288 Mr. Fagg on an Insect found in the wood ef a Table. 
An Tr. &.—.Iceount of an Insect of the Guns Urocerus, 
which came out we the Wood of a Table. By Mr. Joun 
 Foceo, Leith.* 
‘Tre insect Lam about to deseribe i is a species of Urocerus, 
and is quite distinct from the U. gigas, the only British spe- 
cies which has any resemblance to it. It protraded from a 
folding table of fir, veneered with mahogany. When the in- 
sect was discovered, the table had. been folded for some 
days ; and what first excited observation, was.a large quan- 
tity of very fine dust which covered the whole of the under 
eaf. On examination, it was found to have proceeded from 
a hole in the upper leaf, and to have been occasioned by the 
insect, im attempting to escape from its confinement, It had 
penetra ed the under leaf to the depth of 1 of an inch. _ For- 
tunately, the table was in the possession of Mr. Robert 
trong, pater a gentleman who could well appreciate the 
value of the ineident. Mr. Strong carefully removed the 
spent from its cell, and found it dead, no doubt cy aor an 
the circulation of air in the room recoilin upon itt 
a its alae esontions bad ma de. Hav “f ng ta 
s, he ucceeded, as now to have 
tolecable wee a pedicerations with the dicen of the 
antennae and palpi, which gave way in the process. See 
Plate IV. Fig..9. ie isin length rather more than an inch, 
exclusive of the horn-like process which gives the generic 
name, and is two lines long. hen the animal was dis- 
covered, the antennae were reflected, iying close to the back, 
and reached to the anterior of the last segment of the abdo- 
‘men. One of the palpi is still attached to the head ; it is of 
a yellow colour, increasing in thickness towards the tip. 
The head is rather compressed than globular, with a large 
yellow protuberance behind each eye. The throat, trank, 
and part of the head are eovered with short stiff brown hairs 
: scutellum is ovato-acuminated, of a dark brown colour ; 
the thighs and entering segments of ‘the abdomen are also of a 
brown colour, the rest yellow. The i extends about 
_ three lings j Davond the extremity of the horn 
Within these few years, several instances exactly similar 
fee have been published, but as yet no satisfactory 
on has been given, By : some naturalists, they I have 
* From DE Brewster's ‘Edinbuigh Journal of Science, No. HL p. 85. 
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