^8^ TTJE CAPRICOXN', 



Genus XVI. — Ceramhyx. 'ihe Capricorn. 



1 flE tribe of cnpricorn beetles owe tlieir original to 

 larvae refembling foft (lender worms, whofe heads are 

 jTcalj, and who are provided with fix hard legs. Thefe 

 larvae, which produce a race of the moll beautiful infe£ls, 

 are in general white, and are found in the inner part of 

 trees, which they perforate for a double purpofe, that of 

 obtaining food and a retreat, while transformed into 

 chryfalids. It is from thefe cavities that the winged 

 Capricorn is feen ifTuing, as foon as it has completed its 

 lall change ; and in this a^t it is eafily caught. Many 

 of thefe infects emit a flrong fmell, which is felt at a 

 confiderable diflance j and when laid hold of, they utter 

 a cry, occafioned, as is fuppofed, by the fri£lion of the 

 thorax and abdomen. 



Cerambyx viridi-caerulefcens *. This fpecies is green, 

 with a mixture of azure blue ; the antennae are as long 

 as the body ; each fide of the thorax is furnifhed with a 

 iharp protuberance ; the wings are black, and the feet of 

 a refplendent blue. It frequents the leaves of the wil- 

 low, and, when approached, emits an agreeable flavour, 

 like that of the rofe f . 



* Fauna Swecica s^ Lifter, p. 584= f Regne Aniiaale, p. 1$^ 



