PLATE VI. 
CINCINDELA FORMOSA. 
COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne filiform: palpi six, filiform, the inter- 
mediate and posterior ones nearly equal, penulti- 
mate joint of the latter hairy: mentum horny, tri- 
fid: tavsi five-jointed, long: thorax short. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Red cupreous, brilliant; elytra with a three 
branched, broad white margin. 
Inhabits the sandy alluvions of the Missouri. 
above the confluence of the river Platte. 
Front hairy ; labrum large, pale, three-toothed ; 
elytra with a broad white border, anterior and pos- 
terior branches short, intermediate one flexuous, 
nearly reaching the suture; edge of the elytra 
