OK NATURAL IIISTOIIY. ()♦;! 



nuatod behiinl, and with a more or less dilatid, black >|M.t on 

 the middle : elytra with a whiti.sh disk, more or less hnnidlv mar- 

 twined with Mack : thighs at tip, tihiae except at base, and tarsi, 

 ex -opt the base of the lirst joint, bhiek. 



Length to tip of elytra a quarter ol" an inch. 



A'ar. o. Vertex l)latk. 



^'ar. tf. Elytra black, iminaciilatc. 



A'ar. >. Beneath varied with black. 



Fabricius was unac(iu;iiiitcd with the native coimtrv of Win 

 Ihnbdtus, but as his description agrees very well with [190] our 

 insect, and was made out from a specimen belongin«*to the .same 

 collection in which he described his tfimitiiafits, I have no doubt 

 that it was intended to indicate this species. Dr. Mclslicimer 

 was of the same opinion, and has recorded tlie name in his cata- 

 logue. T introduce the description for the piirpo.sc of preserving 

 the Fabrician name for a species not commonly known. 



MORDELLA Latr. 



1. M. iiiLARis. — Blackish, silvery-sericeous; elytra with a di- 

 lated, irregular, dull yellowisli band nuirgined with whitish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body black, somewhat purplish-iridescent, sericeous : head 

 dull yellowish-sericeous : thorax varied with gray hairs : scutel 

 silvery: elytra with a much dilated, dull golden sericeous, 

 oblique band, occupying about one-third, spread widely towards 

 the scutel, and margi ned before and behind with a whitish line, 

 the anterior line much angulated and the posterior one reclivate ; 

 tip rounded: beneath with purple and green reflection.s, ami sil- 

 very-.sericeous. 



Length about two-fifths of an inch. 



This has some resemblance to M. Iiltlmditd nob., but it is 

 widely distinct by the elytral band and the much more dilated 

 terminal joint of the maxillary palpi. It is common about the 

 flowers of the Jf^ilnnijiii con/iitii Ph. Its movements are rapiil. 



2. M. OCULATA. — Black ; elytra bifasciatc, anterior bands with 

 two dots. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania and Indiana. 



J/, /nsciufa Melsh. Catal. [ 191 ] 



1835."] 



