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Long, capitis ante oculos, unc. f. Expans. tegmin. unc. 3|. 

 Habitat in Sierra Leone. Mus. Hope. 

 Tetrix laticeps, W. Fusca, capite lato, oculis valde prominentibus, 

 facie carina elevata, antennis longioribus 10-articulatis, nigris, 

 articulo ultimo albo, prothorace abdomine multo longiori apice 

 gracili parum recurvo, dorso (supra thoracem) in folium mem- 

 branaceum elevato, lateribus inter pedes 4 anticos in spinam 

 utrinque productis, pedibus posticis scabris, supra dentatis tarsis 

 articulo basali et basi articuli ultimi albis. Long, ad apicem pro- 

 thoracis, lin. 7. Habitat in Brasilia. Mus. Westwood. 



Tetrix ensifer, W. Fusco-ferruginosa opaca, prothorace supra ca- 

 put in rostrum compressum (dimidii abdominis longitudine) por- 

 rectum apice subbifido ; dorso longitudinaliter carinato, parte 

 postica abdomine longiore, supra abdomen oblique carinato, apice 

 acuto, femoribus posticis supra tuberculatis. Long, ad apicem 

 prothoracis, lin. 9. Habitat in insulis Philippinensibus, D. Cu- 

 ming. Mus. Britann. Variat rostro prothoracico subtus in 

 spinam, faciem impendentem, producto, dorsoque supra abdo- 

 men impressionibus variis ovalibus, magnitudine decrescentibus. 

 Long. lin. 10. 



Tetrix dimidiata, W. Fusco-ferruginosa opaca, prothorace sub- 

 compresso, dorso fere recto acuto, supra caput parum porrecto, 

 apice antico deflexo, apice postico dimidium abdominis haud su- 

 perante, subtruncato, femoribus posticis supra vix tuberculatis. 

 Long, ad apicem abdominis, lin. 9. Habitat cum pnecedente, 

 D. Cuming. Mus. Britann. 



Tetrix areolata, W. Fusco-arenosa rugosa opaca, setis brevibus 

 fuscis induta, prothorace supra caput cucullato, margine antico 

 biemarginato, dorso acute carinato carina subsinuata, parte pos- 

 tica (supra abdomen in areas angulatas, lineis elevatis divisa ; 

 lateribus supra basin pedum posticorum puncto pallido margi- 

 nali) ad apicem abdominis extensa, extremo apice subbifido, fe- 

 moribus tuberculatis. Long, ad apicem prothoracis, lin. 8. 

 Habitat cum prsecedente, D. Cuming. Mus. Britann. 



Obs. Figures and detailed descriptions of the insects described in 

 this Century are already prepared, and will be published hereafter. 



XXX VL— The Birds of Ireland {Family Fringillidse). By 

 Wm. Thompson, Esq., Vice-Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of 

 Belfast. 



[Continued from vol. i. p. 195.*] 



The Skylark, Alauda arvensis, Linn., 

 Is common throughout Ireland. Judging from works in 

 which this bird is treated of, its song, recommenced in the 



* Bohemian Wax-wing. An example of this bird killed in Ireland, is 

 here erroneously stated to be in the collection of Dr. R. Graves, of Dublin. 

 Ann. ^ Mag. N. Hist. Vol. viii. T 



