American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . and a dorsal lineextending from the anterior edge to the middle,dull fulvous: scutel black: elytra dull yellowish-white, with two broad black vittae, abbreviated PLATE XXVIII. near the tip, the exterior one originates at thehumerus, and the other takes its rise on thebasal margin, midway between the exterior vittaand the scutel, it does not approach the sutureat its tip; sutural edge black; the series ofpunctures are rather large and profoundly i
American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . and a dorsal lineextending from the anterior edge to the middle,dull fulvous: scutel black: elytra dull yellowish-white, with two broad black vittae, abbreviated PLATE XXVIII. near the tip, the exterior one originates at thehumerus, and the other takes its rise on thebasal margin, midway between the exterior vittaand the scutel, it does not approach the sutureat its tip; sutural edge black; the series ofpunctures are rather large and profoundly im-pressed: beneath black, punctured: feet paletestaceous. OBSERVATIONS. This is the C. bivittatus of MelsheimersCatalogue; I certainly would have adopted hisname, had I not inadvertently pre-occupied itwith the description of the preceding species,before I was acquainted with this insect. Itcan be readily perceived to be specifically dis-tinct from either of those represented with iton the accompanying plate, by the confluentdensity of the thoracic punctures, as well as byits colours and their arrangement. The lower left figure. PLATE
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