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fore-wings tawny, broad, convex above, and on tbe fore border near 

 the base, and on the hind border near the tips, adorned with nume- 

 rous brown dots, about a dozen on each areolet ; veins tawny •• hind- 

 wings wanting? Length of the body H line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. St. John's Blufi', E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



13. HVSTEROPTERUM TRUNCATELLUM, MaS. 



Fulvum ; thorax nigra maculatus ; abdomen fuscum, flavo fas- 

 eiatum ; pedes fulvi ; alte anticcefulvce^ subcoriacece, latce^ apice 

 truncata:. 



Body lawny, short, broad, and very deep : head very short and 

 broad, more than half the breadth of the fore-wing ; crown extremely 

 short, adorned with contiguous black spots, its breadth more than 

 eight times its length ; front large, flat, subquadrate, tinged with 

 black on the fore border, the hind border and the middle longitudinal 

 ridge, its breadth less than twice its length ; epistoma small, nearly 

 heart-shaped, adorned on each side with oblioue ferruginous bands: 

 mouth tawny: eyes not prominent: fore-chest very short, nearly 

 straight, adorned with black spots, its breadth more than eight times 

 its length : middle- chest triangular, full twice the length of the fore- 

 chest, adorned with two black spots: abdomen obconical, brown, not 

 longer than the chest ; hind borders of the segments yellow : legs 

 tawny, rather stout ; hind-shanks armed with one spine : fore-wings 

 tawny, coriaceous, nearly vertical, very broad, yellowish and slightly 

 convex on the fore border, very convex and almost angular on the 

 hind border, somewhat obliquely truncated at the tips ; veins tawny ; 

 , cross-v^eins very numerous, forming intricate ramifications: hind- 

 wings wanting. Length of the body 1^ line ; of the wings 2Hines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



•^C^ Genus 4. HEMISPHOERIUS. 



Hemisphcerius, Schaum, Ally, Enc. Wissench. Kunst. i. Sect. 51, 

 ^ 71,52. 



Issus, Burmeister. 



Alae anticae convexae, glabras, elytrorum C'occin^/Z^ similitudine. 



Fore-wings globose, smooth, quite coriaceous, like those of a 

 beetle, such as Coccinella or Chilocorus. 



