Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
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Head very dark brown, almost black; front dappled with cream colour.
Antennæ dark brown, and about the length of the insect; having spines at
each joint, except that next the head. Thorax spineless, brownish black,
with white patches on its sides; and, when viewed through a microscope,
punctured. Scutellum very small, and nearly triangular. Elytra brownish
black, margined at the sides and suture, with whitish patches thereon,
punctured; having two spines at the extremity of each. Abdomen and breast
black, and covered with short grey hairs like pile. Legs reddish brown,
with a small spine at the tip of each of the femora (except the fore
ones), and another at the tips of the tibiæ.
STENOCORUS (ELAPHIDION) SPINICORNIS.
Plate XLI. fig. 4.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Cerambycidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. STENOCORUS, _Fabr._ Cerambyx p. _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Elaphidion,
_Serv._
STENOCORUS (ELAPHIDION) SPINICORNIS. Thorace inermi tuberculato; elytris
bidentatis, antennarum articulis bispinosis, corpore luteo-griseo, fusco
variegato. (Long. Corp. circ. 10 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Spinicornis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Syst. Ent. p._
179. 7. _Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 306. 5. _Oliv. Ent._ 4. 67. _t._ 17. _f._ 130.
_Serville loc. cit. sup._ (Elaphidion s.)
Cerambyx insularis, _Linn._ (_Gmel._) 1. 4. _p._ 1859.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
{88}Head clay-coloured. Antennæ red brown, about as long as the insect,
each joint having two spines, except that next the head. Thorax
clay-coloured and cylindrical, without spines; having a small red brown
streak extending along the middle and down the head. Scutellum
triangular. Elytra clay-coloured, with many small red brown streaks
crossing them; margined on the sides and suture, each having two spines
at its extremity. Abdomen and breast greyish clay-coloured, with a small
red brown spot on each side of each of the segments. Legs red brown,
having a strong spine at the tip of each of the femora, except the fore
ones, and another at the tips of each of the tibiæ.
SAPERDA CARCHARIAS.
Plate XLI. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. SAPERDA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx p. _Linn._
SAPERDA CARCHARIAS. Griseo-pubescens, nigro-punctata, antennis
mediocribus griseo nigroque annulatis. (Long. Corp. 5.-8 lin.)
SYN. Ceramb. Carcharias, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 631. 52. _Fabricius
Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 317. 1. _Oliv. Ent._ 4. 68. _t._ 2. _f._ 22. _Panzer F.
I. G._ 69. 1. _Stephens Ill. Brit. Ent. Mand. vol._ 4. 238.
HABITAT: Germany (_Drury_). "In Europæ Sylvis" (_Fabr._).
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