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C. Head transverse. 
Undeveloped form, 8. Crown yellow. Face black, between the keels 
spotted with white. Elytra dark brown. Abdo- 
men piceous, genital segment above paler... 
38. Douglasi, Fieb. M.S. (n. s.). 
Developed form, $. Head, pronotum, and scutellum yellow. Pronotum 
more or less brown towards and at the apex. 
Elytra with a very pale lavender hue, nerves dis- 
tinctly and somewhat remotely spotted with dark 
brown; apex with a curved brown band, its inner 
margin divided into rays, which run along the 
longitudinal nerves to the marginal uerve ; apex of 
the clavus with a short black streak. 
Undeveloped form, 8. Elytra not covering half of the abdomen, anterior 
portion whitish, posteriorly with a broad brown 
band, nerves spotted as in the developed form .. 
39. limbata, Fab. 
Exceedingly common in damp places in the latter form amongst 
rushes, &e. This is the pictepennis of Curtis. 
Developed form, 8. Head brown. Face black, with two transverse 
white patches on each side of the middle keel 
Pronotum dark brown, side keels and posterior 
margin more or less greyish. Seutellum black, 
middle keel generally brown. Elytra pale, nerves 
brown; along the inner margin a more or less 
broad, smoky streak. 
Undeveloped form, g. Head yellow. Face as in the developed form. 
Pronotum and scutellum grey, outer angles of both 
and a streak along each side of the middle keel of 
the latter brown. Llytra pale, covering more 
than half of the abdomen. Abdomen black, more 
or less broadly yellow above ... 40. lineata, Perris. 
D. Head pentagonal. 
Undeveloped form, 3. Head, pronotum, scutellum, and elytra white or 
faintly yellowish. Abdomen deep glossy black, 
the two last segments margined with snow-white. 
Legs black...:........... ... ... 4. mesomelas, Boh. 
(To be continued.) 
