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ri Te RAYE 
Le PUA ARE ee 
Common Wasp BEeETLe. 
CoLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennze tapering to the end. Shells narrower at the apex. aoe 
fomewhat cylindrical, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Black. Anterior and pofterior margin of the Corflet yellow. Four 
yellow lines on each elytra or Shell. Lin, Sy/t. Nat. 
They fly well, and are fometimes found on aquatic plants. They 
are exceedingly numerous in Kent, in the peafe and bean-fields, in 
May, or on the currant-buthes, and not unfrequently are taken on 
the fern. 
PLATE. 
