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lines greenish blue ; minutely Avrinkled transversely, sides 

 hairy ; elytra bluish black or obscure cupreous, somewhat 

 widened behind, rounded and mucronate at tip ; a faint, 

 subsutural line of punctures ; marginal and sutural edges 

 narrow, bluish green; humeral lunule short, almost or 

 quite interrupted in the middle and dilated at extremities; 

 a transverse band, composed of two half crescents united 

 at their tips, of which the lower is much the lai'gest and 

 points backwards, the other forwards ; behind this a 

 rounded, marginal dot, united, in perfect specimens, to 

 the transverse band ; anterior extremity of the terminal 

 lunule nearly or quite disjoined ; legs long, bluish gieen ; 

 trochanters purple. Beneath, head and thorax metallic 

 blue, breast green, sides hairy. 



Abdomen femranous red, sanoriineous in the livino; 

 msect. 



This very interesting species was first discovered by 

 Dr. T. W* Harris on the summit of Blue Hill, in Milton. 

 It does not prefer the sand and the plain, as do most of 

 its kindred species, but its habit is, to bask on the broad, 

 flat masses of granite which rise above the soil, retiring to 

 the patches of moss and lichen which vegetate in the 

 cavities and crevices. So far as I have been able to leara, 

 it has hitherto been found only in the above-mentioned 

 locahty and one other in its vicinity, though it may probably 

 be found throughout the whole Blue Hill range, extending 

 to Quincy, and in similar localities. When flying in the 

 sunshine, its crimson and nearly transparent abdomen 

 appears like a drop of blood suspended to its tail. On 

 this account the very appropriate name hemorrhoiddlis 

 was indicated by Dr. Harris to Mr. Hentz, both of whom 

 published descriptions of it about the same time. Under 

 this name it was sent by Mr. Hentz to Count Dejean, 

 who also described it, under the uncouth and distorted 



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