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Mr. W. W. Saunders’s Description of 
sides, emarginate at the posterior angles, die anterior margin 
curved outwards, the posterior nearly straight. 
Elytra ovate, the margin slightly elevated, glossy testaceous, 
with a broadly based triangular patch extending from the base to 
the apex, and the elevated margin dark brown. Scutellum small, 
semi-ovate. 
Legs long, the fore tibiae dentate externally, with four or five 
pointed teeth, and a tooth and a spur at the apex ; the posterior 
tibiae with two spurs each. The joints of the tarsi spongy under- 
neath. 
Length, 2 inches. 
From the East Indies, in the collection of S. Rucker, Esq. 
Cerambyx Formosus. (PI. XVI. Fig. 4.) 
Head black, with the eyes and palpi pitchy brown. Antennae 
rather longer than the body, with the third, fourth, and fifth joints 
slightly produced at the apex externally. 
Thorax broader than the head, spherical, truncate, orange with 
four black spots above placed so as to form a diamond, the two 
lateral ones bearing a small spine. 
Elytra broader than the thorax, orange with a black wavy band 
at the base, another broad transverse band w r avy on the posterior 
margin, a little below the middle, and between the bands four 
round black spots, two large placed on the disk, and two smaller 
laterally, one near each shoulder. 
Abdomen beneath dull orange. 
Legs long and slender, black, with the thighs clavate. 
Length, inch. 
From the East Indies, in the collection of S. Rucker, Esq. 
Lamia Croceo-cincta. (PI. XVI. Fig. 6.) 
Head vertical, black, with a large frontal yellow spot. Anten- 
nae about two-thirds the length of the body, ciliated externally on 
the third, fourth, and fifth joints. 
Thorax as broad as the head, cylindrical, produced laterally into 
two blunt spines, black, with a large lateral yellow spot on each 
side anteriorly. 
Elytra broader than the thorax, the shoulders prominent, conic, 
truncate, black, with two broad yellow bands, one transverse 
towards the base, and another a little below the middle, inclining 
towards the shoulders. 
Abdomen underneath yellow. 
Legs short and thick, black, with the tibia; underneath yellow. 
