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fascicles or tufts of hair with which stvera of the 

 ii'-ierniediate joints of the antennae are garnished. 

 The species represented has the five lowest joints 

 thickly clothed with these hairs, which are of a black 

 colour; the apex of the joints and the six naked ones 

 e; She extremity are yellow. The head and thorax 

 are also yellow, the latter having a few spots of 

 black on the sides, which are armed with a strong 

 spine and several tubercles. The elytra are varie- 

 gated with black and reddish yellow. The middle 

 of the abdomen is yellow, and the legs are entirely 

 of that colour. It is a native of Cayenne, and not 

 of Asia, as erroneously stated by Linnaeus and Fab- 

 ricius. 



The next important tribe of the long-horned 

 beetles that presents itself to our notice, is that 

 named LAMIARI^, in which the head is nearly ver- 

 tical, the palpi almost filiform, and terminating ir 

 an oval joint, which tapers to a point. The outer 

 lobe of the under aws is narrowed at the extremity, 

 and curved upon the inner one. The most re- 

 markable insect belonging to the tribe is that 

 named 



