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llie cabinet of the Entomological Club, were taken by Mr. E. Dou- 

 bleday near New York. 



Lep. exigua. Caput nigi'um, antennae fiiscasj articulo basali flavido : 

 prothorax niger, lanugine aurea obsitus : elytra jjuncta, nigi'a : 

 propedes flavidi, meso- et metapedes femoribusbasi flavidis, apice 

 nigris, tibiis tarsisque fuscis. (Corp. long. •225 unc. lat. "04 unc.) 



Inhabits the United States of North America. A single specimen 

 in the cabinet of the Entomological Club, was taken by Mr. Double- 

 day at Trenton Falls. This and the two following species probably 

 belong to Serville's genus Grammoptera. 



Lep.h(Bmatites. Caput nigrum; orerufo; antennae nigrae : protho- 

 rax ruber obscurus : elytra parallela, nigra, obscura, puncta : 

 propedes rubri, meso- et metapedes nigri : antenna; graciles, 

 breves. (Corp. long. *2 unc. lat. '035 unc.) 



Inhabits the United States of North America. The specimens in 

 the cabinet of the Entomological Club, were taken by Mr. K. Foster, 

 at Trenton Falls. 



Lep. nana. Nigra, puncta, ore ferrugineo : propedes pallidi, femo- 

 rum macula elongata nigra ; meso- et metapedes nigri, femori- 

 bus basi pallidis. (Corp. long. '175 unc. lat. "OS unc.) 



Inhabits the United States of North America. In the cabinet of 

 the Entomological Club is the only specimen of this, the smallest 

 species of Leptura I have ever seen ; it was taken by Mr. R. Foster 

 at Trenton Falls. 



Natural Order. — Hispites, Newman. 



Genus. — Hispa, Linneus. 

 Hispa qiiadrata, Fabricius ; Syst. Eleu. ii. 60. 

 „ rosea, Weber ? Ins. GQ. 5. 

 „ marginata, Say ? 

 Inhabits the United States of North America. Mr. Doubleday tc ok 

 a single specimen at St. John's Bluff. The following account of the 

 economy of this, or a closely allied species, from the pen of Dr. Har- 

 ris of Boston, U. S., is highly interesting. 



" Towards tlie end of July, 1820, I perceived upon an apple-tree several eaves 

 wliicli had large brownish spots upon them. These spots were not occasioned by dis< 



