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| SILPHA OBSCURA, 
CoLEopreRa, 
Dt ae ee 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
- Entirely black. She'ls punctured 
3 with three longitudinal lines 
on each. 
Syft. Eat. 74. 11-—Linn. Sift. Nat. 2. $72. 18. 
—£n. Sv. 457.—Scop. carn. 57. 
Cassipa, Udm. Diff 8, 
NIE, 
Very frequent in May: breeds in’ cor 
nefelds and meadows; but 
is found in many other fituations. 
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