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throughout their whole length, with the second 

 oint shorter than the following, and they are di 

 rected forwards ; the body is oblong ; the head not 

 concealed within the thorax, and the mandibles are 

 furnished with only two or three teeth. A. margi- 

 natus is very common in Brazil, and always frequents 

 the leaves of plants. It is of a dull brownish-black 

 colour above, with the sides of the thorax, outer 

 edge of the elytra, and the suture, margined with 

 blood-red. The head, and all the under parts of 

 the body, are likewise of that colour, the apex of 

 the thighs, the tibiae, and tarsi, being black. 



CLYTHRA HIRTA. 



PLATE XXIX. FIG. 2. 



Fabr. Syst. Ekuth Olivier, No. 96, pi. 2, fig. 18. 



The head, thorax, and scutellum, as well as all 

 the under parts of the body, are blue, and covered 

 with rather long ash-coloured hairs. The elytra are 

 brownish red, with three black spots on each, one 

 on the shoulder and two others behind the middle* 

 It occurs in Barbary. 



