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Descr. Caput punctatum. Rostrum porrectum, teres, caput thoracemque longitudine 
equans, anticé glabrum, posticé punctulatum. Antenne rostro longiores, ad 
basin attenuate, articulis ultimis subpubescentibus. Oculi hemispherici, pro- 
minuli, pilis albidis cincti. Thorax obconicus, antice angustatus, posticé latitu- 
dine longitudinem aquans, ad latera rotundatus, supra parm convexus, lined 
dorsali vix distincta, tuberculis numerosis obsitus. Scutellum breve, flavidum. 
Elytra anticé supra thoracem paulld producta, posticé dilatata, rotundata, tuber- 
culata, piloso-albida, maculis quibusdam fulvo-aureo-pilosis. Femora antica ma- 
jora, 2-spinosa, spinis zqualibus; posteriora mediocria. Tibie posteriores feré 
recte, subspinose. Tursi tibiis paulld breviores, subtis Spongiosi, articulo primo 
subobconico, secundo subtrigono, tertio latiore bilobo, ultimo elongato 2-un- 
guiculato. Corpus infra griseum, albido-pilosum, abdominis segmentis maculis 
fulvo-aureo-pilosis triplici ordine dispositis. Pectus pilis longioribus auratis 
balteatum. 
(Loneicornsgs, Lat.) 
Fam. Lamupa. 
Genus. Lamra, Fab. 
1. Lamia Royuit. 
Tab. XV. Fig. 1. 
Lam. nigra ; antennis corpore longioribus ; elytris mucronatis, ad basin scabris, maculis 
albis octo notatis. 
Long. corporis 28 lin. ; lat. 82. 
Hab. in Indiz Orientalis montibus Mussoonee dictis. 
Mus. Royle. 
Dezscr. Antenne nigre, serrato-spinose, articulo ultimo elongato sublineari. Caput 
cum oculis latitudinem thoracis anticé feré equans, fronte depresso, nigro-fuscum, 
maculis linearibus albis pone oculos. Thorax longitudine latitudini inzqualis, 
utrinque spina acuta armatus, macula alba dorsali lineam elevatam nigram inclu- 
dente. Scutellum album. Elytra ad basin thorace multd latiora, humeris elevatis 
subspinosis, singula maculis albis quatuor notatis, quarum anteriores majores 
Sequentes magnitudine decrescentes. Corpus infrd fuscum, vittd alba balteatum. 
Pedes nigri. Tuarsi flavo-pubescentes. 
I have named this fine insect in honour of J. F. Royle, Esq., by whom it was col- 
lected, and whose researches in the upper provinces of British India have furnished 
him with ample materials for his interesting ‘Illustrations of the Botany and other 
