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sliort bristles. The sheaths of the wings and legs were folded on the breast, and those 

 of the antennae under the lateral margins of the first and second segments. When 

 disturbed, the pupa moved about in its habitation by means of the rasps upon its body, 

 which served instead of feet. This insect, in its perfect form, resembles Hispa rosea 

 of Weber, in sculpture, size, and shape, and indeed offers no character by which it may 

 be distinguished from that common insect, except its dull yellow colour, and the 

 much deeper crimson tint of the lines with which it is adorned : possibly it is merely 

 a variety arising from a difference of food, or from other causes of an accidental na- 

 ture." — Boston Journal of Natural History, i. p. 142. 



Hispa siituralis. Fabricius. Syst. Eleu. ii. 63. 



Inhabits the United States of North America. Mr. Doubleday took 

 a single specimen at New York. The following particulars are from 

 the publication quoted above. 



" Towards the end of July, 1829, 1 discovered some larvae within the leaves of the 

 Robinia pseudacacia, which diff'ered in appearance so much from those of the oalc- 

 Icaf, that I had no doubt of their belonging to a different species. In 

 form they were more elongated and not so much depressed ; the body 

 was not so broad before, and the lateral tubercles were more acumi- 

 nated and directed backwards, so as to give the sides of the body a 

 serrated appearance. In other respects they agreed with the previ- 

 ously-discovered species. The pupae were exceedingly active, and 

 moved about when disturbed in their cavities, backwards and forwards, 

 by an upward and downward action of the abdominal segments. The 

 pupa state lasted seven days, and on the 12th of August I had the 

 pleasure of seeing the perfect insects in the box in which they had been 

 raised. They proved to be the Hispa suturalis of Fabricius." — p. 146. 



Hispa vittata, Fabricius. Syst. Eleu. ii. C4. 



Inhabits the United States of North America. Mr. Doubleday took 

 a single specimen at New York. The following is Dr. Harris's ac- 

 count of this insect. 



"On the 14th of July, 1833, 1 found full-grown larvae of a Hispa in the leaves of 

 Solidago laevigata, a plant abounding upon the margins of our salt marshes, where I 

 was led to look for these larvae in consequence of having discovered Hispa vittata in 

 the perfect state in the axils of the leaves, during the month of Sep- 

 tember, 1832. These larvae measured -^^ of an inch in length : they 

 were more elongated than the two preceding species, more acuminated 

 before and behind, and the lateral tubercles were much more promi- 

 nent. The body was whitish, the head and feet dusky or blackish ; 

 the disk of the first or thoracic segment was marked with a transverse- 

 ly oval brown spot, near the anterior part of which were two black dots- 

 The last segment was brownish above. The sides of the rings were 

 prominent, toothlikc, pointing backwards, and tipped with small, acu- 

 minated black points on the sides of each segment, except the first, 

 third and last. There were tubercular rasps on the body, as in other species. Tlie 



