CERAMBYX (COSMISOMA) PLUMICORNIS. 



Plate XLIX. fig. 3. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Longicornes. Family : Cerambycidse. 



Genus. Cerambyx, ij?i;(. ^c. (Subgenus: Cosmisoma, iSerr.) 



Cerambyx (Cosmisoma) Plumicornis. Fulvus, elytris cruce nigra, peilibus antennisque nigris, his scopiferis. 

 (Long. Corp. Tj lin.) 



Syn. Leptura plumicornis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Sch. Syn. Ins. 3. 4-29. (Saperda p.) 



Habitat: Musquito Sliore, Bay of Honduras. 



Head dark brown. Antennae longer than the insect, and slender; basal joint thickest; furnished 

 with remarkable tufts of hair, four on each antenna ; the smallest is on the first articulation from the 

 head ; the next articulation has a pretty large one surrounding entirely the joint of the antenna, and is 

 black. On the next joint is a very small one, standing on the joint in the fomi of an acute angle, and 

 is also black. At a little distance from this, the largest tuft is situated, which, like the second, entirely 

 surrounds the antenna, part of it next the head being black, the remainder orange colour. Thorax 

 round, without lateral spines, orange-coloured. Elytra orange, with a broad black patch crossing them 

 in the middle, where are two lines in the form of a cross. Legs black, the hind ones very long. Femora 

 thick at the tips. 



CYPRUS 16-PUNCTATUS. 



Plate XLIX. fig. 4. 



Order ; Coleoptera. Section : Rhynuophoru. Family- : Curculionidoe. Subfamily : Brachyderides. 



Genus. Cxvavs, Schonherr. Chlorima, i>e/. Curculio p., iinn. 



Cyphus Sedecim-Punctatus. Ccerulescens, thorace punctis nigris quatuor, coleopteris duodecim. (Long. 

 Coi-p. 1 unc.) 



Syn. Cureulio sedecim-punctatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2. 618. 92. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 3. 509. 10. Oliv. Eiit. 

 V. 83. t. 2./. 17. a. b. Schonh. Syn. Ins. Ciircul. 1. 62o. 8. 



Habitat : Cayenne. 



Entirely fine blue-coloured. Antennae somewhat Ibnger than represented in the plate, and black. 

 Thorax with five black spots on it ; one in the centre, and two on each side. Elytra having twelve 

 spots of the same colour, the apices terminating in two sharp points. 



SOLENOPUS CACICUS. 



Plate XLIX. fig. 5. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Rhyncophora. Family : Curculionidoe. Subfamily : Cholides. 



Genus. Solenopus, Schonherr. Odontoderes, Sahlberg. Cureulio p., Drury. 



Solenopus Cacicfs. Ater sulphureo-squamosus, thorace bivittato, lateribus granulatis, elytris punctis magnis- 

 oblongo-quadratis et striatis. (Long. Corp. rostr. inclus. 1 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Cureulio morbillosus, Drury, App, vol. 3. 



Solenopus cacicus, Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 3. 697. 1. 



Dionychus granicoUis, Germ. Ins. Spec. 315. 454. 

 Habitat: Cayenne. 



