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Of this genus are two species ; the tornator F., and the can- 

 tcriator Drapicz, both of North America. The latter has re- 

 ceived three or four names from as many different authors, but 

 as they are unaccompanied with descriptions, the above wiU of 

 course, take precedence. 



HISPA Linn. 



H. ATRicoRMS. — Above yellowish; antennae, thoracic line and 

 tip of the elytra, black. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



Body above yellowish -fulvous : head impunctured : antennjo 

 black : thorax with rather large punctures; a black dorsal line: 

 scutel black : elytra serrate, with double series of punctures, and 

 interstitial, slender, elevated lines; tip black-brown, not more 

 than one-fifth of the whole surface of the elytra : pectus and 

 postpectus with a lateral black vitta dilating behind : feet black : 

 thighs fulvous at base : venter black, yellowish each side. 



Length more than one-fifth of an inch. 



This cannot be H. qiiadrata Fabr., which has the elytra mar- 

 gined with purple. [197] 



CASSIDA Linn. 



C. UNIPUNCTATA nob. Journ. Acad. Nat. 8c. vol. iii. 



A variety of this species occurs in Mexico, of a smaller size, 

 with sometimes a black, arcuated, transverse line behind the ab- 

 breviated thoracic line. The inferior surface, in some specimens, 

 is black, the feet varied with whitish, and whitish triangular 

 lateral spots on the incisures of the venter; in others the inferior 

 surface is pale greenish-yellow, more or less varied with black, 

 the spiracles black. It is an abundant species. 



CLYTHRA Leach. Fabr. 

 C. MUCIDA. — Black, metallic ; head, thorax, and beneath with 

 white hair. 



Inhabits M'exico. 



Body blackish, punctured : head with a coppery tinge, and 

 covered with prostrate white hair : labrum honey-yellow : palpi 

 blackish : antennas piceous : thorax tinged with cupreous, with 

 dense, small punctures, and covered with white prostrate hair : 



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