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A-ycArfAz^/yZ/ ^ r z / z z y v z . ■, z/zzz^vzzf/zz^z ■
V 7 '/■///Z'/zAz ■ /z z /Y z z y z /z .y ;
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S PK C IP IC CHA R A C T ER .
---rgin o f ih-- 5 ;a--., a .- '- - - in - r a f e s , teftaceous; wing-cafes tru n ca ted - ’-'.y,
what biilentated.
G r a n d is : fufca, thorace elytrifque nvi>-ai. t-jftaccis, elytris apicc trunca tis ■■••• -bi'-’ --*
o f Biipreftis ha- not to our knowledge been defcribed by any au th o r. It is an in lc ft o f
and IS chiefly reiuarkabl. for being th e largc ll o f its genus h ith e rto dilcovcrcd in the
Indian Seas.— W e fuf;-..vri this in le ft cannot be i.:-..:,-minon In Ncv/ .-'nnib Wi^Ies, having
rioua times, many fpecimens o f ■... •- ::g z'.'k '.i- • t ' nporu-.! . Gtn t*v \ r.-.b'ivy t,,i England,
iurface is black llightly glufl'-d i nrpl'v
M CUL ARl
iP F .C I IC CHA R A C T ER .
Braffy black: wing-cafes entire, teftaceous, with impreffed confluent black dots.
•• ttI a c u l a r ia : nigro ®nca, ciytris in teg ris teflaceis punftis impreflis coi.fluentibus nigris.
.• fide o f this fpecies L entirely b’ ’ ;s
:5 by any writer. W ^ ^ ..«be far 7i;-. ■
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‘ • ¡1; I .-'. ' abbrcvi^'vd bands acrofs the w'in; cafes, black.
V'. alia, i h o r , : . '- " " ! n e elytris fafciis abbreviatis u - y . ' .
r.. ‘ p. 204. n. j t i .— UN F IG U R ED .