Mr. Kiuby's Century of Insects, 441 



blcs a claw, such as arms the tarsi of many insects. This charac- 

 ter, perhaps, would indicate a separate genus, but in every other 

 respect these are true La/nice. AA'hat may be the use of this claw 

 is not ascertained ; it is probably for the purpose of laying hold 

 of surfaces. 



Cerambyx Linn. 



hirticornis. 8i. C. ater, thorace sexspinoso testaceo nigro macu- 

 lato, elytris testaceis dimidiato-nigris, anten- 

 nis barbatis. 



Long, Corp. lin. 11. 

 Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

 Affinis Cerambyci barhicorni. Corpus oblongum, subdepressum, 

 atrum. Caput suborbiculatiim : gula mandibulisque testaceis, 

 supra velutino-atruni : vitta media obscuriuscula fulvo-aurea. 

 Gence apice bidentatae : dente exteriori majori. AntenneE me- 

 diocres, atrae: articulis intermediis hirtis,subtus barbatis. Tho- 

 rax obtuse sexspinosus : spinis quatuor obtusis lateralibus, ante- 

 rioribus brevioribus, et unica utrinque postice in dorso, testace- 

 us : macula magna dorsali subtriangulari vittisque duabus late- 

 ralibus, nigris. Scutellum Viirnm. £/y/ra testacea : apice late 

 humerisque velutino-atris : linea dorsali elevata longitudinali 

 sinuata glabra apicem baud attingente. Femora basi testacea. 

 Sternum et Poststernum elevata obtusa : hoc antice excavato. 



Stenocorus Fabr. 

 hirtus. 85. St. piceo-aeneus, hirtus, thorace submutico, elytris 

 maculis duabus pallidis. 



Long. Corp. lin. II5. 

 Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 

 Corpus lineare, nigro-piceum, seneo tinctum, pilis cinereis longi- 



usculis 



