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Inhabits the United States of North America. A single specimen, 

 taken by Mr. Doubleday in low brushwood near the margin of a 

 swamp, at St. John's Bluff, in East Florida, is in the cabinet of the 

 Entomological Club. 



Genus. — B ardistus, Newman. 



Caput vix pronum: antennae corpore breviores, ll-articulatae, arti- 

 culus 5tus CEeteris longior : oculi magni, trifariam extensi, epicranium 

 versus, quoque orem quoque gulam : prothorax capite vix latior, lati- 

 tudine longior, dorso inoequalis, lateribus 1-dentatus : scutellum breve 

 apice rotundatum : elytra elongata, parallela, apice rotundata : pedes 

 breves, femoribus subdilatatis compressis. 



Bar. ciharius. Flavido-badius, capite, prothorace, et articulo an- 

 tennarum basali saturatioribus : elytra mollia, bicarinata, cari- 

 naque brevis scutellaris in suturam fere ad apicem desinens. 

 (Corp. long. 1'5 unc. lat. "325 unc.) 



Inhabits King George's Sound, where it is very abundant, and under 

 the name of Barde forms a favourite food of the natives, who eat it, 

 according to Captain Grey, in its perfect as well as ^preparatory states. 

 The only specimen I have seen is in the cabinet of the British Museum ; 

 and I have pleasure in acknowledging my obligation to Mr. Adam 

 White, for the interesting fact in its history which I have now recorded. 



This longicom affords us an opportunity of making another addition 

 to the interesting list of insects which have been recorded as holding 

 an important station in the economy of nature, by supplying man, in 

 his savage state, with agreeable and wholesome food. It is much to 

 be desired that its history may be more accurately worked out by some 

 of the ardent entomologists who have lately adopted Australia as 

 their country. 



JOHN VAN VOORST, "JJ'CJBU^' PATERNOSTER ROW. 



