ChloroperLa Cyrene., Newman, 1845

Newman, Edtward, 1845, Addendum to the " Synonymy of the Perlites, by Edward Newman, " published in the Mag. Nat. Histo. for 1839, The Zoologist: a monthly journal of natural history 3, pp. 852-854 : 853-854

Sp. 3. ChloroperLa Cyrene.

The antennae are nearly as long as the body, and, in comparison with congeneric species, rather stout; the joints, forty in number, are somewhat oval, so as to give the antenna, when viewed under a lens of moderate power, rather a moniliform appearance. The head is not so much flattened as in many species, neither are the eyes very prominent: the ocelli are three. The prothorax is rather wider than the head, and nearly quadrate, but its transverse diameter is slightly the greater; all the angles are acute. The caudal setae are very short and incurved; their joints are fourteen in number. The antennae, head, and every part of the body, are intense black; the legs are black, excepting a yellow space which occupies nearly the basal half of each tibia, but not exactly so, the base itself being black: the wings are semi-opaque, suffused with black. Expansion of the wings, 1 inch.

Inhabits New Zealand. In the cabinet of Mr. Saunders .

Edward Newman.