750. 

 RHAGIUM INQUISITOR. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Lepturidae. 



Type of the Genus, Leptura Inquisitor Linn. 



Rhagivm Fab., GylL, Serv., Curt. — Stenocorus Oliv. — Leptura L/wm., 

 Lat., Mars. 



Antenna not longer than the thorax, inserted in the middle of 

 the face, between the eyes, approximating, filiform, 11 -jointed, 

 basal joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd small, cup-shaped, 3rd 

 oblong, 4th rather shorter, 5th longer than the 3rd, three fol- 

 lowing as long as the 3rd, the remainder decreasing in size, 

 the apical joint ovate-conic (6). 



Labrum semiorbicular, densely ciliated and hairy, the centre 

 sharply notched (1). 



Mandibles strong and trigonate, the apex clawed, inner margin 

 sinuated, with a long space densely ciliated (2). 

 MaxillcE terminated by 2 small lobes, the inner one strongly ci- 

 liated and woolly at the apex, the other surrounded by a large 

 woolly brush. Palpi rather short stout and 4-jointed, basal 

 joint pyriform, 2nd a little longer, 3rd scarcely so long, both cla- 

 vate, 4th the longest, clavate-truncate (3). 

 Mentum transverse, semi-ovate, hairy. Lip large, bilobed, 

 being cleft nearly to the base, densely ciliated. Palpi short 

 elavate, triarticulate, seated at the base of the lip, remote, basal 

 joint small, 2nd larger with a few long hairs, both subpyriform, 

 3rd much the largest, somewhat hatchet- shaped (4). 

 Head rather large, orbicular-quadrate, the base suddenly narroioed into 

 a small neck : eyes very remote from the base, nearly lateral and 

 ovate, slightly concave inside, rather small but prominent. Thorax 

 cylindric, constricted before, sides convex at the middle, each produ- 

 cing a triangular spine .• scutel semioval. Elytra twice as broad as 

 the thorax, elliptic, truncated at the base, slightly tapering, the apex 

 rounded : ovipositor long and slender. Wings ample. Legs long 

 and robust : thighs stout, a little incrassated at the middle, slender 

 at the base : tibiae simple, elavate, with short spurs at the apex : 

 tarsi not long but broad, 4-jointed, basal joint obovate-truncate , 2nd 

 semiovate-lunate, Zrd bilobed, 4th elavate, with an obscure scape or 

 joint at the base : claws small and acute {5f hind leg). 



Inquisitor Linn. — Curt. Guide Gen. 413. 2. 



Black, densely clothed with very short ochreous pubescence ; 

 antennae silky : head and thorax punctured, the former with a 

 fine channel down the crown : elytra coarsely punctured, 

 speckled with black, 2 elevated lines on each side of the suture 

 vanishing at the base and towards the apex, 2 curved deep 

 ochreous fasciae across the middle, interrupted at the suture, 

 with a deep black ovate spot between them on each side. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The LepturidjE form a much smaller tribe than the Ceram- 

 bycidiE, to which they are nearly allied. Their larvae are in- 

 ternal feeders, and the species belonging to the group before 



