NECYDALIS. NECYDALIS. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna setaceae. 



seu angustiora. 



Cauda simplex. 



Antenna setaceous. 

 Wing - Sheaths smaller, 



shorter, or narrower than 



the wings. 

 Tail simple. 



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N this genus the thorax is narrow and rounded, 

 the body of a lengthened shape, and the wing- 

 shells generally smaller than the wings. One of 

 the most common species is the Necydalis minor > 

 an insect seen in fields and about hedges in the 

 summer months, and which has somewhat of the 

 habit of a small Cerambyx, but the wing-sheaths 

 are but half the length of the body, and are grey- 

 brown, each marked at the tip with a linear white 

 spot, the rest of the insect being black.. Its length 

 is rather more than a quarter of an inch. 



Necydalis ccerulea is a beautiful species. It is 

 about half an inch in length, and entirely of a 

 bright blue colour, sometimes greenish blue: the 

 wing-shells are of the length of the body, but 

 narrow, so as not to cover the sides of the wings; 

 and the hind-thighs are very thick. It is found in 

 woods during the summer months. 



