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Hewitson, Esq. " Raehills."— ^ey. W. Little. " Caernarvon." — 

 C. C. Bahington, Esq. "Newcastle, &c." — G. Wailes, Esq. 

 " Cummersdale."" — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Common (near Swan- 

 sea)."— Z. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 25. hieroglyphica. Suhovata nigra, thorace antice utrinque albo, elyiris 

 rulris lineCi subscutello elongata vittSque singuli elytri Jlexuosa, scBpc obsoletUj 

 nigris, (Long. corp. If — 2 lin.) 



Co. hieroglyphica. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 236. No. 2385. 



Subovate, black : head with two minute white spots : thorax with its anterior 

 angles white : elytra rufous, with an elongate black streak at the base of the 

 suture, and on the disc with a flexuous vitta, more or less obsolete or broken, 



Var. a. Elytra with an elongate stripe at the base, a black dot on the disc 



united thereto, and a full black dot towards the apex. 

 Var. /3. Elytra with the posterior spot united by a black line within the 



dorsal one, which is also confluent with the humeral line. 

 Var. y. The same, with the addition of a black spot on the lateral margin, 



between it and the posterior spot. 

 Var. 5. As in var. j8. but the discoidal spot united by a black streak to the 



suturalline. 

 Var. 6. The same as in var. /3. with a black twig adjoining the shoulder, 



streak laterally. 

 Var. K- The same, but the discoidal spot wanting. 

 Var. 7). With a slightly elongated spot on the shoulder, and a small dot 



towards the apex. 

 Var. 0. With a faint black streak at the base of the suture, the elytra 



Immaculate. 



Rather local ; found occasionally at Coorabe-wood and in Norfolk. 

 " Cardew-mire.*" — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 26. octodecimguttata. Subovata, Jerruginea, thoracis Idteribus guttcique 

 duplici baseos, elylj'o singula guttis riovem luteis, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, duabus baseos 

 lunatis. (Long. corp. 1| — 2 lin.) 



Co. 18-guttata. Linne— Samouelle, pi 2. /. 11.— Steph. Catal. 236. No. 2386. 



Subovate, rufo-ferruginovs : thorax with its lateral margins and two spots at 

 the base whitish or luteous : elytra each with 9 Inteous spots, placed 2 

 lunular ones at the base, 1 on the disc anteriorly, then 3, one of which is 

 nearly united to the suture, the other two lateral, 2 near the apex, and 1 in 

 the apex itself: body dusky brown or griseous beneath. 



Var. /3. With the spots in the elytra larger, the two outer ones of the third 

 series united. 



Var. y. With an additional minute spot interior to the exterior basal one. 



