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ii. 40, 3 (1841) j Redtenb. Faun. Aiistr. Ed. i. 517 

 (1849). 

 Crioceris dodecastigmay Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i. 

 582, .34 (1845) ; Redtenb. Faun. Austr. Ed. ii. 887 

 (1858). 



Mr. Waterhouse attributes to Panzer the imposition of 

 this specific title, but I can find no insect thus designated in 

 any of Panzer's works, nor do any of the writers who have 

 treated on the insect now under consideration make the 

 slightest allusion to that author. 



In comparing his insect with C. duodecim-punctata, Mr. 

 Waterhouse says that it is distinguished therefrom " by the 

 legs and under parts of the body being black instead of red. 

 The orbit of the eye is also entirely black, and the antennae 

 are less stout, &c." 



The difference in the colour of the legs and underside 

 of the body few Entomologists will be disposed to accept as 

 a specific diagnostic ; the black orbit, as Suffrian remarks, 

 is frequently slightly apparent in C. duodecim-jjunctata, 

 and as regards the proportions of the antennae, the only 

 structural character given by Mr. Waterhouse, Suffrian, 

 the original describer of the supposed species, distinctly 

 informs us that in C. '['2-pitnctata the eyes, antemi<B, forehead, 

 thorax and elytra are precisely as in dodecastigina. La- 

 cordaire states that he has seen every intermediate grade 

 between the typical \2-punctata and dodecastigma, and 

 that the only character by which the two can be separated 

 is the black colour of the anterior portion of the head and 

 orbits of the eyes in the latter. He adds : M. Perroudj 

 Entolomo(jiste de Bordeaux, tna dit qu'elle se trouvait 

 communement aux environs de cette ville ,mr Vasperge, en 

 compagnie du 12-punctata, et que tons d'eux s'acrouplaient 

 mdistinctement." It is given in the last edition of the 



