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small points, one on each side in fi'ont of it. Thorax with two 

 transverse lines, one near the anterior and the other the posterior 

 margin ; both these margins are ciliated with ferruginous hairs ; 

 the back of the thorax is scabrous. Scutellum with a hne down 

 the middle, the centre minutely punctured, the margin smooth. 

 Elytra with the part about the shoulder somewhat rough, from 

 punctures which run into each other ; general surface as in A. 

 maculatus, pitted, the edges of each pit with short radiating lines. 

 Under surface of thorax covered with ferruginoiis hairs ; under 

 side of abdomen smooth, reddish brown. 



Length 42 hnes. 

 Hah. Fernando Po. 



34. PRIONUS. 



Prionus, p., Fabr. 

 Cerambyx, p., L. 

 Hussarus, p., Voet. 



1. Prionus coriarius. B.M. 



Cerambyx coriarius, L. Syst. Nat. u. 622. 

 Prionus coriarius, Fabr. S. EL ii. 260. 



Panz. F. I. G. 9. f. 8. 



Oliv. iv. t. l.f. 1. 



Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iii. 32. 



Steph. Illustr. iv. 226 ; Man. 268. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. xvi. pi. 476. 



Mulsant, Col. de France, i. 21. 

 Hussarus Germanicus, Voet. Col. iii. t. 3. f. 9. 

 Cerambyx Prionus, Derjeer, Ins. v. 59. t. 3. f. 5. , 



R(Esel, ii. pi. 1. f. 1, 2 ^^ ? ; pi. 2. f. 4 larva, f. 6 pupa. 

 Hob. Europe (British Islands). 



2. Prionus brevicornis. B.M. 



Prionus brevicornis, Fabr. S. E. ii. 260. 

 Cerambyx laticoUis, Drury, III. i. t. 37. f. 2. 

 Hab. N. America. 



3. Prionus l^vigatus. B.M. 



Prionus Isvigatus, Harris, Trans. Nat. Hist. Sac. Hartford, 83. 



Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. n. ser. ii. 109. 

 Hab. N. America (U. States; Canada). 



4. Prionus Californicus. B.M. 

 Prionus Californicus, Motchoulsky, Bull. Moscou, 1845, p. 89. 



t. 2. f. 9. 

 Hab. California. 



