Identifier: discoveriesinaus00stok (find matches)
Title: Discoveries in Australia;
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Stokes, John Lort, 1811-1885
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: London : T. and W. Boone
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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unning into the pitted part,between the two are four short tiansverse lines of whitish hairs,two on each elytron; near the tip are two oblique patches ofwhite hairs : head finely punctulate, covered with short hairs.Thorax as it were two lobed behind, an angular depression in themiddle, and somewhat narrowed in front; legs deep blue withwhiteish hairs. Length o lines. Hab. New Holland. This curious species bears the above name of Mr. Newman,in the collection of the British Museum, I cannot find hisdescription of it, and not having seen Spinolas work, cannotrefer it to its particular genus. SiTARIDA, W/iite. Head broader than long, swollen behind the eyes ; antennae11-jointed, first joint the longest, bent and gradually thickenedtowards the tip, second joint thin and cup-shaped, half the depthof third joint which is squareish, fourth joint oblong, dilatedanteriorly at the ends, and larger than second and third together,fifth to the tenth joints somewhat lamellate, nearly as long as the
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APPENDIX. 509 other four joints ; eyes narrow and notched, the part of the headwithin the notch prominent; palpi thick, terminal joint oblong.Thorax narrowed in front, rounded on the sides and somewhattruncated behind ; scutellum triangular, with a notched projec-tion at the base ; elytra very short, one-third the length of thebody, wide at the base, narrowed at the tip; legs heteromerous,rather short, all the thighs compressed, claws simple. This genus, which at first sight looks like a Meloe, is closelyaUied to Sitaris. SiTARIDA HOPEI. PI. 2, Jig. 2. Black ; elytra slightly pitchy ; head and thorax thickly punc-tured; thorax with a cruciform impression on the disk; elytrawith three keels meeting before they reach the apex, the inter-mediate spaces and the apex irregularly punctate. Length 1 inch 5 lines. Hab. New Holland, PALiESTRiDA, White. Head as long as broad; antennae with all the joints flattened,serrated on each side ; 11 -jointed, third to 9th joints widest.Thorax as wide as

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