Mr. A. White on some Coleopterous Insects. 



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of joints ciliated with ferruginous hairs. Abdomen somewhat squa- 

 moso-verrucose beneath, a pit behind each scale-Hke wart, with a 

 short hair proceeding from it. 



Note. The figures were drawn on wood by Miss E. Wing, and are 

 of the size of nature. 



Family Lamiad^. 



Among the Lamioid Longicorns there is a genus containing many 

 finely coloured African species. The genus Tragocephala, Dupont 

 (Dej. Cat. p. 638), was first briefly characterized by Laporte in his 

 * Animaux articulees,' tome ii. p. 472. 



Tragocephala nobilis. Lamia nobilis, Fabr. S. El. ii. 297 ; 

 Oliv. t. 1 1 . f . 76; also described by Fabricius as Saperda Iceta, 

 1. c. p. 318. Sierra Leone. (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Tragocephala Formosa. Ceramhyx formosus, Oliv. t. 20. 



