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Show 1876.] DR. D. J. CUNNINGHAM ON DELPHINUS ALBIROSTRIS. 679 lateral, and much broader than long. Upper parts and tail brownish, lower white. Total length 13 inches, the tail measuring I inch. Typhlops eschrichtii (Schleg.). Ahatulla irregularis (Leach). Ahatulla dorsalis (Bocage). Leptodira rufescens (Gm.). INSECTA. Ggmnopleurus aruginosus (Harold). Charaxes, sp. Larva. Phymateus squarrosus. Acridium tartaricum. Phasma, sp. Platypleuru cameronii, sp. n. (Butler). Occeticus, sp. Pupa-cases. The new species of Cicada has been named by Mr. A. G. Butler, who has drawn up the following description :- PLATYPLEURA CAMERONI, sp. n. Purplish brown; thorax ferruginous behind, the impressions clothed with ochraceous tomentum; scutellum and abdomen blackish; costal margin of tegmina ochraceous; basal three fifths of the tegmina purplish brown, spotted with olive-brown ; an oval spot in the centre of the subcostal cell; outline of brown coriaceous area sharply defined and regularly crenulated ; remaining area hyaline white; three subapical large brown spots, and a submarginal series connected by a zigzag line; wings deep mahogany-brown, blackish externally, the veins paler; nerveless border hyaline white. Length 15 lines, expanse of tegmina 4 inches 6 lines. Allied to P. limbata and P. stalina, but with the head more acuminate in front, the coloration much deeper, and the markings differently disposed and better-defined. 12. Description of a young Specimen of the Delphinus albirostris. B y D. J. C U N N I N G H A M , M.B., Demonstrator of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh. Communicated by Prof. Flower, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. [Received June 14, 1876.] (Plate LXIV. fig. I.) In September last I purchased from one of the Edinburgh fishmongers a female Dolphin, caught off Great Grimsby, which possesses characters worthy of special description. |
