DESCRIPTION. 



Body shining black, covered with very short 

 hairs, punctured : labrum dull testaceous : thorax 

 bright sanguineous, w^ith two broad longitudinal 

 black vittae approaching each other to the pos- 

 terior margin, where they are confluent ; anterior 

 margin yellowish, interrupted by the black vittae: 

 elytra entirely black, opake, immaculate : wings 

 black. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The very great similarity between the pre- 

 ceding and the present species, would almost 

 persuade us that they are merely varieties of 

 one species; nevertheless, as they seem to be 

 constant in their respective characters, we con- 

 sider them as distinct, though closely allied 

 species. 



The lower right figure of the plate. 



PLATE 41. 



