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A fcarce Britifh fpecies, found in the dung of animals: it alfo ins 
habits Germany and other parts of Europe. 
Its fize furpaffes that of Hifter unicolor; the colour black, with 
a large lunated fpot of red on each of the wing-cafes. Sometimes 
thefe fpots are mterrupted in the middle, and in fuch fpecimens the 
wing-cafes exhibit the four diftinét red {pots which the fpecific name 
implies. The lower furface is entirely black, and both the upper 
and lower furfaces are remarkably gloffy. 
The appearance of this mfect, when the wing-cafes and wings are 
expanded, is very fingular: this is reprefented in the annexed plate, 
together with its afpect m a quiefcent ftate. 
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