154 CERAMBYCID^. 



appear to be attached to temperate and cold countries, and are mostly, 

 if not entirely, found in Coniferse. 



The larva and pupa of T. gabrieli are described and figured by Mr. 

 Orawshay (Trans. Ent. Soc. l'JU7, 194, 202, PI. xx.). The larva is a 

 white fleshy grub with a small head and a large and broad prothoracic 

 segment, the two succeeding segments being vei*y short ; it is widest in 

 front, narrowed in the middle and gradually widened towards apex ; 

 the surface is scantily clothed throughout with short hairs ; scansorial 

 prominences are present on the ventral surface of the abdominal 

 segments ; the legs are small and somewhat corneous ; the apical 

 segment of the abdomen on its dorsal surface has two very small 

 corneous tubercles, which appear after the third month ; these are 

 useful as distinguishing the larva from its very near ally Asemum and 

 also from Criocephalus. 



The pupa has the whole dorsal surface, the ventral surface of the 

 abdomen and the apex of the femora sparingly furnished with short 

 spines, which, on the dorsal surface of the abdominal segments, are 

 arrayed chiefly in small groups, one on either side of the median line ; 

 and the apical segment of the abdomen terminates in two strong spines 

 curved inwards towards one another. These, as Mr. Orawshay (I.e. 202) 

 points out, provide the pupa with a firm hold on the wood and admit of 

 an active rotatoi'y movement as it lies vertically in its cell. 



T. gabrieli, Weise (Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr, 1905, 136) ; var. 

 crawshayi. Sharp (Ent. Mo. Mag, xli. (2 Ser. xvi.) 1905, 271); T. 

 fuscum, Sharp and others [nee F.) (Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxix. (2 Ser. xiv.) 

 1903, 198, 228) ; T. castanei^n, Newbery and others {nee L.) (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. xl. (2 Ser. xv.) 1901, 86 ; xli. (2 Ser. xvi.) 1905, 69) ; T. luridum, 

 var. ? Sharp {nee L.) (Ent. Mo. Mag. xli. (2 Ser. xvi.) 1905, 273) ; T. 

 pareum, Sharp (Ent. Mo. Mag. xli. (2 Ser. xvi.) 1905, 272). Colour 

 and size variable, black or pitchy black, or more or less castaneous, or 

 black with the elytra lighter or darker fuscous ] head and thorax more 

 or less shiny, the former narrower than the latter, not deeply sunk in 

 the thorax, rather strongly punctured in front, more closely behind ; 

 antennae lighter or darker pitchy or reddish, robust and slightly tapering ; 

 thorax varying in length and also in sculpture, the punctuation being 

 stronger in front than behind, duller at sides which are punctate- 

 gi^anulate, basal maigin more or less distinctly, sometimes obsoletely, 

 raised, with moi-e or less defined smaller areas, longitudinal channel 

 distinct, sides sti^ongly rounded ; scutellum channelled ; elytra dull, 

 more or less depressed, very finely sculptured with more or less distinct 

 raised lines, and with fine silky yellowish-white fugitive pubescence 

 towards base, which is very evident in freshly emerged specimens ; 

 legs I'obust, pitchy or red ; underside pubescent. 



Male with the joints of the front taisi and the femora broader, and 

 with the antennas longer than in the female. L. 10-16 mm. 



One specimen was first introduced by Dr. Sharp (Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 1903, 198) under the name of 1\ fuscum, F,, as having been taken on 



