Genus. Flata, Fabricius, &c. Aphis, Drury.
Flata —— Pupa? Corpore toto albo pulveroso vel lanoso. (Long. Corp. Ins. haud declar. 9 lin.)
Syn. Aphis lanosa, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat:
Head appearing united and fixed to the body, and furnished with a horny beak, about one-fourth the length of the whole insect. Antennæ of equal thickness, and apparently only two-jointed; one next the head, which is white, another in the middle, the extreme part being black; the length being about a tenth part of the whole insect. Body white, and covered with a very fine cottony substance. Legs white at the base, the remainder black. The insect above is round, beneath flat; a fine soft white substance, like down, intermixed with hairs of different sizes, some being very small, others very coarse, arises from the abdomen.
"I am not certain it is a complete insect."—Drury.
This figure represents an insect belonging to the genus Flata (probably Flata nigricornis from South America) in an imperfect state, being most likely a pupa. The species of this genus are ascertained to be similar to this figure in their preparatory states, and especially the Flata nigricornis which is represented by Stoll, both in the winged and apterous condition, as well as by Donovan, in his Insects of China.
CHOLUS URBANUS.
Plate [XLVIII]. fig. 2.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Rhyncophora. Family: Curculionidæ. Subfamily: Cholides.