PAE Rey. H. Clark’s Notes on the 
with many others have to thank Mr. Adams for much precious 
information respecting species of eastern Coleoptera. 
4. H. quadrivittatus, Blanchard (Voy. au Pol. Sud. p. 48, pl. iv. 
fig. 3). 
I have examined carefully all the reputed examples of this 
insect in the British Museum, as well as in the cabinet of Mr. 
Bakewell and my own, and confess that I am unable to discover, 
either by examples within my reach or by Blanchard’s description, 
any material difference between this form and the widely dispersed 
and somewhat variable A. vittatus of Fabricius; the two are 
identical in size and shape and degree of punctuation; the only 
difference seems to me to consist in the character ‘of the longi- 
tudinal marking, which in H, vittatus is expressed by one broad 
marginal band, more or less longitudinally interrupted from the 
shoulder, and in H. 4-vittatus by two marginal bands with 
some little interval between them: how nearly the two approach 
each other it does not require the aid of a long series of examples 
to discover; in 4-v2ttatus the bands are parallel to each other, the 
outer one being considerably abbreviated; in vittatus the two 
bands are medially confluent. Whether, however, the two forms 
may ultimately prove to be distinct or not, the retention of the two 
names may be desirable ; the former representing a modification 
of the externa] marginal band which only obtains in Australasia. 
Blanchard gives as the nearest affinity to his insect H. Hybnert of 
Europe, with which it has very little indeed in common. 
5. H. aruspex, n. sp. 
Oblongo-ovalis, parailelus, punctato-striatus, subnitidus, niger : 
capite flavo, ad basin laté nigro (inter oculos, apnd vitte 
nigree marginem, flavo-bimaculato); thorace lateribus rotun- 
datis, marginem juxta undique impresso, et anticé transverse 
(sed obsolete et tenuiter) depresso, et punctato; quoad colorem 
flavo, ad basin late et transverse nigro (vitta nigra ad medium 
lata, latera versus tenuior, haud margines attinet); scutello 
transverso-triangulari, nitido, nigro; elytris parallelis, crebre 
subtilissimé punctatis, etiamque seriebus 3 punctorum 
(quorum externa penitus obsoleta est) ornatis, colore nigris, 
marginibus undique laté et equaliter a humeris penitus ad 
apicem fiavis ; corpore subtus nigro-fusco; pedibus rufis ; an- 
tennis rufo-flavis. 
Long. corp. lin. 63; lat. lin. 33. 
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