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its place as a distinct species. The stronger punctuation taken 

 by itself might only indicate a variety, but the bellied form of the 

 elytra and the difference in the pubescence are more essential 

 characters ; the latter is particularly well seen on the edges of 

 the elytra. 



It was first recorded by Sturm as having been found in 

 Austria and Hungary. Chaudoir found it at Kiew. Kraatz 

 records it as having been taken at Halle, Bautzen, Erlangen, 

 Darmstadt, &c. It has been taken by M. Chevrolat in France, 

 and I have one specimen taken in Scotland. Kraatz says, it is 

 generally found under leaves. 



3. C. humeralis, Brulle. 

 Choleva humeralis, Br. Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. p. 162. no. 255. 



" Nigricans, punctatus, rufo-villosus ; ore, antennis, elytrorum 

 macula humerali, abdominis segmentorum marginibus pedi- 

 busque ferrugineis; antennis apice fuscis; elytris profunde 

 punctato-striatis. 



" Long. 2± lin., lat. If 



" Head black, finely punctate, with the whole of the mouth 

 and the half of the antennae ferruginous; the latter slightly 

 pubescent, their five last articles brown. Thorax a little less 

 long than broad, rounded on the sides, raised at the posterior 

 angles, truncate behind, finely punctate, of a blackish brown, 

 lighter on the lateral margins, and covered with a short reddish 

 pubescence. Scutellum triangular, blackish and pubescent like 

 the thorax. Elytra oval, a little broader than the thorax, marked 

 with deep longitudinal striae formed by large deep punctures, 

 and tolerably strongly punctate in the intervals between the 

 striae ; their colour is of a deep brown, marked with a large fer- 

 ruginous blotch at each of the anterior angles ; they are covered 

 by a reddish adpressed and tolerably dense pubescence. Under 

 side of the body finely punctate, blackish, with the edges of the 

 abdominal segments ferruginous. Legs of this latter colour ; 

 posterior thighs partly brown. 



" Upon flowers in the month of June. Arcadia*. 3i 

 This appears to be the proper place to take in this species. 

 I have not seen it. Brulle did not give a figure of it in his 

 work, and on inquiry at Paris I find that his specimens must 

 have been eaten by the larvae of the Anthreni so destructive to 

 collections on the continent. The only trace or record of the 

 species, therefore, so far as I know, is his description, of which 



* Brulle in loc. cit. 



