C 62 j 
oritj le«annot now ascertain, not having the dale of Herbst’s 
volume. There is some confusion amongst the species of 
the small group to which this belongs, in consequence of 
the short descriptions of Fabricius. Hrebst’s description of 
this species cannot well be mistaken. I have found it in 
Pensylvania, Florida and Arkansaw. It is the ornata, of 
Dejean’s catalogue and Germar (in a letter) considers it a 
new species under the name of olydonici. 
10. B. ornata. Y, About the size of the preceding, though 
perhaps a littte more robust, ofamuch darkercolor and may 
also be distinguished from it by the thorax having the 
dorsal line deeply indented more especially on (lie posterior 
margin and being obtusely angulated behind the middle of 
the lateral edge. Dejean supposed it a new species and 
gave it f in Msk j the name of multiguttata, but I think 
there is no doubt that it is the Fabrician species. 
11. B. tubulm^Y, This species is described as having 
but five yellow punctures on the elytra, placed 2.2.1, the 
latter being the largest. But it varies considerably in 
this respect sometimes having 8 or 9 spots, and again 
other specimens occur with not more than are indicated 
by Fabricious, if we conssder the posterior larger one as 
being composed of two confluent ones. The rest of the 
description agrees precisely, and even the noted size cor- 
responds with our insect as Fabricius says‘‘ Statura omnino 
B. voluuli,atduplo minor”. It may indeed, beat once dis- 
tinguised from pulchella by its much inferior size, very 
different color, and the greater regularity of its ely tral spots; 
but the lateral edge of its thorax has a similar curvature. 
It is the smallest of our species of the group distinguished 
by the want of scutel &c, and approaches the ornata by 
its coluring and by the somewat similar arrangement of 
the ely tral spots, but differs in the regular curvature of its 
lateral thoracic edge. It is the volvulus of Dejean’s Cat- 
alogue. Germar believed it new and gave it the name of 
xanthocyma; it is the culta of Weber and Dr. Harris has 
described it under the name of geranii. 
