LIBRARY OF I885-IQ56 "--t^.-^ ^^ IK] 4(7 THE CABINET ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY; ^ Sdcction of SOME OF THE RARER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL SPECIES OF INSECTS. NATIVES OF INDIA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS, THE GREATER PORTION OF WHICH ARE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME DESCRIBED AND FIGURED. J. 0. WESTWOOD, ESQ., F.L.S. tIBM. HrST. SOC. 90C., QUEBEC ; NAT. HIST., BOSTON, U.S. ; ENT. SOC. PENNSYLVANIA, AND ENT. SOC, STETTIN; MEM. SOC- CAKS. NAT. CUR. MOSCOW; PHYSIOGB. SOC, LUND; SOC. BOY. SCI., LILLE; SOC. ROY., LYONS; SOC. HIST. NAT,, MAURITIUS; SOC, CUVIERR, ET PHILOMAT. PARIS; LIT. PHIL. AND NAT. HIST. SOCS., BELFAST, TORQUAY, RICHMOND, SHEFFIELD; MEM. SOC. ENTOMOL. DE FRANCE, SF.Cn, ENT. SOC, LONDON, ETC. LONDON: WILLIAM SMITH, 113, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXLVIII. p^ — ————— . SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT INSECTS DESCRIBED AND FIGURED IN THE PRESENT WORK. Elaterid^ (contbuKd) — LoNcicoRNES {continiud) — Campsosternus Stepliensii ORDER—COLEOPTERA. Hammaticherus marmoratus . Campsosternus Hopei LaMELLICORNIA PL Oxynopterus Cumingii . Eucheirus (Cheii-otonus) MacLcaii Pectoccra Mellii Eucheirus Dupontianus . , Alans moerens Dynastes Haidwickii . Alaus sculptus . Jumnos Ruckeri . Alaus sordidus Heterorhina nigritarsis . Heterorhina autliracina . EUCNKMID.E Bombodes Ursus . Galbella violacea Peperonota Harringtonii Parastasia rufo-picta . TELEPIIORID.E IchthjTirus lateralis LnCAMDj; Ichthyurus costalis . Lucanus Dux Ichthyui'us basalis Lucanus platycephalus Ichthyurus discoidalis Lucanus multidentatus . Lucanus mquinatus . Paussidx— Lucanus strigiceps Paussus Jerdani . Lucanus Mearesii Merismoderus Bensoni Lucanus rangifer . (Luc. De Haauii, Westw.) Engidx ? (Luc. Tarandus, Swed.) Prionophora cylindrica . (Luc. metallifer, Bdv.) Petalophora costata . Lucanus Jenkinsii Helota Mellii Lucanus occipitalis Lucanus teratus SlLPnID.E Lucanus castanoptems . 1 ( Apatetica Lebioides Lucanus bicolor, Oliv. Lucanus Gazella . Brenthides— (Luc. Delessertii, Gu^r.) Arrhenodes Xipliias (Luc. Cuvera, Hope.) Teramocerus erytliroderes (Luc. Pi'inseppii, Hope.) Diuris forcipatus . (Luc. bicolor, S.aunders.) Calodromus Mellii (Luc. Saundersii, Hope.) Taphroderes Wliitii (Luc. Burmeisteri, Hope.) LoXGieOBNES Elaieridj;— Trictenotoma Childrenii . Campsostemus Templetonii . 35 Trictenotoma Templetonii Campsosternus Dohi'nii . , ib. Trictenotoma .'enea . Gbyllidx— NOTICE. rpHE object of the Work now offered to the notice of the Entomologist and lover of Nature in general, is to present a Series of Figures of some of the rarer and more splendid species of Insects which have o'ithin these few last j-ears been for'oarded to England, from the various distiicts of India and the adjacent islands. It is indeed siu^jrising that, notwithstanding the vast extent of oiu' Indian territories, and the extraordinary brilhancy of many of the Entomological productions of that portion of the globe, we should liitherto have had no work expressly devoted to the Insects of India, except the single volume pubUshed by Mr. Donovan, nearlj^ fifty years ago; whilst, nevertheless, our cabinets, owing to the zeal with which this branch of Zoology is pm'sued by many Entomologists in those regions, teem with novelties which would alone form the materials of many volumes. A most elaborate work, indeed, on the Lepidopterous Insects of Java, was commenced by Dr. Horsfield, nearly twenty years ago, which, had it been completed, would have left nothing to be desired on that branch of the subject, so far as the Javanese species are concerned. Another work, also of a very splendid character, has been commenced by Dr. De Haau, on tlie Insects of the Dutch Settlements in the East, of which, however, two numbers only have yet appeared, restricted to two groups of Insects. A partial attempt to remedy this consequent deficiency was made in my " Arcana Entomologica," in which several interesting Oriental groups were illustrated; but the small size of the plates of tliat work prevented the introduction of many of the larger species, and a desu'e to give to it as scientific a character as lay in my power, rendered necessary much technical detail. The present work, however, is proposed to be rather a pictorial illustration of the larger and more splendid species ; and, as such, it is hoped, that, by finding its way to the table of the Indian drawing-room, it may gain additional converts to the study of a science full of curiosity, and awaten an interest in the objects of pursuit, thus supplying an engaging occupation to our Indian friends. I cannot conclude this notice without collectively thanking the several gentlemen who, by their practical exertions, have contributed so much to om- knowledge of the Insects of India within the last few years, amongst whom it is a duty to mention