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HA.NBTJBT ON TWO INSECT-PRODUCTS FEOM PERSIA. 



" Patria — Persia, prope Kirrind, ubi Echinopsidis speciem frequentat, 

 cujus plantae caules ab hoc insecto puncti materiam quamdam sac- 

 charinam sudant." W. K. Loftus, Mus. Brit. 



Very similar to L. Onopordinis, but proportionably more elon- 

 gate and less convex ; rostrum and thorax longer ; pilosity of 



Fig. 1. 



Larinus maculatus, Falderm. 

 Fig. 2. 



The cocoons of Larinus maculatus, called in Turkish Trehala. 

 Fig. 3. 



Zioritms mellijicn^^ Jekel. 



the body underneath much thinner and shorter ; thighs thicker, 

 more clavate, the anterior evidently costate-rugose underneath ; 

 without whitish marks on the elytra, and without that layer of 

 light-brown earth-like poUinose transudation which is often want- 

 ing in rubbed specimens of Larinus Onopordinis. The freshest 



