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F I G. IV. 

 SlLPHA OBSCURA. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 S I L P H A. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Entirely black. Shells pun6lured ; with tliree longitudinal lines 

 on each,, 



Syft. E?it. 74. \\.—Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 572. 18. 

 — Fn. Sv. 457. — Scop. cam. 57. 

 Cassida. Udm. D[[j\ H. 



Very frequent in May : breeds in corn-Selds and meadows j but 

 is found i':i manv other iituations. 



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