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XC. Genus CLYTUS. Fab. 



* Prothorax subglobose unarmed. 



a; Yellow-banded. 



(232) 1. * Clytus undatus. Wavy Clytus. 



C. fundatusj niger, holosericeus ; prothorace basi et apice interrupte ; elytris lineola transversa, fasciis duabus undatis, apice- 



que, pallide fiavis ; antennis, pedibusque rufis. 

 Wavy Clytus, black velvetty ; base and apex of the prothorax interruptedly ; transverse linelet, two wavy bands, and apex 



of the elytra, pale-yellow ; antenna and legs rufous. 



PLATE VII, FIG. 5. 



Clytus undulatus. Say. Am. Ent. iii, 53. Long. Second Exp. ii, 291, var. /S, mini. 

 Length of the body 8 lines. 



Two specimens taken in Lat. 54°. 65°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, underneath hoary from decumbent hairs, above velvetty. Head anteriorly hairy with 

 whitish hairs, behind the antenna? very thickly punctured ; palpi, labrum, tip of the nose and cheeks, 

 eyes, antennae, and subface rufous ; prothorax rough with very minute and numerous granules, the 

 base and apex have an interrupted band of yellow hairs, and a hoary spot on each side produced by 

 hairs : scutellum dark brown : elytra with an oblique linelet adjoining the scutellum, another in the 

 disk near the base, two wavy bands, the extremities of the anterior one pointing towards the base, 

 and of the posterior one towards the apex; the apex and suture, all pale yellow, produced by decum- 

 bent hairs : underneath on each side of the breast are three spots of the same colour, as likewise is 

 the tip of the ventral segments of tne abdomen ; the legs are rufous, sprinkled with hoary hairs. 



This species is intermediate between C. arietis and C. arcuatus, but perfectly distinct from both. 



b. White-banded. 



(233) 2. * Clytus lunulatus. Lunulated Clytus. 



C. ( lunulatus ) niger, capite Icevi, occipite punctato : prothoracis margine antico ; elytris lunula antica, fasciis duabus, inter- 

 media juxta suturam refiexa, postica interrupta, abdomine segmentis ventralibus apice, albis : antennis pedibusque 

 obscure rufis. 



Lunulated Clytus, black : head smooth, occiput punctured : anterior margin of the prothorax, anterior lunulet, two bands, 

 the intermediate one running back along the suture, the posterior one interrupted, and apex of the ventral seg- 

 ments of the abdomen, all white: antennae and legs obscurely rufous. 



Length of the body 1\ lines. 



One specimen taken in Lat. 54°. Taken also in Canada by Dr. Bigsby, and in 

 Nova Scotia by Capt. Hall. 



