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which are surrounded with green ; the suture and 

 hinder extremity of the elytra are of the latter co- 

 lour. The middle of the abdomen and the legs are 

 glossed with green. It is said to be a native of 

 Africa. 



LAMIA FORMOSA. 



PLATE XXVI. FIG. 2. 



Olivier, iv. No. 67, pi. 20, fig. 153. 



In this insect the head is black, with the front 

 rust-red, the thorax black, having a large red spot 

 on each side ; the elytra are likewise black, with 

 two broad bands of red interrupted at the suture, 

 and a few white punctures towards the hinder ex- 

 tremity, which is itself red. The legs are black, 

 spotted with white at the base. 



LAMIA TRICINCTA. 



PLATE XXVI. FIG. 4. 



This very fine species is about an inch and a half 

 in length. The antennae are steel-blue, with dense 

 tufts of hair on the third, fourth, and fifth joints. 

 The head and thorax are covered with short de- 

 pressed hairs of a brassy green or bluish tint ; the 

 latter has two small tubercles on each side. The 

 elytra ^r,e similar in colour to the thorax, the back 



