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PLATE CCCXCV. 



LEPTURA DORSALIS. 



YELLOW BROAD-BANDED LEPTURA. 



COLEOPETRA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fetaceous : head exferted : eyes roundifti, or oval and not 

 embracing the bafe of the antennae : thorax roundifti, attenuated in 

 front, and fometimes fpinous or toothed : body oblong. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Black : wing-cafes with a broad tranfverfe yellow band : tip and 

 two marginal fpots ferruginous. 



Leptura dop.salis: nigra, elytris flavo-fafciatis : apice macu- 

 lifque duabus marginalibus ferrugineis. Marjh. Ent. 

 Brit. T.l.p.343.7. 



Leptura dorfdlis was firft difcovered near Manchefter, by Mr. 

 Philips, of that place. It is a rare infect:, and feldom -to be 

 met with in Englifh cabinets. Mr. Marftiam defcribes the male as 

 being eight lines in length, and the female ten. 



This is a very elegant fpecies, and has not been figured by any 

 author. 



vol. xi. O FIG. 



