Kaefer und Wespen; featuring studies of insects: 1. Scarabaeus barbicornis, Fam. Scarabaeidae, found in Mexico; 2. Melolontha longicollis, Fam. Scarabaeidae, found in Acapulco; 3. Lampyris linearis, Fam. Lampyridae, found on the banks of the Amazon; 4. Calandra sericea, Fam. Curculionidae, found in Peruvian woodlands; 5. Cerambyx succinctus, Fam Cerambycidae, found on the banks of the Amazon; 6. u. 7. Clythra cingulata (Clytra cingulata Weise, 1898), Fam. Chrysomelidae, one single example found in Guayaquil, Ecuador; 8. u. 9. Cassida multicava, Fam. Chrysomelidae, found near Lima; 10. Altica albo-marginata (Haltica sp.), Fam. Chrysomelidae, found in Acapulco; 11. Eumorphus cruciger, Fam. Endomychidae, found on the banks of the Orinico; 12. Dedra viridipennis ?, found on the banks of the Amazon; 13. Polistes pedunculata, Fam. Vespidae, found on the banks of the Amazon; 13. Polistes pedunculata, Fam. Vespidae, found on the banks of the Amazon;
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