the names of Colonel Hearsey, Major Jenkins, Captains Boys, Hutton, and Robinson ; Drs. Royle, Horsfield, Templeton, Benson, and Downes ; to all of whom I have been indebted for materials for the present work. I need scarcely add, that I shall be happy to receive any communications suited for the present work, from our fellow-labourers in India. Observations especially upon the habits and transformations of Indian insects are, indeed, highly to be desired; and all such, with which I may be favoured by correspondents, shall be faithfully acknowledged. J. O. WESTWOOD. Hammersmith, 1st January, 1847. — THE CABINET ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY. PLATE I. EUCHEIRUS (Cheirotonus) MACLEAII. (Fig. 1 Male ; Fig. 2 Female.) (ORDER- COLEOPTERA. Section-.—Lamelucornia.) Eucheiras seneo-\Tridis, prothoracis lateribus serrulatis et varioloso-piinctatis, sulco longitudinali in medio dorsi fortiter impresso, elytris nigro-aeueis maculis fulWs insignitis, marginibus externis elevatis. llucheirus brassy-green, with the sides of the prothorax denticulated and deeply and irregularly punctured, having a deep longitudinal impression down the middle, dilated behind; the elytra brassy black, marked with numerous fulvous irregular-shaped spots, and with the lateral margins elevated. Length of the male 2{ inches ; of the female nearly 2 inches. Inhabits the Assamese and Himalayan regions of India. In the collections of the Rev. F. W. Hope, and Captain Parry. SvNOXYMES. Cheirotonus Macleaii, Hope, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 594, pi. 40, fig. 3 ; and Annals of Natural History, vol. vi. p. 300,$ .—Parry in ditto, October, 1846. <J . Euchirus, 2. Euchirms MacUajanitg, Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent. iii. p. 702 ; Genera lusectorum No. 8, sub p. Description.—The male of this most splendid addition to om- knowledge of the LameUicoru beetles of India, has the upper side of the body finely polished, especially on the disk of the prothorax, which is quite glossy, very convex above, and of a brilliant metallic green, tinged with copper, and strongly punctured, the sides deeply serrated and clothed with long fulvous hairs on the under side ; near each posterior angle is a deeply-sunk impression ; the elytra are nearly black, with a brassy tinge, and with numerous bright fulvous spots of irregular form, which are disposed so as to form four or five irregular longitudinal lines on each wing-cover. Under a lens the elytra are found to be entirely covered with exceedingly minute tubercles. The most striking chai-acter of the insect is exhibited by the fore-legs, which are disproportionately elongated and bent, the thighs with an acute appendage in the middle of the inner edge, the tibife subrugosc with a very strong and long spine in the middle, directed inwards, and another at the tip, at the extremity of which latter there is a small thick movable spur ; the tarsi are also very long, with strong bifid claws and with a small unguiculus terminated by two setse. On the outer edge of the tibise are two minute spines towards the base, and another is slightly indicated B 2 4 ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY. near the tip. The four hind feet are robust, with the tibiae strongly toothed in three separate series. The claws in these feet are formed as in those of the fore-legs. The entire under-suiface of the body is brassy black, thickly clothed with mouse-coloured hairs ; the fi-ont mai'gin of the head is elevated, sharp and slightly denticidated. The female, contrary to the usual rule among insects, is smaller than the male, agreeing with the latter in general colours and appearance, except that the wing-covers are of a greener tinge, the sides of the thorax not so much dilated, and the fore-legs of ordinary length, with broad flattened tibise, having at least five strong teeth (varying, however, in number on the opposite legs of the same individual). In the only specimen hitherto known of this sex, the anterior margin of the head was not symmetrical, the right angle being more porrected than the opposite one. The unique male * of this insect was received in a splendid collection from the Himalayas diu'ing the past summer, by H. G. Harrington, Esq., by whose direction an engraving of the insect was prepared, which has since been published in the Annals of Natural History, accompanied by a short note by Captain F. J. Parry, into whose rich collection it has now passed. The female was described by the Rev. F. W. Hope, in the Linnaean Transactions (vol. xviii. p. 594,) from a unique female collected in Assam by W. Griffith, Esq., in the collection of R. H. Solly, Esq. The outline figure at the foot of the plate (fig. 3,) represents one of the lower jaws (maxillae) of the male, highly magnified ; a being the cardo or basal hinge, b the stipes, of a triangular form ; c the squama palpifera; c * the mando terminated on the