scure, brassy, polished : venter yellowish-white, 

 black at tip. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The specimen is a male. I caught it on the 

 banks of St. John's river, in East Florida, during 

 a short visit to that country in company with 

 Messrs. Maclure, Ord, and T. Peale. A speci- 

 men, in the collection of Mr. William W. Wood, 

 was taken near Philadelphia. 



The upper left figure. 



XYLOTA PROXIMA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Blackish ; tergum about six-spotted ; posterior 

 thighs dilated, with a large rufous spot on the 

 middle. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head yellowish-silvery: vertex black: antennae 



PLATE VIII. 



