Mr. A. \\'hite un some Coleupteroun Insects. 



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of joints ciliated with ferruginous hairs. Abdomen somewhat squa- 

 moso-verrucose beneath, a pit behind each scale-Uke wart, with a 

 short hair proceeding from it. 



Note. The figures were drawni on wood by Miss E. Wing, and are 

 of the size of nature. 



Family Lamiad.«. 



Among the Lamioid Longicorns there is a genus containing many 

 finely coloured African species. The genus Tragocephula, Dnpont 

 (Dej. Cat. p. 638), was first briefly characterized by Laporte in his 

 'Animaux articulces,' tome ii. p. -1/2. 



Tragocephala NOUiLis. Lamia nobilis, Fabr. S. El. ii. 297; 

 Ohv. t. 11. f. Id; also described by Fabricius as Saperda Iceta, 

 1. c. p. 318. Sierra Leone. (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Tragocephala Formosa. Ceramhyx forrnosvs, Oliv. t. 20. 



