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very good state, I defer speaking decidedly till 

 others fall under my notice. 



Sp. 55, 6, 7» & 8. With none of these insects 

 am I acquainted ; the three former are probably 

 Onthophagi, the latter may be a Chaeridium. 



8. Hexodon. 



Sp. 1. Reticulatum. — I lately purchased a box of 

 insects from the Island of Mauritius, containing two 

 specimens of this anomalous genus ; as it appears an 

 undescribed species, I name it in honour of the 

 venerable patriarch of Entomology, the Rev. Wil- 

 liam Kirby, of Barham, and add the description. 



Hexodon Kirbii. — Long. lin. 10 lat. lin. 6|. 

 Obscurum, thorace nigricanti, elytris cinereis lineis 

 tuberculisque quatuor variegatis. 



Caput nigrum, antennis piceis articulo primo pi- 

 loso, reliquis glabris. Thorax niger opacus utrinque 

 tuberculo laevi variegatus. Elytra cinerea, lineis sub- 

 elevatis postice reticulatis, fuscis, tuberculisque qua- 

 tuor lsevibus insignita. Corpus infra nigro-piceum 

 nitidum, femoribus concoloribus tibiis tarsisque cas- 

 taneis. Hsec species celeberrimo Domino Kirby, 

 acutissimo observatori Naturae dicatur. 



