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PLATES LXXXIV, LXXXV, ann LXXXVI. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME AFRICAN SPECIES OF LONGICORN BEETLES. 
Previous to entering upon the descriptions of the species of 
Longicorn beetles, represented in the accompanying plates, it is 
proper to make the following observations, with reference to some 
of the other Longicorns figured in the three plates already 
devoted to that family in the present volume. 
LAMIA OBESA. 
(Plate 64, fig. 5.) 
This insect, I am informed by M. C. Sommer, Esq., of Altona, is known in the continental 
collections under the name of Phryneta Dregei.—Klug MSS. As, however, no descrip- 
tion of the insect had been published, it was impossible for me to have the least idea of 
its identity with my species, especially as it is given in Dejean’s Catalogue as a native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. The characters of the genus Phryneta are given in the Histoire 
Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptéres of the Count de Castelnau, vol. 2, p. 477. 
LAMIA PALINII. 
(Plate 74, fig. 2.) 
This species appears to me to be identical with the Lamia principalis of Dalmau. Schonh. Syn. 
Ins. 1., pt. 3, App. p. 162. Mr. Hope has recently received a specimen of it from 
Cape Palmas. 
LAMIA COMES. 
(Plate 78, fig. 1.) 
Is identical with Lamia cornutor Fabr., the typical specimen of which, described by Fabricius, 
is still preserved in the Cabinet of the British Museum. It is a male—that represented 
in my plate being a female. The locality given by Fabricius of ** America” is evidently 
erroneous, the group to which it belongs being confined to the African continent. 
M. Dupont is unfortunately unacquainted with the locality of his specimen, it being 
marked in his collection, Madagascar, with a point of doubt. 
Syy. Lamia cornutor, Fabricius. S. Ent. p. 178. Ent. Syst. 1, pt.2, p. 292. Olivier 
Entomol. 4. Ceramb. pl. 17, p. 132. 
LAMIA PRINCEPS. 
(Plate 78, fig. 2.) 
Is referred by M. Dupont to the genus Zoographus Dejean, described ty Laporte de Castelnau 
in the Hist. Nat. Ins. Col. 2, p. 473, but without any notice of the structure of the 
sterna, which forms the chief character of the group. 
LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) NORRISII. Westw. 
(Trans. Ent. Soc., vol. 1, p. 148, pl. xv. A. Plate 84, fig. 1, and details.) 
L. supra opaca nigro-fuliginosa, elytris postice flavo-cinctis, antennis subtus pedibusque 
hirsutie opalina indutis. 
Long. corp. unc. 13. Long. antenn. une. 34 (art. ult. unc. 14). 
Habitat apud Sierram Leonam. In Mus. D. Norris. 
The head is black, with the sides behind the eyes of an opaline 
green colour; the antenne are very long, 11-jointed, and black, 
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