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in widtli, and sometimes are almost obliterated. The 

 oblongs also vary in length, sometimes increasing 

 gradually in length from the front one, like the steps 

 of a pyramid, while at others the two last or all three 

 are of equal length. 



In different specimens I found every shade between 

 brown and dirty olive-green, while in some the light 

 ground preponderated over the darker markings, and 

 in others the reverse was the case. Sometimes the 

 darker parts were of a beautiful purple. 



The sides of the body, and the two basal segments 

 of the antennse, are of the dark hue, whatever that may 

 be, with, however, a few spots of lighter colour. 



The two apical segments of the antennse were purple 

 in all my specimens, which struck me as a very curious 

 fact, since I should have expected that the antennse 

 would have followed the law of colouring which pre- 

 vailed on the other parts of the body. 



The posterior segment of the abdomen, the spring, 

 the whole underside of the body, and the legs, are pale ; 

 the latter with a tinge of red. 



Variety h. — The dark parts are more extensive, and 

 either very dark brown or purple. This variety is at first 

 sight so different from the former that, until I com- 

 pared the nature of the markings and the structure 

 of the different organs, I supposed it was a different 

 species. 



The two varieties occur together. 



The body is covered by scattered hairs, which are 

 longest on the posterior part of the back, where they 

 have the appearance of a tuft. The terminal segment 

 of the antenna is short, as in P.fuscus. 



Length 05". 



Found in the latter part of November, December, 

 and January, among leaves and under logs of wood, 

 with S.fiiscus and P. fnscus. It is not only, how- 

 ever, of livelier colours than either of those, but also 

 of more active habits, running freely and jumping 

 more lightly and gracefully. 



