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CASSIDA CRUENTATA. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz knotted, enlarging towards the ends. Shells and thorax 
bordered;. Head concealed under the cerfelet, 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Bright green above, on eac’) fhell, near : ie Reelin a very bright 
fanguineous mark. Beneath, body and thighs black. Legs and feet 
light brown. 
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Ts found on verticllated plant “< thiftles in May. 
Although goriteiindad: By fome with. the common Caffida (C. Vie 
ridis), it differs very eflentially from that infeCt: it is fmaller; of a 
deeper green colour, and does not fade to a dirty brown after death: 
but the bright fanguineous marks on the fhells are fearcely vifible in 
a dead fpecimen; the former is” very éomnion in May, but our fpecies 
is rare. 
C. Cruentata has never been either decribed or figured hefore, 
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