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fascicles or tufts of hair with which several of the 

 intermediate joints of the antennae are garnished. 

 The species represented has the five lowest joints 

 thickly clothed with these hairs, which are of a black 

 colour; the apex of the joints and the six naked ones 

 at the extremity are yellow. The head and thorax 

 are also yellow, the latter having a few spots of 

 black on the sides, which are armed with a strong 

 spine and several tubercles. The elytra are varie- 

 gated with black and reddish yellow. The middle 

 of the abdomen is yellow, and the legs are entirely 

 of that colour. It is a native of Cayenne, and not 

 of Asia, as erroneously stated by Linnaeus and Fab- 

 ricius. 



The next important tribe of the long-horned 

 beetles that presents itself to our notice, is that 

 named Lamiarle, in which the head is nearly ver- 

 tical, the palpi almost filiform, and terminating in 

 an oval joint, which tapers to a point. The outer 

 lobe of the under jaws is narrowed at the extremity, 

 and curved upon the inner one. The most re- 

 markable insect belonging to the tribe is that 

 named 



