Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
HABITAT: Surinam (_Drury_). "In America meridionali" (_Fabr._).
Head dark brown, or dirty black, and very rough. Antennæ longer than the
insect, with the two basal joints blueish black; the rest red brown, the
extremity of each joint being blueish black. Thorax dark brown, shining,
and very rough, with large swelling in the middle; having two short thick
tubercles {84}on each side. Scutellum large and long. Elytra dark brown,
margined and shining, rather broad at their extremities, and spineless;
having a narrow transverse yellow bar in the middle. Abdomen dark brown.
Femora dark brown at the base, black at the tips. Tibiæ and tarsi red
brown; the latter cushioned beneath with yellow pile.
LAMIA CAPENSIS.
Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx p. _Linn. Drury_.
LAMIA CAPENSIS. Thorace bispinoso; nigra, elytris fasciis quatuor rufis,
antennis mediocribus. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 4½ lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Capensis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 628. 36.
_Fabricius Syst. Ent. p._ 173. 14. _Syst. Eleuth._ II. 296. 78. _Oliv.
Ent._ iv. 67. _p._ 121. _t._ 8. _f._ 51. a. b.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
Head black; face vertical. Antennæ black, and about the length of the
insect. Thorax black and rugged, with two obtuse spines on each side.
Scutellum small, black and triangular. Elytra black, rounded and margined
at the sides and suture, extending beyond the anus; being rough next the
thorax, with a multitude of small round pustules. Each elytron has four
red bars crossing it, placed at equal distances, and inclining toward
each other; the two first, next the thorax, almost joining at the suture;
the two last separated by a small space. In some specimens there are five
of these bars. Abdomen and breast black; the latter having between the
middle and hinder feet, two oblong red spots. Legs black. Tarsi cushioned
beneath and lighter coloured.
CERAMBYX (CALLICHROMA) AFER.
Plate XXXIX. fig. 4.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Cerambycidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. Cerambyx, _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Callichroma, _Latr._
CERAMBYX (CALLICHROMA) AFER. Thorace rotundato spinoso, corpore viridi,
suturâ elytrorum aureâ, antennis pedibusque rufis. (Long. Corp. 10½ lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx afer, _Linn. Mant. p._ 532. _Fabr. Syst. Ent._ 166. 9.
_Ent. Syst._ 1. II. _p._ 252. 4. _Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 268. 7. (_C.
ater_, lapsu calami.) _Sch. Syn._ III. _App. p._ 150.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone and Calabar.
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