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Identifier: victorian929319751976luca (find matches)
Title: The Victorian naturalist
Year: 1884 (1880s)

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas  (1853–1936)
Alternative names	A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas
Description	British botanist and entomologist
Date of birth/death	7 May 1853	10 June 1936
Location of birth/death	Stratford-upon-Avon	Albury
Authority file	: Q2865141 VIAF: 3802231 ISNI: 0000000084178738 LCCN: n81111921 Botanist: A.H.S.Lucas Open Library: OL4506631A WorldCat

Francis George Allman Barnard  (1857–1932)
	Alternative names	Birth name: Francis George Allman Barnard; Barnard; F. G. A. ‎Barnard; Francis Barnard
	Description	Australian-British naturalist, pharmacist, politician, editor and cricketer
	Date of birth/death	1857 / 26 December 1857	1932 / 2 June 1932 / 1 June 1932
	Location of birth/death	Melbourne	Melbourne
	Authority file	: Q3081456 VIAF: 40699264 LCCN: n81089221 NLA: 36356473 WorldCat

Subjects: Natural history Natural history
Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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stralasiae (Don), Diaphonia dorsalis (Don)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) BY J. AlDERSON * Introduction About 120 species of Cetoniinaeoccur in Australia, and all are diurnaland feed on nectar. Most species areattractively patterned or have metalliccolouring. They are well representedin collections but, as far as I amaware, Httle is known of their be-haviour and their predators, and nodescriptions of their larvae have beenpublished. In this paper observations on thebehaviour and the predators of the two rose chaffer beetles, Eupoecilaaustralasiae (Don) and Diaphoniadorsalis (Don), are reported. Descrip-tions of the mature larvae of the twobeetles are also presented. Distribution The two species occur in the coastalregion from Queensland to the SouthAustralian border. The specimens ofmature larvae described here were Fisheries and Wildlife Division, Arthur RylahInstitute for Environmental Research, Victoria. Plate I: Below — Eupoecila australasiaeAt left — Diaphonia dorsalis
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86 Vict. Nat. Vol. 93 collected on hillsides north-east ofMelbourne. Adult Eupoecila australasiae (plateI) ranged in length from 12 to 22 mmand from late December to earlyFebruary are often seen feeding onthe flowers of Austral grass-tree(Xanthorrhoea australis), sweet bur-saria (Bursaria spinosa), prickly tea-tree (Leptospermum juniperinum),Angophora and a variety of Eucalyp-tus spp. Adult Diaphonia dorsalis (plate I)ranged from 23 to 28 mm but ap-peared to feed only on the flowers ofeucalypts.

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