The species are frequently found on flowers, 

 and the larva is supposed to inhabit decaying 

 wood. 



XYLOTA QUADRATA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Blackish; tergum with four dilated subequal 

 ochraceous spots ; posterior thighs with a promi- 

 nent angle near the tip. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head golden-yellow, black at base of the an- 

 tennae and in a line proceeding to the mouth: 

 hypostoma very slightly indented, carinated : 

 antennsd ochraceous : eyes chesnut : thorax dark 

 brassy; with two cinereous lines confluent be- 

 fore, attenuated behind, and abbreviated behind 

 the middle; an obsolete interrupted line each 

 side over the wings : scutel on the posterior mar- 

 gin ochraceous: pleura and pectus with a pale 

 glaucous covering : feet ochraceous, thighs black 

 at base ; posterior pair black-brassy, their thighs 



PLATE VIII. 



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