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viridi et nitido, segmentis abdominis utrinque albo-punctatis, pedi- 

 busque viridibus. Long. lin. 2\, lat. lin. 1. — From Moriatta. 



Sp. 35. Ethon aeneicolle, Hope. JEnescens, thorace viridi-ecneo 

 foveis dorsalibus albidis binis impresso, lateribus concoloribus, 

 elytris nigricantibus albo-punctatis et subtomentosis, corpore infra 

 viridi, segmentis abdominis utrinque albo-punctatis, pedibusque 

 viridi-(£neis, Lon^. lin. 2f, lat. lin. 1. — From Adelaide. 



Sp. 36. Ethon Gouldii, Hope. jiEneum, thorace cupreo-teneo/or' 

 tissim^ punctate, lateribus extern^ lined elevatd cened conspicuis, 

 elytris iridescentibus aneis, colore violaceo sparsim aspersis, ma- 

 culis duabus obscuris post scutellam positis, corpus infra ceneum 

 punctatum, pedibus concoloribus. Long. lin. 4, lat. lin. 1^. — 

 From Port Essington. 



Sp. 37. Stigmodera Stricklandi, Hope. Flava, thorace olivaceo- 

 aneo marginibus croceis, elytris atro-violaceis , parte dimidiatd 

 anteriori flavd, maculd violaced in singulo ad latera positd, fascid- 

 que flavd ante apicem binisque punctis rubro-miniatis in angulo 

 apicis locatis, corpore infra viridi, ultimis abdominis segmentis cro- 

 ceo colore inquinatis. Long. lin. 10, lat. lin. 4^. — From Moriatta. 



" Descriptions of some new exotic Reduviida." By J. O. West- 

 wood, F.L.S. 



Ploiaria bispinosa, Westw. Albida, prothorace in medio valde con- 

 siricto, postice dilatato et bituberculato ; scutello spinis duabus bre- 

 vibus acutis erectis ; hemelytris pone medium intus dilatatis irre- 

 gulariter fusco-guttulatis, venis albis ; segmentis abdominis late- 

 ribus angulato-productis ; pedibus fusco multo annulatis et pilosis. 

 Long. Corp. hemelytris clausis, lin. 5^. — Hab. Nova HoUandia. 

 Adelaide, D. Fortnum. Mus. Hope. 



Ploiaria madagascariensis, Westw. Pracedenti valdh affinis et 

 forsan varietas geographica; pronoto constrictione longiori in 

 medio, hcmelytrisque maculis majoribus et magis distinctis, fuscis. 

 Long. Corp. fer^ lin. 6. — Hab. Madagascar. Mus. Jardin des 

 Plantes, Paris. 



Extracts from a letter from Dr. Templeton, addressed to Mr. West- 

 wood, containing notices of the habits of the Scolopendra and other 

 apterous insects of Ceylon. 



Dr. Templeton states that he had been twice bitten by large spe- 

 cimens of Scolopendra pallipes, and had seen persons bitten by S. 

 crassa ; but observes, that if there be poison, it is rather singular in 

 its kind, as there is little or no pain at the time, certainly not more 

 than is due to the mere mechanical violence ; and if the bite had 

 been in the thigh, calf of the leg, or other fleshy part, the after-con- 

 sequences would be trifling ; but if in the finger, or where much 

 tendinous structure abounds, about twelve hours after the part in- 

 flames, and it is very likely to whitlow ; but the application of a poul- 

 tice reheves it, so that he had never known any pain or signs of in- 

 flammation the following day. It is however very probable that per- 

 sons of cachectic habit might sufl^er more severely, in fact die of it ; 

 but it does not follow on that account that the wound is poisoned. 

 He suspects indeed it is a mere story, like that of the 1 arantula. 

 ' Ann. ^ Mag. N. Hid. Fo/.xvii. F 



