738. 

 AROMIA MOSCHATA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cerambycidae. 



Type of the Genus, Cerambyx Moschatus Linn. 

 Aromia Serv. — Cerambyx Linn., Fab., Curt. — Stenocorus Fab. 



Antennte inserted close to the inner margin of the eyes, longer 

 than the insect in the male, shorter in the female, tajiering, 

 channeled beneath, pubescent and 11-jointed, basal joint the 

 stoutest, obovate, 2nd small and cup-shaped, 3rd long clavate- 

 truncate, slightly produced externally at the apex, as well as a 

 few of the following, which decrease in length, apical joint the 

 longest and tapering in the male (6), scarcely longer than the 

 10th in the female. 



Labrum porrected, transverse, pocket-shaped, the margins thin 

 and transparent, deeply emarginate before, with a few long 

 bristles (1). 



Mandibles moderate, porrected, elongate-trigonate, the apex 

 but slightly pointed, ciliated internally, one having a single 

 tooth (2), the other with 2 on the inside. 



Maxillae terminated by a long narrow lobe, extending beyond 

 the mandibles, dilated and ovate at the apex and densely hairy, 

 internal lobe long, elliptical and densely hairy. Palpi not 

 longer than the lobe, attached to a projecting shoulder, 4-joint- 

 ed, basal joint elongate funnel-shaped, the apex dilated and 

 membranous, 2nd and 3rd very short and cup-shaped, 4th 

 the longest and largest, oval, the apex compressed (3). 

 Mentum semihexagonal. PalpiTanch larger than the maxillary, 

 attached to 2 approximating scapes at the anterior margin of 

 the mentum ; triarticulate, basal joint short and funnel-shaped, 

 the margin membranous, 2nd long, stout, elongate-trigonate, 

 3rd considerably the largest, clavate and compressed. Lip large 

 membranous, subcordate and hairy (4). 

 Head slightly drooping (7* the profile), subobovate, not narrowed at 

 the base, the forehead elevated. Eyes profoundly emarginate inter- 

 nally to receive the antenna. Thorax ovate-truncate, uneven, with 

 a conical spine on each side at the middle, where it is much broader 

 than the head: scutel triangular. Elytra completely covering the 

 abdomen, long and linear, the apex rounded. Wings ample. Legs 

 stout, a little compressed : thighs clavate, hinder the longest : tibiae, 

 anterior short, velvety on the inside, hinder long compressed and 

 curved at the apex, spurs very minute : tarsi rather broad, densely 

 pilose beneath, A-jointed, 2 basal joints obtrigonate, \st elongated in 

 the hinder, 3rd joint bilobed, 4th clavate : claws short and acute 

 (5, afore leg). 



MoscHATA Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 402, 1. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



