WASP BEETLE. 153 



The colour of this species is black, with three 

 yellow bands across the elytra, and a yellow patch 

 at their tips, so that the insect has a very waspish 

 look, and is popularly known as the WASP BEETLE. 

 The similitude is increased by its fussy mode of 

 walking, and the perpetual movement of its antennae, 

 and, as it crawls in and out of the foliage on 

 hedges, it has so very wasp-like a look that few 

 persons, except . they be entomologists, like to touch 

 it. In its larval state it burrows into wood, and 

 emerges somewhere about midsummer. It is fond 

 of frequenting flowers, and can be taken in almost 

 any quantity. Being rather variable in the hue of its 

 markings as well as in size, a series ought to be taken 

 for the cabinet. 



THE last Longicorn Beetle which space will allow 

 us to describe is known by the name of Strangalia 

 armata. In this genus the thorax is without spines, 

 is narrow in front and flattened 

 above. The body is very narrow 

 and almost pointed behind. The 

 front of the head is rather length- 

 ened. The present species has the 

 ends of the elytra deeply cut, so as 

 to form a rounded notch with 

 toothed edges, and the male can 

 be recognised by two conspicuous 

 tooth-like processes on the inner 



j r ,1 1-1 ^.-T.- r\ Strangalia armata. 



side of the hinder tibiae. Owing to 



these peculiarities, the specific name of armata^ or 



' armed/ has been given to the Beetle. In colour and 



