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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ... 271. Aterpus Pipa. GUERIN. Magaz. de Zool. Ill. teste Dom. GEBMAR. Patria: Madagascar. A Dom. CH1: vno1.A'r ad describendum communicatus. Brac/zycero nebulosa longitudine qualis, sed angustior, Caput breve, latum, crassum, supra subplanum, punctis nonnullis, remotis, impressum, nigrum, superciliis et macula rotunda pone oculos alhosquamosis; oculi oblongi, inferne acuminati, baud prominuli, nigro-brunnei, rostrum subconicum, capite duplo longius et basi parum angustius, crassum, 'rectum, supra planum, inaequale, ante apicem utrinque tuberculo_parvo instructum, vix punctatum, nigrum, brunneosquamosum. Antennae breviusculae, sub-tenues, nigro-piceae, parce pilosae, clava ovata, acuminata, atropubescente. Thorax subovatus, latitudine baseos dimidio longior, apice supra valde rotundato-productus, mox pone apicem rotundato-ampliatus, tuberculo laterali obtuso instructus, dein lateribus versus basin angustatus, basi leviter emarginatus, angulis baseos acutis, productis; supra modice convexus, rude rugoso punctatus, antice late profunde impressus, utrinque _tuberculo magno, oblongo, obtuse notatus, niger, opacus, griseo-squamosus. Scutellum parvum, rotundatum, elevatum, nigrum, nitidum. Elytra antice conjunctim emarginata, thoracis basi nonnihil latiora, humeris obliquis, tuberculo lateraliter producto, obtuso, nigro, nitido instructis; lateribus inflexa, longe ultra medium sensim ampliata, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse rotundata, utrinque leviter emarginata, thorace plus duplo longiora, supra convexa, postice valde declivia, pone scutellum triangulariter leviter impressa, punctis remotis, parum profundis, sub-seriatim impressa, transversim alte rugosotubcrculata, pone medium non procul a sutura tuberc...
