ENOPLIUM QUADRIPUNCTATUM. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black; elytra sanguineous, with four black 

 dots. 



SYNONYM. 



E. 4 — PUNCTATUM. Nobis. Joum. Jicad. Nat, 

 Sciences^ iii. p. 188. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, somewhat hairy, punctured: 

 thorax depressed, subquadrate, not contracted 

 behind; angles rounded, punctures confluent 

 each side: scutel black: elytra sanguineous, 

 each with two black, orbicular, subequal dots, 

 one before, and the other behind the middle. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species is subject to vary in the size of 

 the spots on its elytra, those of some specimens 



PLATE 41. 



