>.IC OKUI.K iuu:ui'TtKA. 



I'Murhroitlae. 



Boi.» iwrn>w«-tl in fr"Hl. nn.l flntlfiuil ; lark <li!«tiii(t; thurax suburbictilar ; uiiU-nnir 

 nttluT lunger thiin thr lieud and thomx, iH-ctiiuitcd in thu maK-». 



|)i:M>H(I|I»JI CA!(At>r.NBIN (I.t.). ( PIuU" XXV, fig. 2.) 



Kvi"" \<r\ hiriri', nnirly nii-etlnRiihf>vonniI fx-lnw,trniiinntini{ «.hari>ly iM-nculh and naindf-d 

 nl><>v«' : thorax riifims and puncturitl : rlytni rhrstnut l>Mwn, gl<»!»<y, bt-nulifully 

 imattuntl and l">ng, nnd lnrg«'r tliiin llu- niNlonicn ; untt-nuH- di^lHnlly jK-ctinnttd 



<;»-MS I'YKOCHUOA ( Fail). Cantiiauih ( Lin.). 

 AQtpniiff mtlipr l<>ng»-r than thr hrad and tln>ra\, |>ectlnatetl in Xhv nia1c<> : cyi-n distant. 



PvH««<HuoA rLABi.i.i.ATA. ( Plate XXV, fig. 4.) 



Ryo in tlic inalt^ distant, hut hirgo : antonnii- iMctinati-d : head ami thorax rul'<>uii : i-lytra 



hiark "T ilaric hr<>wn, finely jiunrtun-*!, and extending U-ynntl tin- alxlonicn ; thighs 



bando<I witli rufous at l)oth cxtn niiti*-; ; antriiiiii- Mack. rufoUs at biix- : I.i>t Mgmt nt 



(•f the alMlonifn hn)\vni>h. 



Cantliaiidai'. 



The coutharidrs, or lillstcring flic-.s us«d in nieilicine, an- rfj>res«nlcd amongst u> l>y the 

 allfwl eentis Kphaita. havinir tho same pMiHTty of raising Misters. Tliey an- sUnder 

 !ir>ft-hfMlii<d insiTfs, with slendir legs, the i>n'thonix narrowed Im P-rf, and the lHa4l large. 

 They are at times nhnndant njx'n potato vines, whence they have acq ulrtd the name of 

 potato fly. jvirfirnlarly the Epicautn rittnta : it attacks ihc pc>tati>, convolvulus, and other 

 plants, fpmi Jiine to Septenil>er. It may, with the otlier si>ecies. In- colUctt-d with a niu.slin 

 boK having the npMitii attached to a ho<'p ; thrown into water to prevent escajH-, and 

 •uhsequently scaltleil and dried for the use of the ilniggist. 



EnrAiTA viTTATA. ( Plate v, fig. II.) 



Color hlack : third Joint of th« antennir long«'<»t : front of the head marked l>> two Mack 

 kidnevl'onn spots : thorax furnish«><l with a «mall hil>ial tulH-rcle, and marked with 

 thrv>e ftiHcous strips, the two latenU on<-« ohscure ; the middle of the thorax pn-nii 

 nent. Klytra margined all arunnd with fuscous lii)rdrr,nnd marked In the middle with 

 a strijH- of the same odor : thighs fuscous at the articulation ; h>w«r extrt' mities and 

 tildR- and tarsi Mack. Length six-tenths i>f an inch. 



