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TRIBE IV. LAMIARLE. 



Last joint of the palpi ovate, and narrowed into a point to- 

 wards the end ; head vertical. 



This tribe is formed of the genus Lamia of Fabricius. The greater part of the 

 species inhabit woody countries, and the larvas burrow in the wood. 



Gen. ACROCINUS, ACANTHOCINUS, POGONOCHERUS, MONACHAMA, TE- 

 TRAOPUS, PARMENA, DORCADION, SAPERDA. 



Gen. SAPERDA, Lat. 



Head vertical, as broad as the thorax, flattened, body cylindri- 

 cal ; inferior lip straight, without notch or remarkable fissure ; 

 thorax cylindrical, without lateral spines ; antennas filiform, 

 arid terminating in an elongated joint. 



S. carcharias, Lat. (Cerambyx, Lin.) Cinereous or yellowish, 

 dotted with black ; antennae annulated with black and gray. 1 

 inch long. Inhabits woods in Europe. The larva is found on 

 the poplar Cuv. Reg. An. iii. 341. 



TRIBE V. LEPTURETJE. 



Antennae inserted beyond the eyes, which are entire or slightly 

 notched, but not narrow, elongated, or lunated ; head oval, 

 narrowed abruptly at the base ; thorax conical or trapezoidal ; 

 abdomen almost triangular ; antennae frequently approximat- 

 ed between the eyes. 



I. Head prolonged behind'the eyes, before the neck, and preserving the same breadth ; 

 eyes slightly notched ; antennas often short, and the joints nearly conical; abdo- 

 men more square than triangular. 



1 . Thorax without pointed tubercles on the sides. 



Gen. DESMOCERUS, VESPERUS. 



2. A pointed tubercle in form of a spine on the sides of the thorax. 



Gen. STENOCORUS, (Rhagium, Fab.) 



II. Head narrowed in the form of a neck immediately beyond the eyes; antennas 

 long, slender, with cylindrical joints ; abdomen almost triangular. 



Gen. TOXOTES, LEPTURA. 



Gen. LEPTURA, Lat. 



Body elongated ; head oval, sloping, narrowed posteriorly in 

 the form of a neck ; eyes entire or slightly notched, project- 

 ing ; antennae inserted between the eyes, filiform or setaceous, 

 and of various length ; palpi short, the last joint almost tri- 

 angular, compressed ; labium deeply bifid ; thorax conical, 

 narrower than the abdomen ; elytra as long as the abdomen ; 

 feet long. 



L. tomentosa, Fab. Black, with a yellowish down at the thorax ; 

 elytra cinereous, with the extremity black and truncated. Inha- 

 bits Europe, on flowers Lat. Nouv. Diet. xvii. 492. 



FAMILY V. EUPODA. 

 Body oblong ; antennae filiform, thickening towards the extre- 



