CEEOPLESIS BICINCTA. 29 



FAM. LAMIIDJE. 



CEROPLESIS BICINCTA, Fab. (Fig. 14.) 

 Lamia bicincta, Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 145. 

 L. caffra, Thunb. Mus. Nat. Ups. iv. p. 58, t. 1, f. 1. 

 Cerambyx continuus, Oliv. Ent. iv. 67, p. 123, t. 23, f. 7. 

 C. orientalis, Herbst, Fiissl. Arch. vii. p. 168, t. 45, f. 10. 

 Ceroplesis thunbergii, Fahrs. Ofvers. Kongl. Ak. Forhl. 



1872, 2, p. 41. 

 C. sumptuosa, Pasc. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4, xv. p. 66. 



FIG 14. Ceroplesis bicincta. 



Willow Beetle. 



Oblong, subcylindrical ; dull black, with sparse short 

 yellowish-grey hairs ; thorax black or covered with a 

 deep red or claret-coloured tomentum ; elytra slightly 

 metallic, or greenish black, with two narrow red bands 

 dividing them transversely into three nearly equal parts ; 

 the apex generally with a marginal band or spot of the 

 same colour. The head is coriaceous, flattened in front 

 and slightly rugulose ; the antennae are each inserted in 

 a large obtuse prominence between the eyes, and divided 



