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rest of its length the centre of the back is uncovered. 

 The antennae are five in number ; the central one short, 

 of much the same length as the internal ones ; the two 

 external ones the longest, white, with a bright black 

 ring round the upper part, but leaving the point white, 

 which is acute at the apex. The feet are tolerably 

 stout, and the two divisions are both furnished with 

 sharp but curved pointed bristles. The superior cirri 

 are white, and of a moderate length ; the inferior ones 

 being short. - - Hob. Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver 

 Island. (Brit. Mus. Col.} 



Lepidonotus Gh^ubei. (Baird.) N. S. 



This species is about 2 inches long and ^ an inch 

 broad. The body underneath is of a uniform brown 

 colour; above it is whitish, mottled with black. The 

 elytra are 18 pairs in number, nearly round, rough with 

 small tubercles, edged by a slightly raised margin, and 

 mottled with black and white. They do not meet each 

 other in the centre, but leave a portion of the back 

 uncovered. The superior cirri are rather long, blunt 

 pointed, pedunculated, marked with a black spot at the 

 base, where they issue from the peduncle, and are 

 ringed with black a little distance from the extremity. 

 The inferior cirri are short and acute pointed. The 

 feet are broad, and the bristles of both branches are 

 stout, of a bright brown colour, and toothed on one 

 edge near the extremity. The antennas are five in 

 number, and are all short, and nearly of equal length. 

 Hab. Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island. (Brit. 

 Mus. Col.) 



