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Title: The natural history of beetles : illustrated by thirty-two plates, numerous wood-cuts, with memoir and portrait of Ray
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Duncan, James, 1804-1861 Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver
Subjects: Ray, John, 1627-1705 Beetles
Publisher: Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars London : Henry G. Bohn
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d theunder side of the body, and legs, black. The anteriortibiae have three acute teeth on their outer edge to-wards the apex. It is a native of Java, where it is considered rare,although we have seen six or eight specimens in asingle collection of insects from that country. Itlikewise occurs, but much less frequently, on thecontinent of Asia, the individual figured havingbeen taken at Rangoon in India. SCARABS US MACROPUS.PLATE XIV. Fig. 1. Kanguroo beetle, Shaws Nat ralisfs Miscellany, ccclxxx. 4. This very remarkable-looking insect was first madeknown to the public by Mr Francillon, who is sup-posed to have received it from South America.The individual which he described appears to bethe only one that has occurred, and it is now saidto be preserved in the rich cabinet of Mr Macleay.Until the discovery of the insect next to be de-scribed, there was no lamellicorn beetle that boremuch resemblance to it; but that species partakesin some measure of its peculiar characters. Of PLATE J4.
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.! t w aiactis mm ropii ?.2. Chr) sophora < 7u;\ sot -/</oi; COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 211 these, the most singular are the length of the hinderlegs, and the extraordinary thickness of the thighs,which exceeds any thing that is observed in such asexhibit a structure of this kind. The whole of theupper surface is smooth, and of a bright greencolour, and the under side is golden yellow andcopper coloured. The antennae and tarsi are brown-ish black. CHRYSOPHORA CHRYSOCHLORA. PLATE XIV. Fig. 2. Melolontha chrysocklora, Latr—Voxj. de MM. Humb. ctBonpL ii. 15, lfenu 2 male. Latreille assigns as the distinguishing marks ofthis genus, which was first proposed by Count De-jean, the great size of the hinder legs, the thicken-ed hinder thighs, and the curved tibiae, which ter-minate in a strong projecting point at the internalangle. It contains only two or three species, of whichthat above referred to is the most remarkable. Itwas discovered by MM. Humboldt and Bonplandin Peru. It is of a br

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