cerambycid^e. 125 



3. Ploc^derus Batus. B.M. 



Cerambyx Batus, L. Syst. Nat. ii. 625. 



Oliv. Col. iv. 10. t. 5. f. 32. 

 Cerambj-x datus, L. Mus. Lud. Ulr. Reg. p. 69. 

 Hamaticherus Batus, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 16. 

 Plocaederus militaris, Dej. Cat. p. 347. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



4. Plocederus Patruelis. B.M. 



Plocaederus Patruelis, Dej. Cat. p. 34/. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. S. America. 



5. Ploc^derus Carthagen.^. B.M. 



Plocaederus Cai'thagenae, Guer. MSS. 

 Hab. Columbia (Coll. Goudot). 



68. HAMMATICHERUS. 



Hammaticherus, Meg. Dej. Cat. p. 347. 

 Hamaticherus, Stepk. Brit. Ent. iii. 228. 



Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 15. 

 Pachydissus, p., Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 

 Cerambyx, p., L. 



1. Hammaticherus viridipennis. B.M. 



H. nigro-fuscus, elytris latiusculis seneo-virescentibus, antennis 

 pedibusque fen-ugineis, thorace transversim undulato-strigato 

 litera W supra inscripta. 



H. viridipenuis, Hope ? Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, p. 366. 



Of a deep blackish browTi, beneath with a sHghth" greyish 

 pubescence. Thorax spined on the sides in the middle, on the 

 back transversely striated and grooved, the sti-iae waved ; four 

 short inscribed Imes on the back form the letter W. Scutellum 

 black, somewhat pointed, covered with short hairs. Eljtra 

 smooth, shiuing, of a brassy green hue, ti'uncated at the tip with 

 two shght teeth. Antennae and legs ferruginous ; basal joint of 

 antennffi bent and punctured in fi'ont ; third and fom-th joints 

 cylindrical, thickened at the end ; fifth and following joints with 

 the inner edge dilated and pointed tiiangularly at the tip so as 

 to be considerably serrated. 



Length IH hues. 

 Hab. Sierra Leone (Rev. D. F. Morgan). 



