324/583 alis atro-viridibus, anticis fasciis duabus posticis cupreo-viridibus, unica lata. This beautiful variety of an insect hitherto described as peculiar to Java and Amboyna was found in immense numbers, flitting among a grove of Pandanus trees, growing on the banks of a stream near the extremity of Cape Grafton, upon the North-east Coast of New Holland. Agarista agricola.Don.Ins.of New Holland. Leach, Zool.Misc.volume 1 table 15 -- Godart.Enc.Meth.9 803. |