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H E M IPTE R A,

Shells , or upper wings, femi-crustacCous, riot divided hy a 'straight■future, but incumbent on each other. Beak curved downward.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennæ longer than the thorax. Thorax margined. In each footthree joints;

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CIMEX Q_U A D R I P U N C T A T U S.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Antennae yellow. Eyes black. Head and thorax yellowish orarige-kolour; four distinct Hack spots, and a transverse band of the same onthe latter. Wings yellow, with an orange lhadej and streaked withblack. Legs and body bright orange.

This very rare and non-descript species is distinct from the CimexJlriatus, with which it has been supposed to have some affinity; it is‘mailer, tire head, thorax, and body are very different, though in thecolours of the wings they nearly correspond.—The four black spots onthe thorax furnish our specific distinction.

I. natural size. Fig. II. and Fig. III. the Insect magnified.

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