PLATE IV. 
Body above hairy; head with the vertex silky ; 
eyes fuscous; thorax with a lateral obscure spot, 
horn obtusely dentate each side ; scutel small ; ely- 
tra with a black band on the middle; each marked 
by two black spots at the base, of which one is 
near the scutel and the other on the shoulder, a 
black obsolete one near the tip; abdomen silky; 
length three-twentieths of an inch. 
Not uncommon. [ have found it in June, on 
the oak and other forest trees : very much resem- 
bles WW’. Monoceros, of which Mr Marsham ob- 
serves, “Thorax recta antrorsum exiens in cornu 
nigricans ultra caput extensum, unde vere monstro- 
sa et insectis insolita facies.” ‘This remark, of 
course, except as to colour, applies to each indi- 
vidual of the genus as it now stands. N. Mono- 
don was first described by Fabricius, but has not 
been hertofore figured. 
Plate 4. Lower figures, of which the smaller 
one indicates the natural size. 
