^HE V/OOD EEETLE. 3% 



Genus XVII Leptura. The Wood Beetle. 



X HE antennae of thefe infefls are fctaceous ; the elytra 

 diminifli in breadth towards their extremity ; and the 

 thorax is round and flender. The larvae of the wood 

 beetles are found, like thofe of the laft genus, in the per- 

 forated trunks of trees, and, like them, they devour the 

 pulverifcd wood when digging their retreat. 



Leptura arcuata. This is one of the mofl beautiful of 

 infe6LS ; when viewed with a microfcope, it appears like 

 velvet inlaid with pxecious (tones ; and if expofed to the 

 lays of the fun, it fhines with infinite fplendour. The 

 ground colour of this animal is a velvety black ; the 

 elytra are variegated with tranfverfe bars of a bright 

 flame colour, formed by ftreaks of down, of a refulgenl: 

 yellow *. 



3C2 

 f Barbutj p. 57. 



