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convex, obtuse ; margin blued-purple, witli a regular series of 

 minute, elevated, ocellate granules. 



I found several specimens of this insect in Georgia and Florida. 

 It is sufficiently distinct from the preceding ; being smaller, more 

 of an oval form, the thorax less contracted at the base, and the 

 elytra subsulcate ; the lateral edge also is excurved at the base, 

 which character distinguishes it at once from the margmatus of 

 Pabr. and the .sM6?asyis of Palisot. How closely it may correspond 

 with the suhahis of Macleay I am unable to determine, not having 

 yet seen his work. 



I have to regret the circumstance of my not having it in my 

 power to refer to M. Palisot de Beauvois's splendid work on the 

 insects of Africa and America. The seventh number only, belong- 

 ing to the library of the Philadelphia Museum, has yet met my 

 eye ; although I have made several attempts to procure an entire 

 copy of the work from Paris. 



CLIVINA Latr. 

 Anterior tibiae emarginate and crcnate ; elytra entire ; labrum 

 entire; mandibles with obsolete teeth; tongue prominent, mem- 

 branaceous each side; thorax rounded. 



1. C. BIPUSTULATA. — Black ; thorax impunctured ; elytra with 

 punctured striae, and a large obscure rufous spot near the tip and 

 at the base of each. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. [21] 



Scarites bipustulatus ? black ; elytra striated ; a large ferruginous spot 

 behind. Fabr, 1. p. 125. 



Scarites bipustulatus, Melsh. Catal. 



Scarites i-inaculatus Palisot de Beau vols. 



Body blackish ; beneath piceous : head somewhat unequal 

 before; antennae and palpi reddish-brown; thorax black, impunc- 

 tured ; a longitudinal impressed line joining a transverse angu- 

 lated one before ; lateral carinated edge abbreviated and recurved 

 at the tip ; elytra brown-black, strongly striated ; striae nearly 

 equal to the intermediate lines and punctured, punctures exca- 

 vated ; a large obsolete spot at the base, and a large and more 

 distinct spot near the tips of each, rufous ; epipleura with large 

 and profound punctures at base. 



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