The Phalacridae are a family of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles. They are often found in composite flowers. They are oval-shaped, usually tan, and about 2 mm in length.
Howard Saunders was a British businessman, who later in life became a noted ornithologist, specialising in gulls and terns.
The Great Western Railway Sir Watkin Class were 0-6-0T broad gauge steam locomotives. They were designed for working goods trains through to the underground Metropolitan Railway in London. This class was introduced into service between December 1865 and the last was withdrawn at the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. They were all named after directors and senior officers of the railway.
Chrysochroa is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number are found in India, one in Japan, in Korea, and one in Africa.
Edward Saunders, FRS was an English entomologist, who specialised in Coleoptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera.
Melyridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Temognatha is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles. Over 85 species in the genus are native to Australia.
Chrysochroinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: the "jewel beetles".
Hypocisseis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Conognatha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, tribe Stigmoderini, containing the following species: They are found in the Neotropical realm.
Cyrioides is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Chalcophorotaenia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Chrysaspis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Halecia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Micropistus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Paracupta is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Catascopus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Cyrioides elateroides is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae native to southwest Western Australia. It was described by the English entomologist Edward Saunders in 1872, the type specimen collected along the Swan River. Saunders noted it to be similar in coloration to the related C. vittigera but had its markings were patterned differently.
Acanthoderes rubripes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1872. This species has been observed in the Chontales Department in Nicaragua as well as at Volcan de Chiriqui and Bugaba in Panama.
The 1872 City of Nelson by-election was a by-election held on 27 May 1872 in the City of Nelson electorate during the 5th New Zealand Parliament.
