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longitudinal obtuse ridge on each side the channel ; antennae black, 

 bronzed at the base, second and third joints eiiual in length , mouth 

 piccous ; prothorax bronzed and gilded, rather longer than wide, th>.kly 

 and confluently i)unctured and wrinkled ; channelled; sides longitudinally 

 subimpressed ; anterior tubercles obsolete ; scutellum hoary from down ; 

 elytra bronzed, gilded, punctured in rows except at the apex where the 

 punctures are confluent, two impressions adjoining the suture, and one in 

 the middle of the base ; apex truncated ; ventral segments of the 

 abdomen, the last excepted, with a bright orange margin ; posterior thighs 

 with a stout short tooth. 



N. B. In the male the ventral segments are without the orange 

 margin. 



Varifiv B. Prothorax bright copper, elytra black-bronzed. 



FAMn.V HISPID.+:. 



308. HiSPA (Anoplitis) bicoi.or OHv. — Length of l)ody t^Y^ lines. 

 Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. Mr. Francillon had specimens from 

 Georgia. Oliv. 



[228.] Body linear, naked. Head black, smooth, channelled iDCtween 

 the eyes ; antennae robust, scarcely longer than the prothorax, black ; eyes 

 large, dark-brown ; prothorax transverse, narrowest anteriorly, red, with 

 four dusky spots placed transver.sely, grossly punctured, posterior angles 

 producted, behind with a slight sinus on each side ; space above the 

 scutelhmi truncate; scutellum dull-red ; elytra linear, ])lack, three-ridged, 

 with an abbreviated ridge towards the ai>ex between the second and 

 third ; ridges elevated ; interstices with a double series of large and very 

 close punctures : between the second and third at the ba.se and apex the 

 series is quadrui)le, in the middle triple; lateral margin and apex serrulate; 

 imdersidc of the body blood-red ; legs black, ba.se of the thighs red. 



KAMILV COCClNKl.Mf).?^. 



309. CocciNELi.A F.PiscoPAi.is Ktrhy.- -VX^iXn v, fig. 4. Length of 

 body 2 lines. Taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland- 

 house. 



[229,] Body narrow, nearly linear, having at first sight the aspect of 

 a llaltka^ underneath black. Head black with three oblong pale yellow 

 spots, two adjoining the eyes on their inner side, and one placed back- 

 wards in th<? vertex ; mouth, antennae, and palpi rufous ; prothorax and 



