Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38 and 39: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important and Feritle Districts : with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, Volume 2Boone, 1841 - 482 pages |
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Page 456
... elytra , it has more of a purple reflection ; a dark greenish hue prevails over the elytra , the an- terior edge of each , having , towards the margin , a slight bend upwards , which forms a kind of tooth , projecting slightly over the ...
... elytra , it has more of a purple reflection ; a dark greenish hue prevails over the elytra , the an- terior edge of each , having , towards the margin , a slight bend upwards , which forms a kind of tooth , projecting slightly over the ...
Page 457
... elytra ; besides Olivier expressly states that the Scarites cyaneus is smaller than the Scarites subter- raneus , which will not at all suit the original specimen , from which the learned Bonelli derived his generic character . In the ...
... elytra ; besides Olivier expressly states that the Scarites cyaneus is smaller than the Scarites subter- raneus , which will not at all suit the original specimen , from which the learned Bonelli derived his generic character . In the ...
Page 458
... elytra are very distinctly sinuated towards the extremity , and the three elevated ribs are smooth and of a coppéry bronze colour , with the intervening spaces smooth ( at least not granu- lated as in the C. quadrisulcatus ) and have ...
... elytra are very distinctly sinuated towards the extremity , and the three elevated ribs are smooth and of a coppéry bronze colour , with the intervening spaces smooth ( at least not granu- lated as in the C. quadrisulcatus ) and have ...
Page 459
... elytra are minutely punctured or chagrined , and hairy , ( except a small smooth oblong space on the shoulder of the latter ) , and are black with a violet tinge ; in one speci- men the elytra have scarcely any of the blue tinge , and ...
... elytra are minutely punctured or chagrined , and hairy , ( except a small smooth oblong space on the shoulder of the latter ) , and are black with a violet tinge ; in one speci- men the elytra have scarcely any of the blue tinge , and ...
Page 460
... mesothorax is without a spine , or projecting angle ; elytra in some speci- mens of a rich , lively , metallic , yellowish green , in other APPENDIX . coppery green with the suture and surface chagreened. 460 APPENDIX .
... mesothorax is without a spine , or projecting angle ; elytra in some speci- mens of a rich , lively , metallic , yellowish green , in other APPENDIX . coppery green with the suture and surface chagreened. 460 APPENDIX .
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aborigines amongst animals antennæ appeared APPENDIX beach beneath birds body boyl-yas brown bush Capt caught Champion Bay circumstances coast colony colour continent dark distance district elytra Europeans eyes female fire fish forest genus George Grey Gould Gray Ann hairs Halmaturus halted head hills Hist Holland Imbat Inhab insects Kaiber kangaroo King George's Sound legs length margin Miago miles Moore River moved native path nearly Ogilby onwards Overlanders party Peerat Perth portion round savage scales Scarites Scincus Scotophilus seen settlers Sharks Bay shew shields side songs South Australia spear species specimens spines spot Swan River Taal-wurt tail thorax tibiæ Tiliqua tion tree valley Van Diemen's Land walked Walker Western Australia whilst wings wives women wood young Zool