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the extreme margin of the elytron half its entire length, then curv- 

 ing inwards it terminates at the ridge ; between the second yellow 

 mark and the V mark is a narrow white line, and a second, very 

 short, between the V and the ridge ; the third and fourth yellow 

 marks are nearer the apex, are somewhat quadrate, and unite the 

 ridge with the external margin : legs black, with a grey pubes- 

 cence: abdomen beneath covered with a grey pubescence, and a 

 line of snowy pubescence on each side the entire length of the 

 insect, commencing at the clypeus, passing under the eye along 

 the pro- meso- and metathorax and abdominal segments. 



Inhabits Mexico. Presented by Mr. Walker. 



Genus. — SaperdAj Fabrlcius. 



Sape. vitta. Griseo-to^nentosa ; capitis, prothoracis^ elytrorum- 

 que vitta communi lata fusca ; elytrorum fascia subapicali 

 fusca: antennce nigrce ; pedes grisei. (Corp. long. '575 unc; 

 lat. '2 unc.) 



Grey, clothed with a thick pubescence : the eyes and antennae are 

 black : on the back of the insect is a broad, brown, longitudinal 

 band ; it commences on the crown of the head, and extends along 

 the prothorax and elytra to the apex of the latter; the elytra have 

 also a transverse brown band near their apex. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Presented by Mr. Walker. 



Sape. miles. Rubra; antennis elongatis, et cum oculis nigris ; 

 abdomen subtus pallidum^ passim niveo-tomentosmn ; pedes 

 pallidi, femoribus extus fuscis. (Corp. long. '4 unc. ; lat. 

 •15 unc.) 



Face pale, with a brown line down the middle : eyes and antennae 

 black ; a black spot extends from each eye to the prothorax ; be- 

 tween these spots the space is light red, interrupted by a black 

 line : the prothorax is red, with a paler central line, and one 

 less conspicuous on each side : the elytra are red and deeply 

 punctured : the under side of the insect^ is pale, several parts 

 being covered with a dense snowy white pubescence : the legs are 

 pale, the femora having the exterior portion brown. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Presented by Mr. Walker. 



Sape. cretata. Brunnea : pvothoracis dorsum vittis 2 niveis 

 signatuM, : utrumque elgtroit, macuUs 'o niveis signutum, macula 



