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M0S, « jD, Smith Linnean, Kirly. |S D. Marsham, Latham, 

 Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirly. 

 Long. Corp. Lin. 7- 

 Hah. Barhamiae, « rarissima a me semellectaj /S co- 

 piosissime flores adit hortoruna tempore autumnali. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS supra hirsutie flav^^ subtus flavcs- 

 centi, tectum. 



Caput subtriangulare, hirsutum. Maxillce bar- 

 ba rufescenti. AntenncB capite longiores, ar- 

 ticulis rectis. 



Truncus supra P/e?/r^^we hirsutie densd fulvo- 

 flava tecta^ fascia inter alas nigricanti. Squa- 

 mulce piceas. Alee subhyalinae, apice paulo 

 obscuriores; nervis ferrugineis, costa picea. 

 Tedes hirti^ pilis pro situ^ nunc pallescentibus, 

 nunc sordide subnigris. Femora barba fla- 

 vescenti. Tihice posticae supra glabriusculae, 

 spinulis castaneis. Scopulip ferrugineae. Di- 

 giti picei. 



Abdomen oblongum, hirsuto-flavum, segmen- 

 tis duobus intermediis fascia angusta obscura 

 nigrd. Anus albido-hirsutus. 

 Far. ^ corpore supra hirsuto-citrino ; abdomine 

 segmentis duobus anticis citrinis, proximis 

 duobus nigris, ano albo. 

 Obs. In hdc varietate segmenta duo intermedia 

 a latere conspecta interdmn albescunt. 



This is the true A. luconim of Linneus, as ap- 

 pears upon a comparison of it with the authentic 



specimen 



