CERAMBYX. CERAMBYX. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna attenuate. 

 Thorax spinosus aut gibbus. 



Elytra sublinearia. 

 Corpus oblongum. 



Antenna slender and gra- 

 dually attenuated. 



Thorax either spiny or 

 bulging. 



Wing-Sheaths sublinear. 



Body oblong. 



JL HE genus Cerambyxis of vast extent, compre- 

 hending many insects of the most extraordinary 

 appearance, and of a size superior to any in the 

 order Coleoptera except those of the genus Scara- 

 baeus. Their larvae are chiefly found in decayed 

 trees, and resemble those of the Beetle, but are of 

 a more lengthened form. 



Among the most singular species may be num- 

 bered the Cerambyx longimanus or long-limbed 

 Cerambyx, measuring about three inches in length 

 from head to tail : the wing-sheaths are beset with 

 a very fine down, and are most elegantly varied 

 with red, black, and yellow, in the form of stripes, 

 disposed in various directions: the fore-legs are 

 of excessive length, very strong, and of a black 

 colour, with broad red bars: the antennae are long 

 and black. This species is elegantly figured by 



