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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
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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in maculate,. ^■ variegatus. 3. CamTiaris vest* 4. VittzaUi COLEOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 227 HORIA MACULATA.PLATE XIX. Fig. 1. It is about sixteen lines in length, of a uniformreddish-yellow colour, with seven spots of black oneach wing-case, six of which are arranged in pairs,and the seventh occupies the apex. The mandiblesand antennae are shining black, and the legs are ofthe same colour, except the base of the thighs,which is the same as the body. According to theobservations of Lansdown Guilding, this insect de-posits its eggs in the nest of the carpenter-bees(chiefly in that of Xylocopa Teredo), and when thelarvae are excluded, they consume the food whichthe bee provides for its proper offspring. It is notrare in the vicinity of Rio Janeiro and other partsof tropical America, and is usually found under thebark of trees. It moves but slowly both whenwalking and flying, and when handled emits a yel-lowish liquid from its mouth of a peculiar odour. MELOE VARIEGATUS.PLATE XIX. Fig. 2, Fem

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