178 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



tute the family Tillidce of Dr Leach. Its principal 

 characters are found in the beautiful species which 

 we have selected to represent it. It was first de- 

 scribed by Mr Kirby, under the name of 



PRIOCERA VARIEGATA. 



PLATE VIII. FIG. 6. 

 Kirby, Linncean Trans, xii. p. 392, pi. 21, fig. 7. 



In this genus the upper lip is emarginate, the ter- 

 minal joint of the maxillary palpi compressed and 

 oblong, while the same joint in the labial palpi is 

 hatchet shaped ; the body is convex, and the thorax 

 much contracted behind. The colour of the only 

 species known is brownish black on the body. The 

 head and thorax are deeply punctured, and the an- 

 tennae are somewhat reddish. The elytra are of a 

 fine red, with four large quadrate yellow spots, one 

 on each shoulder, and two behind the middle form- 

 ing a band, with several small yellow spots in the 

 space between : behind the yellow band there is 

 another of a brown colour, and the apex is unspotted. 

 The legs are dusky black. It is a native of Brazil. 



CLAVICORNES. 



The name of this family, like most of those that 

 have preceded it, refers to the structure of the an- 

 tennae, which become thicker at the extremity, and 



