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with minute black spots ; a Micraspis, one of the Cocci- 

 nellidfB, with bright orange elytra, margined at their 

 inner edges, with black, and having a large, curved, 

 linear, black mark in the centre of each. To these may 

 be added a Galeruca, of a pale straw colour, with black 

 spots on the thorax ; a Langmia, with a reddish-brown 

 head, and dark metallic green, brightly polished elytra, 

 which alights on the blades of the Zea mays, and leaves 

 of other plants, in open sunny places, and is very active 

 on the wing ; a curious genus of Anthribidte, entirely 

 covered, when alive, with a white mealy powder, which, 

 when rubbed off, leaves the elytra of a dark gray, and 

 shows longitudinal rows of alveoli, or pits ; an Agrilus, 

 with a brilliant green head, and dark bronzed, black 

 elytra, and a body of the most vivid blue, which flies 

 rapidly, and alights to sun itself on leaves ; an Anthraxia 

 of a burnished emerald green, which is very active in its 

 motions, alighting on the leaves and stalks of plants in 

 the sunny glades of the forest. Besides these, a Brentus 

 of a red chesnut brown, and highly polished body struck 

 me as being a most remarkable form among the Coleop- 

 tera, which abound in these woods, so fecund in these 

 " resuscitated worms," as Cowper terms insects in their 

 perfect state. 



Near Manado, there is a woody tract, not far from the 

 river that runs through the town, which abounds in 

 Gelasimi of the most beautiful colours. I have described 

 and tigured one species, allied to G. bcllator (White), of 

 a green colour, with black markings ; another, black, with 

 two bright ultramarine spots in the centre of the carapace; 

 and another grey, marbled with white, with an enormous 

 light yellow chela. These cover the ground by thousands, 



