually furnished with an acute spine I have not given the name Phoracanthida? in compliment to a genus of my own, but because that genus is the type of the family, now for the first time collected together or in any way indicated, and because the name is expressive of the principal character by which the family is distinguished Genus Phoracantha, Newman The genus Phoracantha tory,' vol V p 17 is described in the 'Annals of Natural His- had previously been regarded by Fabricius as part of his genus Stenocorus; and the earlier entomologists of the same school, as Donovan and Kirby, followed in his footsteps The Count Dejcan was the first to break up a genus, which, like Chrysomela of Lmneus, seemed to be used by its author as a receptacle for sundries requiring further investigation, and we find in the Catalogue des Coleopteres three sjjecies of Phoracantha placed under Serville's genus Mallocera, although the last-mentioned author has indicated no such intention the Count de Castelnau, in his Animaux Articules,' has followed Dej can's arrangement It ' ' ' : The descriptions of the following species, the first only excepted, were ready for publication nearly two years ago In January last they were actually on their way to the printer's when I heard that Mr Hope was at work on the same group I instantly withdrew my descriptions, lest my species should clash with his Mr Hope's paj)er has subsequently been read at the Zoological Society, and he does not appear to possess a single species that I have described The previously-described species of Phoracantha are, 1, synonyma of Newman, * Ann Nat Hist.' c, synonymous with Stenocorus punctatus of Kir: by, 'Trans Linn Soc' of the Insects of New xii 471; Holland 2, ; ' punctata of Donovan's 'Epitome tenehrosa of Newman, synony- 3, raous with Stcn obscurus of Donovan, but not with Sten obscums of Fabricius, ' Syst Ekui.' ii 307 ; 4, semipunciatus of Fabricius, Oli- and Donovan, but not of Boisduval 5, rubripes of Boisduval, Faune de I'Oceanie,' i 477 6, dorsnlis of MacLeay, Appendix to King's Voyage,' ii 451 and 7, higiittata of Donovan, which Mr Hope, in the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London,' i 107, gives as the type of Latreille's genus Tmesistenius, and which vier, ; ' ' ; : ' genus Mallocera The Tmesisternus, Phoracantha, from respects Dejean and Castelnau place under many last species differs in Serville's and Mallocera, and is particularly to be distinguished by its slender and graceful form, its suddenly incrassated femora, and the gaiety ot In this genus-making age it will doubtless be raised to its coloiu's generic honours in which case it may be called Callirhde ; — Antennas corpore vix longiores articulis apice quam in caeteiis minor, angustior, brevior, rugosus spatio mediano glabro, lateribus spina acuta Pltor Jiamata bispinosis dorso ; prothorax : elytra aspere ac profunde puncta punctis color apicem versus mag-nitudine pedetentim decrescentibus testaceus, oculis nigi-is elytra testacea fascia communi undata quasi VV ante medium maculaque communi suturali pone me- recurva armatus : ; : ; dium fuscis (Corp long 1"3 unc lat '375 unc.) Inhabits New Holland A single specimen, in the cabinet of the Entomological Club, was taken by Mr Kirk at Sydney Pho7' tricuspis Antennte corpore valde longiores, apices gracillimae, articulis — apice 1-spinosis: ibus pone medium fimde puncta : color fuscus nitidus diana apicibusque luteis signata undata interrupta New : later- elytra aspere ac pro- punctis apicem versus magnitudine pedetentim ; decrescentibus Inhabits prothorax dorso rugosus, dente obtuso armatus est Holland ; ; (Corp long 1*4 unc A magna me- elytra plaga plaga mediana fascia angusta lat '3 unc.) single specimen, in the cabinet of the Entomological Club, was taken by Dr Stangcr at Sydney — Antennas corpore longiores, articulis apice 1-spinosis: prothorax a^^-^^ere punctus, lateiibus dente mediano acuto armatus elytra aspere ac profunde puncta, punctis api- Phor quinaria : cem versus magnitudine pedetentim decrescentibus cus, singulo elytro maculis apicibusque unc lat luteis : color fus- (Coi-]3 'Qo unc.) B long A single specimen, in the cabinet of the Inhabits New Holland Entomological Club, was taken by Mr Davis at Adelaide Antenna? corpora longiores, Phor recurva sutiores, articulis curva — apice lateribus spina acuta armatus ; profunde puncta, apice glaberrima antennis pedibusque luteo-testaceis linea obliqua utrinque ante medium fusco-ferrugineis Stenocoriis semipunctatus Inhabits in caeteris hir- prothorax complanatus, rugosus, spatiis tribus elevatis : glabris "collections quam 1-spinosis, spina tertii paullo re- : elytra basi aspere ac color fusco-fen-ugineus, : (Corp long, 1*2 unc Boisduval, ' macula elytra lutea, ; medium, fasciaque Fauna de latissima lat '3 sive pone unc.) I'Oceanie,' p 476 New Holland This beautiful insect is common in under the name of Stanocorus semipunctatus our all — Phor aherrans apice 1-spinosis Antennae corpora vix longiores, articulis prothorax alongatus capite duplo longior, dor: 1-dantatus elytra puncta punctis apicem versus minutis color fusco-feiTugineus fascia lata fusco-nigra pone medium, ante fasciam maculis obliquis incertis so tuberculatus, lateribus : : luteis interruptus, subtus fuscus cilitate majori, at lat E praecedentibus differt gra- plane ejusdem generis (Corp long "75 unc -175 unc.) Inhabits New of the British Holland There is a single specimen in the cabinet Museum Phor allapsa Antennae corpora vix longiores, articulis — apice 1-spinosis: prothorax elongatus capite duplo longior dor- mediano apicem versus minutis color so tuberculatus, lateribus vix dentatus, tubere minuto instructus fuscus ; : elytra puncta, punctis : elytra maculis elongatis albidis ornata ; maculae sic Sternum abdominisque segmentum primum (Coi-p long '75 unc lat segmenta caetara nigra dispositas, 3, 3, ferruginea, '175 unc.) Inhabits Van Dieman's Land Museum There is a single specimen in the cabinet of the British — Phor senio 1-spinosis: armatus : Antennae corpore vix longiores, articulis apice prothorax aspere punctus, lateribus dante obtuso elytra aspere ac profunde puncta, punctis sus magnitudine pedetantim dacrescentibus : apicem ver- color fuscus, sin- JL M K 4, o 0(e: ... lines; the 1st is near the suture and above the middle of the elytron; the 2nd is exterior to the 1st, on a level with the termination of which it commences, it is broken in the middle the 3rd... distinguished by the species having the elytra simply terminating without truncature, in a single spine The type of the genus, Sph cyajiipennis, is from Rio There are specimens in the cabinet of the Serville... that genus is the type of the family, now for the first time collected together or in any way indicated, and because the name is expressive of the principal character by which the family is distinguished