and Species of Longicorns. 279 



Bleimsanis. 

 (Phytci ciina;.) 



Caput anticc convcxum. inter oculos sulcatum ; labrum brcvo, traiis- 

 vcrsuui. Oculi profuiido cinarjiinati. yintentup corpovo lonp;ioros, 

 apicera versus sciisim incrassatie ; saipo bro\iusculo, articulis 

 tortio et 8C(|uentibus cyliudricis, subacqualibus, ultimo apicc ob- 

 tuse. Prothorax cyliiub'icus (in B. collari in medio tumidus), 

 Scntelhnn scmicircularis. Kliftni supra ])Ianata, prothorace basi 

 multo latiora, apicibus rotundatis. Fides modiocres vol brevius- 

 culi ; unfjuicxli valide dontati. Fro- et mcsostenta simplicia. 

 Abdomen cylindricum, eegmeiitis fero aqualibus. Processus iiitcr- 

 coxalis vix distinctus. 



I have already brietiy pointed out the cliaractcrs of tliis 

 genus as distinguislied from Ghnea (Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3. 

 iii. p. 365, note). ]\I. Lacordairc })laces it in the Phytoeciinas, 

 separating it from Glenea, Avhicli forms the Last " (jroujJe^^* of 

 his " Lamiides ^i-aies," tlie " Phytreciides " being the first 

 " (/i'oupe^^ of the " Phytcx'ciides vraies." The latter are di- 

 stinguished by their toothed, or cleft, claws ; but as scA^eral of 

 the Gleneas have the same kind of claws, and all the species 

 are very intimately connected, I do not think this arrangement 

 a happy one. The type of the genus is Sajjerda Jioliemam', 

 Pase., with which S. erythaca is congeneric. Tlie following 

 are all very distinct species, and, like the two preceding, are 

 natives of South Africa. 



Blejnsanis porosa. 



B. nigra, pube ochracea dense vcstita, nigro-punctata ; capitc tenuiter 

 punctulato ; antennis uigris, subtilissimc pubcscentibus ; protho- 

 race transverso, disco maculis denudatis nigris notato ; elytris 

 concinno sat confertim seriatim punctatis ; corpore infra dense 

 ochraceo-pubescente ; segraentis tribus intermediis abdominis 

 utrinque macula deuudata signatis. Long. 8 lin. 



Ilah. Natal. 



Blejnsanis fervida. 



B. subtiliter pubescens, capite prothoraccquo rubris, confertim punc- 

 tatis ; antennis nigris, subtilissime pubesccntibus ; scutcllo magis 



* Lacordaire regards the Longicorns as forming one family, but tliinks 

 that their piimary groups ought to be elevated to the rank of subfamilies. 

 This rank of subfamily is here used for the first time. In the secondary 

 division the "Prionides -vrais" and " Cerambycides vrais" have no 

 "trtbiis," but are simply divided into '^ ffroupes." The " Lamiides,^' 

 having no aberrant forms so called, are divided into four " tribus.''' This 

 explanation is necessary, as I consider these " ffroupes," taking them one 

 with another, fully equivalent to the " tribus '" of the previous volumes, 

 and, like the latter, I treat them as subfamilies. 



