Title: The British miscellany, or, Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects : many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles : and chiefly in the possession of the author, James Sowerby
Abstract: Pante Faun insoGerm.Tatn.28.f.'15.Length of the body 4 } lines. of the thorax % Breadth {oF the elytra 1} Tue specimen from which our figure of this very rare and most elegant little insect was taken 1s in the rich cabinet of Alexander MacLeay, Esq., to whom it came amongst the insects of the Jate Mr. Lewin.Mr. Marsham described it from one in the collection of that intelligent and indefatigable entomologist, the lamented John Beckwith: these are the only two British specimens that are at present known to have been taken.The Rev. W. Kirby possesses one from Italy, which was sent him by a Swedish entomologist, Major Gyllenhal, as the Drypta emarginata of Fabricius.This specimen is bluer than ours, and answers exactly to that author's description of his insect.M. Latreille observes that it is rare in France