172. 

 LAMIA NUBILA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cerambycidae Lai., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Cerambyx Textor Linn. 



Lamia Fab., Lat., Panz., Sam. — Cerambyx Linn., Oliv., Marsh. 



Antenna inserted on each side the crown of the head, upon the 

 interior margin of the eyes ; as long or longer than the body, 

 setaceous, sometimes ciUated, 11-jointed, 1st joint long, very 

 robust, 2nd small, 3rd generally the longest, the remainder de- 

 creasing in length to the last which is longer than the antecedent 

 one (fig. 6). 



Labrum exserted, obcordate, truncated at the base, scabrous and 

 pilose ( 1 ) , 



Mandibles short, robust, subtrigonate, slightly bent and a little 

 produced or sinuatedon the internal margin (2), 

 Maxilla small, pilose, bilobed, thickly ciliated ; superior lobe 

 obovate. Palpi longer than the maxillae, 4-jointed, basal joint 

 short, 2nd and 3rd rather robust, of equal length, subpyriform, 

 4th the longest, subfusiform, truncated (3). 

 Mentum small transverse rigid pilose and elevated at the base. 

 Lip as broad as the mentum, suborbicular, very pubescent at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base. Palpi short, inserted towards the 

 middle of the lip, 3-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd robust cla- 

 vate, 3rd robust subovate (4). 

 Head short, vertical. Eyes lateral, narrow, emarginate on the internal 

 side next the antennce (7*, the head in profile). Thorax as broad 

 or broader than the head, cylindric, sometimes spinedon each side (9). 

 Scutellum minute. Wings ? 2. Coleoptra broader than the thorax, 

 convex, elongate oval. Legs robust. Thighs scarcely clavate. Tibiae 

 simple, clavate truncate. Tarsi 4-jointed, 3 first joints broad with 

 cussions beneath, the \st and 2nd joints short, 3rd bilobed, terminal 

 joint long clavate. Claws short. Pulvilli none (5, afore leg). 



NuBiLA Gmel. 1832. 72. Marsh. 332. 13.— nebulosa Fab. Ent. Syst. ]. 

 pars 2. 277. 3S. 



Dark ochre, pubescent. Head not punctured, with 4 short black 

 stripes on the crown : eyes black. Thorax subquadrate, not 

 spined, coarsely and sparingly punctured, with 4 black stripes 

 down the back. Scutellum orange, black on the sides. Elytra 

 sparingly and coarsely punctured with black, an interrupted 

 white fascia across the middle, partially margined with black, 4 

 white spots surrounded with black near the scutellum and several 

 others and 2 black sinuated strigse towards the apex. Antennae 

 ciliated on the external side, castaneous, basal joint variegated 

 with white, 3rd joint whitish at the base, the remainder with the 

 basal half pearly white, excepting the last joint which is entirely 

 white. Thighs and Tibiae ochraceous variegated with black. Tarsi 

 black, 1st, 2nd and 4th joints white at their base. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Raddon and the Author. 



