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Sp. 36. 4<-punctata. — I have only arranged this 

 species under Calochroa for the present, as it ap- 

 pears to afford sufficient characters for subdivision : 

 my own specimens are not perfect enough to de- 

 scribe. Since writing the above I have received a 

 specimen, and therefore give it as a subgenus, with 

 the name of Prothyma, from wpoOv/jio?, alacer, sig- 

 nifying brisk and lively . The characters are, 

 Corpus subelongato-cylindricum thorace subrotun- 

 dato elytris cylindricis, parallelis, labro fornicato et 

 dentato. 



Sp. 43. Marginalis. — This insect appears to vary 

 considerably, when the spots on the elytra are want- 

 ing, it is the variety which Olivier has named 

 Cic. purpurea. 



For remarks on this species, which my friend 

 the Rev. William Kirby considers the American 

 representative of Cic. campestris of Europe, the 

 reader is referred to the Fauna Boreali Americana, 

 page 11, where several varieties of the above insect 

 are minutely described. 



Sp. 44. Punctulata, — This is evidently a variety 

 of the species which Fabricius previously described 

 under the name of Micans. 



Sp. 45. Sexguttata. — Cicindela violacea, Fab. is 



