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basi nigrum, punctatum, inter oculos postice iieve. Vertex 

 cornu brevi decumbcnti apice obtuso arniatus. Chjpetis niar- 

 gine reflexo, apice bidcntatus : dcntibus rotundatis. Antenticc 

 nigrai : clava seniiovali picea. Palpi picei. Thorax triangularis, 

 apice subtruncatus,utrinque antice canaliculatus, postice medio 

 einarginatus : disco macula magna subtriangulari antice angu- 

 lata, atra. Scutellitm elongato-triangulare basi paulo dilatatum. 

 Colcoptra^n^va. planiuscula, iateribus deflexis: macula magna 

 quadrata utrinciue apud scutellum fasciaque apicis lunari com- 

 muni, atris. Elytrorum apex apud suturani mucronatus. Post- 

 sternum porrectum, canaliculatum, apice auctum incurvum. 

 Thoracis latera detiexa et femora lineolis nigris obliquis in- 

 sculpta. I'ib'icE tarsiqite castanea. Tibice anticce edentulfe. Ab-^ 

 domen segmentis apice nigris. 



Viro amicissimo, naturce scrutatori docto indefesso, in Entomologia 

 eximio, et insectorum miiscci ditissimi, ex omnifere orbis terraruin re- 

 gione collectorum digno possessori. Domino Alexandro MacLeaio 

 S. R. et L. S. Soc. Linn, a Secret, hoc pidcherrimum in&ectum ab ipso- 

 mihi benevole communicatum merito dicatur. 



This beautiful insect was brought from Manilla by Mr. Simon 

 Davidson, Surgeon in the Royal Navy, who purchased several of 

 them in a shop, where its elytra and those of some splendid Bu~ 

 prestes were sold as ornaments for ladies' head-dresses.. 



insculpta. 48. C. thorace lobato, livida, tota lunulis nigris in- 

 sculpta, elytris macula apicis lunata nigra. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 9. 

 Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

 Corpus subtus glaucum, supra lividum, totum lineolis plus minus 

 arcuatis, interdum confertis, in prona pagina saepius brevissime 



setigeris, 



