252 INSECTS ABROAD. 



The upper surface of the head, tliorax, and abdomen is shining 

 blue or green, some individuals being of one tint and some of 

 the other. Three bands of pure white are drawn across each of 

 the elytra, two of the bands being continuous, and the last, which 

 is close to the tip, being broken up into several small rounded 

 portions. The legs are rather curiously coloured. The whole 

 of the thigh and about one-quarter of the length of the tibite 

 are deep shining blue, while the rest of the tibite is yellow. 

 The tarsus is of the same hue as the thigh. The antennse are 

 entirely blue. 



The generic name Ichthyosoma is formed from two Greek 

 words, and signifies " fish-bodied." I cannot, however, see any 

 particular appropriateness in the term, as tliis insect bears no 

 more resemblance to a fish than do the other Longicornes which 

 have already been described. 



