$ Mr. Kirby'j Hiflory of 



-merit tinder which they are concealed : then he is to take the leaf 

 to which they have fixed themfelves, and put it under a glafs until 

 the imago is difclofed, which will be in ten or twelve days. 



I ihall begin with, fome preliminary obfervations, that extend to 

 all the fpecies which I have had an opportunity of obferving. 



The larva? of this genus are all furrounded with marginal radii, 

 and thefe radii are ufually ciliated, fo as to give the infect, fub knte 9 

 a very lingular and elegant form. They arc a.lfo remarkable for 

 being merdigerous, and for this purpofe are furnilhed with fome long 

 flirt briftles juft above the anus, upon which they depofit their ex- 

 crement; and thus form a covering, not indeed very delicate, which 



I imagine ferves to conceal them from the birds, and which I re- 

 ts 



member that accurate obferver Reaumur noticed in the C. viridis. 

 This fhield, by means of the above-mentioned bridles, the little 

 animal has the power of elevating or deprefling ; fo that fometimes 

 it ftands at a right angle with the body, and at others is fo clofely 

 applied to it, as to conceal the infect from any but an entomological 

 eye. 



In the pupa ftate, the head of thefe infects is enclofed in a fhield, 

 fringed with marginal radii. The abdomen is radiated like that of 

 the larva, and is furnifhed with tour fpiracula on each fide. It fixes 

 itfelf by means of the'exuvite of the larva. The imago, when it 

 difclofes itfelf, makes its way through a tranfverfe niTure of the 

 ihield. 



I, Liriophora. C. nigra fupra viridis, thorace emarginato, elytro- 



rum futura bafibus interne pun&ifque duobus 

 nigris. 

 Larva, Viridis, colore dilutiori punctata : radii lividi : 

 caput nigrum, regione intra oculos yirjdi-nigro 

 punctata. 



Pupa. 



