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Bla Ad, Bees XY 
HISTER QUADRIMACULATUS. 
FOUR-SPOTTED HISTER. 
COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne clavated, the club folid: the laft joint compreffed, and 
curved: head retraétile within the body: mouth forcipated: wing« 
cafes fhorter than the body, and truncated: anterior fhanks denticu- 
lated, the hind fhanks fpinous. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Black: wing-cafes fub-ftriated, with two red fpots. 
HIsTER QUADRIMACULATUS : ater, elytris fubftriatis, maculis dua= 
bus rubris. Linn. Syjt. Nat. 567. 6.—n. Su. 
443,—Paykull. F'n. Suec, 36. 2.—Marh. T. I. 
p. O94. fig. 6. 
G2 A rare 
