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large, cordate, with two diagonal liver-coloured fasciae, ex- 

 tending from the front to the occiput, base rotundate, ante- 

 rior part with a broad depression, terminating in a point 

 near the centre ; eyes small, fuscous ; antennae pale yellow, 

 very short, filiform; trabeculse short, conical, arid strong; 

 prothorax transverse, anterior and posterior margin semi- 

 circular, slightly channelled ; metathorax transverse, nearly 

 the width of the head, lateral margin rotundate, anterior 

 part depressed in the centre ; abdomen white, broad, ovate, 

 the first seven segments with a transverse liver-coloured 

 tongue-shaped fascia on each side, the eighth chestnut, ninth 

 white, the spiracular apertures sometimes nearly white ; legs 

 bright chestnut yellow, long, very thick ; the extremities of 

 the femora and tibiae with a dark band. Length 1. 



On the 13th of February, 1837, a fine male specimen of 

 the Snowy Owl (Surnia nyctea) was shot on Barlow Moor, 

 near Selby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which came 

 into the possession of my friend, Mr. Abraham Clapham of 

 Potternewton, upon which he found an abundance of this 

 species of Docophorus. I have also received specimens 

 taken from the same bird by Mr. Selby at Twizell House, 

 and from Mr. Thompson of Belfast. I should have had no 

 hesitation in pronouncing this insect the Hcematopus of Sco- 

 poli, which he says is found upon the Snowy Owl, and which 

 Nitzsch quotes as synonymous with his Platyrhynchus, found 

 by him, however, only upon the Goshawk (Astur palum- 

 barius) . But Dr. Burmeister, to whom I am indebted for 

 much valuable information, informs me that the species 

 found on the Nyctea was named by Nitzsch Ceblebrachys. 

 I therefore quote this specific name, doubting not that our 

 insects are indentical ; as, however, I have never seen the 

 Platyrhynchus, and the species must approach so very near, 

 I shall feel under a great obligation to any friend who can 



