PLATE VI. 



CINCINDELA FORMOSA. 

 COLEOPTERA. 



GEJ>rERIC CHARACTER. 



AntennaB filiform : palpi six, filiform, the inter- 

 mediate and posterior ones nearly equal, penulti- 

 mate joint of the latter hairy : mentum horny, tri- 

 fid : taisi 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 



