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Long, capitis ante oculos, unc. ^. Expans. tegmin. unc. 3|. 

 Habitat in Sierra Leone. Mus. Hope. 



Tetrix laticeps, W. Fusca, capite lato, oculis valde prominentibus, 

 facie carina elevata, antennis longioribus 10-articulatis, nigris, 

 articulo ultimo albo, prothorace abdomine multo longiori apice 

 gracili pariim recurvo, dorso (supra thoracem) in folium mem- 

 branaceum elevato, lateribus inter pedes 4 anticos in spinam 

 utrinque productis, pedibus posticis scabris, supra dentatis tarsis 

 articulo basali et basi articuli ultimi albis. Long, ad apicem pro- 

 thoracis, lin. 7. Habitat in Brasilia. Mus. Westwood. 



Tetrix ensifer, W. Fusco-ferruginosa opaca, i^rothorace supra ca- 

 put in rostrum compressum (dimidii abdominis longitudine) por- 

 rectum apice subbifido ; dorso longitudinaliter carinato, parte 

 postica abdomine longiore, supra abdomen oblique carinato, apice 

 acuto, femoribus posticis sujjra tuberculatis. Long, ad apicem 

 protboracis, lin. 9. Habitat in insulis Philippinensibus, D. Cu- 

 ming. Mus. Britann. Variat rostro prothoracico subtus in 

 spinam, faciem impendentem, producto, dorsoque supra abdo- 

 men impressionibus variis ovalibus, magnitudine decrescentibus. 

 Long. lin. 10. 



Tetrix dimidiata, \V. Fusco-ferruginosa opaca, prothorace sub- 

 compi'esso, dorso ferfe recto acuto, supra caput parum porrecto, 

 apice antico deflexo, apice postico dimidium abdominis hand su- 

 perante, subtruncato, femoribus posticis supra vix tuberculatis. 

 Long, ad apicem abdominis, lin. 9. Habitat cum prsecedente, 

 D. Cuming. Mus. Britann. 



Tetrix arealata, W. Fusco-arenosa rugosa opaca, setis brevibus 

 fuscis induta, prothorace supra caput cucullato, margine antico 

 biemarginato, dorso acute carinato carina subsinuata, parte pos- 

 tica (supra abdomen in areas angulatas, lineis elevatis divisa ; 

 lateribus supra basin pedum posticorura puncto pallido margi- 

 nali) ad apicem abdominis extensa, extremo apice subbifido, fe- 

 moribus tuberculatis. Long, ad apicem prothoracis, lin. 8. 

 Habitat cum prsecedente, D. Cuming. Mus. Britann. 



Obs. Figures and detailed descriptions of the insects described in 

 this Century ai'e already prepared, and will be published hereafter. 



XXXVI.— 7%e Birds of Ireland {Family Fringiliidrc). By 

 Wm. Thompson, Esq., Vicp-Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of 

 Belfast. 



[Continued from vol. i. p. 195.*] 



The Skylark, Alauda arvensis, Linn., 

 Is common thi'oughout Ireland. Judging from works in 

 which this bird is treated of, its song, recommenced in the 



* Bohemian Wax-wing. An example of this bird killed in Ireland, is 

 licre erroneously stated to be in tlie collection of Dr. 11. Graves, of Dublin. 



Ann. ^ May. N. Hist. Vol. viii. T 



