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NATURAL HISTORY OF 
tute the family Tillidce of Dr Leach. Its principal 
characters are found in the beautiful species which 
we have selected to represent it. It was first de- 
scribed by Mr Kirby, under the name of 
PRIOCERA VARIEGATA. 
PLATE VIII. Fig. 6. 
Kirby , Linncean Trans, xii. p. 392, pi. 21, fig. 7 . 
In this genus the upper lip is emarginate, the ter- 
minal joint of the maxillary palpi compressed and 
oblong, while the same joint in the labial palpi is 
hatchet shaped ; the body is convex, and the thorax 
much contracted behind. The colour of the only 
species known is brownish black on the body. The 
head and thorax are deeply punctured, and the an- 
tennae are somewhat reddish. The elytra are of a 
fine red, with four large quadrate yellow spots, one 
on each shoulder, and two behind the middle form- 
ing a band, with several small yellow r spots in the 
space between : behind the yellow band there is 
another of a brown colour, and the apex is unspotted. 
The legs are dusky black. It is a native of Brazil. 
CLAVICORNES. 
The name of this family, like most of those that 
have preceded it, refers to the structure of the an- 
tennae, which become thicker at the extremity* and 
