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large profound punctures ; exterior edge blackish -brown ; 

 venter dusky. 



Length nearly one-fifth of an inch. 



Var. ee. interstitial spaces of the elytra black j beneath, 

 excepting the feet, black. 



This insect is common in Pennsylvania ; the variety 

 was obtained on St. Peter's river, and might readily be 

 mistaken for a distinct species. 



2. E, cochlearius. Body black j base of the antennae, 

 tibia and elytra testaceous. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. 



Body short, robust ; head punctured, hairy ; an impress- 

 ed line from the vertex bifurcates near the antennae ; an- 

 tennx, five basal joints testaceous, more slender than the 

 remaining ones, and hardly equalling their collective 

 length ; palpi testaceous, terminal joint black ; thorax with 

 short, prostrate, cinereous hairs like those of the head ; 

 punctured, punctures rather large, giving origin to the 

 hairs ; transversely oval ; sides without edges ; elytra tes- 

 taceous ; punctures numerous, rather large, subequidistant, 

 giving origin to prostrate hairs ; beneath deeper black, 

 with smaller punctures and shorter hairs ; feet also with 

 fine hairs, more numerous on the tibiae which are testaceous. 



Length '5 more than three-twentieths, ? one-fifth of an 

 inch. 



COCCINELLA, Linn. 



C. bitria^igiilaris. White j thorax with six, elytra each 

 with nine, black spots. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. 



Body above white ; vertex black, the colour extending 

 downwards in a point near each eye j thorax with six large 



