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PLATE XXVII. 



LEPTURA ARIETIS. 



Common Wa s p Beetle. 



CoLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas tapering to the end. Shells narrower at the apex. Thorax 

 fomewhat cylindrical. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black. Anterior and pofterior margin of the Corflet yellow. Four 

 yellow lines on each elytra or Shell. Lin. Syji. Nat. 



They fly well, and are fometimes found on aquatic plants. They 

 are exceedingly numerous in Kent, in the peafe and bean-fields, in 

 May, or on the cwrant-bufhes, and not unfrequently are taken on 

 the fern. 



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