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red to, is very convex, smooth, and glossy. The 

 head and thorax are glossy black, with a brassy lus- 

 tre, and without punctures. The elytra are punc- 

 tured, of a yellow colour, with five cross rows of 

 large quadrate black or brown spots, that next the 

 apex consisting of only two. The under side and 

 legs, as well as the outer margins and suture of the 

 elytra, are black. The length is nearly nine lines. 



(EDIONYCHIS CINCTA. 

 PLATE XXX. FIG. 5. 



CEdionychis is one of the sub-genera into which 

 the extensive genus Haltica of Linnaeus has re- 

 cently been divided. The species are distinguish- 

 ed from most other tetramerous beetles, by the 

 thickened hinder thighs, by which they are enabled 

 to leap to a considerable height into the air. Most 

 of them are of small size, but they are finely co- 

 loured, and very destructive in their habits. The 

 species named cincta is of a yellow colour on the 

 head, thorax, and scutellum. The elytra are violet 

 blue, shining, with a band of white across the mid- 

 dle, which widens at the suture. The under side 

 and antennae are pale yellowish red, the legs being 

 of a similar colour, except the hinder thighs, which 

 are bluish. It occurs in St Domingo. 



The only remaining family of the tetramerous 

 beetles that requires to be noticed, is named CLA- 



