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 is smooth and shining ; but the protuberance, next the scutelhim, is full of punctures, and the edge 

 notched. Elytra shining, punctured, and slightly striated. Abdomen and legs red brown, and haii-y ; 

 the hinder ones being remarkably thick and strong, with two broad tibial spurs. The middle and fore 

 tibiae are strongly dentated, each being furnished with a thick spur. Anterior tibiae with the first joint 

 long and slender, but in the middle and hinder tibiae, exceeding thick and strong. 



LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) MIRABILIS. 



Plate XXXI. fig. 1. 



Okder : Coleoptera. Section : Longicomes. Family : Lamiidaa. 



Genus. Lamia, Fabr. Cerambyx p. Linn. (Scegenus ; Sternotomis, Perch.) 



Lamia (Steknotomis) Mirabilis. Nigra, thorace spinoso, antice fasciis, elytris punctis viridibus, his basi 

 mucronatis. (Long. Corp. IQi liu.) 



Syn. Cerambyx Mirabilis, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Lamia pulclira, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 285. 25. Syst. Ent. 171. 0. (nee C. piilchra, Driiry, vol. 1. 1. 32. 

 /. 6.) Oliv. Ent. 488. 115. t. 22./. 107. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Varied with beautiful green and black colours, the fomier exceedingly bright. Head green, with two 

 others running downwards from the eyes. Jaws with the upper part green, the extremities black, with 

 four green palpi. Antennae black, ten-jointed, the basal joint being thickest. Thorax green, with black 

 streaks running round it, the sides terminating in an obtuse point. Scutelhim very small, black, and 

 triangular. Elytra black and margined, beautifully streaked and spotted with green : the former run- 

 ning across the anterior part, the latter placed near the extremities. Abdomen green, with black rings. 

 Legs green, streaked with black. Tarsi green at top, brown beneath. 



LAMIA (AGAPHANTIA) BIPUNCTATA. 



Plate XXXI. fig. 2. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Longieornes. Family • Lamiida?. 

 Gencs. Lamia, Fair. Cerambyx p. itHH. (Subgenus: Agaphantia, .SeTO.) 



Lamia (Agaphantia) Bipunctata. Grisea; thorace spinoso, frontis cornu porrecto apicc emarginato incm-vo, 

 elytris puncto nigro postice flavo. (Long. Corp. fero 1 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Cerambyx bipunctatus. Drury, App.vol.2. 



Lamia fronticornis, Fabr. Sp. Ins. 1. 216. 2. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 281 . 3. Oliv. Ent. 4. 67. 79. 163. t. 8.f. 54. 



Cerambyx notatus, Voet. Col. Ed. Pan:. 3. 32. 46. t.W.f. 46. 

 Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



General colour brownish grey. Head deep and grey ; one of the sexes having a remarkable thick 

 and strong tubercle issuing from the middle of the face, temiinating in two black acute angles, like 

 horns. Mouth armed with two strong black jaws, and four grey palpi. Antenna^ grey, and longer than 

 the insect. Thorax grey, the sides terminating in a thick spine ; having a broad, white streak crossing 

 it on each side, and extending along the abdomen, beyond the middle legs, narrowing to its extremity. 

 Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra grey and margined, having two round black spots on each, the 



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