ORDER COU HA. 



1 1 >5 



and cities. Th< in all from - of thi> 



family. 



Family Cerambycid* 11. nized b) their 



usually long antenna;, l>y their large, broad usuall) 



tical and distinct tibial spurs. While the Chrys< r the 



s, i lie trunks of trees arc tunnelled and finall) destroyed by the 

 imily, called I" The be< ties tbi 



remarkable for their large size, ricb colors, and eleganl f( rn 



in known, the must beautiful om the trop 



: 8 Lan nfur 



- :-• view, natural - i 



the bead, <'u plai 



lar_ 



ginning with Saperda, we recall the app] 



. which destroys living, especially y< 

 female laying her eggs by making gashes in th< 

 the larva boring upwards into the wood, as it h 

 age. ",■■'.' - s °l 



hickory, etc., then gnawing througb the 1 : ' ,:it i1k " 



branch afterwards becomes brok« n off by the « 



