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which are surrounded with green ; the suture and 
hinder extremity of the elytra are of the latter co- 
lour. The middle of the abdomen and the legs are 
glossed with green. It is said to be a native of 
Africa. 
LAMIA FORMOSA. 
PLATE XXVI. Fig. 2. 
Olivier , iv. No. G7, pi. 20, fig. 153. 
In this insect the head is black, with the front 
rust-red, the thorax black, having a large red spot 
on each side ; the elytra are likewise black, with 
two broad bands of red interrupted at the suture, 
and a few white punctures towards the hinder ex- 
tremity, which is itself red. The legs are black, 
spotted with white at the base. 
LAMIA TRICINCTA. 
PLATE XXVI. Fig. 4. 
This very fine species is about an inch and a half 
in length. The antennae are steel-blue, with dense 
tufts of hair on the third, fourth, and fifth joints. 
The head and thorax are covered with short de- 
pressed hairs of a brassy green or bluish tint ; the 
latter has two small tubercles on each side. The 
elytra are similar in colour to the thorax, the back 
