Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
General colour golden, blueish, green. Head small, flat, and square, with
four palpi. Antennæ black, the two terminal joints being larger and
longer than the rest. Thorax about twice the breadth of the head, and a
third part longer, not cylindrical, but flattish and smooth. Scutellum
small and triangular. Elytra twice the breadth of the thorax, smooth and
margined. Thighs thick and strong, the hinder ones having a short thick
obtuse spine placed near the tips. Posterior tibiæ long, thin, and
grooved underneath, thickest next the tips, where are placed three short
and strong spines, one in the middle, the others on the sides. Tarsi very
flat and brown underneath.
{68}PLATE XXXV.
[Illustration]
LAMIA (POLYRHAPHIS) CANCRIFORMIS.
Plate XXXV. fig. 1. (or the upper figure).
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx, _Linn._ (SUBGENUS: Polyrhaphis, _Serv._)
LAMIA (POLYRHAPHIS) CANCRIFORMIS. Thorace multidentato; dorso plano,
elytris pustulatis, tibiisque anticis unidentatis. (Long. Corp. fere 1
unc.)
SYN. Cerambyx cancriformis, _Fabr. Sp. Ins._ 1. 209. 4. _Syst. Ent._ 165.
4. _Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 289. 40. (Lamia c.)
Cerambyx pustulatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
General colour grey brown. Head furnished with strong mandibles. Antennæ
(with the basal joint very thick) much longer than the insect. Thorax
rough, gibbous, and full of small pustules, two of which form an obtuse
spine on the sides. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra margined, and
full of small pustules, having two spines fixed at their extremity, near
the suture. Fore-legs long. Tibiæ with a single spur. Femora clavate.
LAMIA (MONOCHAMUS) DENTATOR?
Plate XXXV. fig. 2. (or the left-hand figure).
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Monochamus,
_Meg._)
LAMIA (MONOCHAMUS) DENTATOR. Thorace spinoso, fusco cinereoque varia.
(Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
_Syn._ Lamia dentator, _Fabr. Syst. El._ 2. _p._ 294. 70. _Haworth in
Ent. Trans._ 1. _t._ 1?
Cerambyx carolinensis, _Oliv. Ent._ 4. 67. _p._ 85. _t._ 12. _f._ 88.?
Cerambyx notatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: See Observation below.
Head grey brown. Antennæ grey brown, and about the length of the insect.
Palpi four, and just above the mouth are placed, on each side the head,
two protuberances. Thorax grey brown, dappled with black; having on each
side a short thick spine. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra grey
brown, dappled with small black streaks, and extending beyond the anus.
Abdomen, breast and legs grey brown, like the rest of the insect.
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