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b. Antennae slender ; not pilose. 



Sp. 4. nebulosus, Fusco-niger, ciner eo-puhescens, elytris griseis punctisfasciisque 

 nigris, apice attenucitis, antennis ciner eo-nigroque annulatis. (Long. corp. 

 2f-4i lin.) 



Ce. nebulosus. LinnL—Don. xi. pi. 394. — Po. nebulosus. Ste-ph. Catal. 197. 

 No. 2023. 



Fuscous-Zi/acAr, with a short ashy-pubescence : thorax with a short spine on each 

 side, the disc cinereous, spotted with black : elytra rather convex, with the 

 apex a little attenuated, gi-iseous, the base and apex rather thickly sprinkled 

 with black dots, and sometimes the suture, having a rather distinct pale fascia 

 a little before the middle, which is bordered on each side with a waved black 

 band, most distinct behind: antennae long, slender, glabrous, the articulations 

 rusty-ash at the base, black at the apex. 



Extremely variable in the clouding on the elytra, as well as in size. 



Not uncommon, during the summer months, amongst dead branches 

 in whitethorn hedges, and in woody places. " Monk's-wood, Hunt- 

 ingdonshire." — C. C. Babingto?i, Esq. " Rose-castle." — T. C. 

 Heysham, Esq. " York and Newcastle." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 

 " Epping."— Mr. Douhleday. " Raehills."— i2gt;. W. Little. 



Genus CCCLXXII. — Lamia, Auctorum. 



Palpi short, the terminal joint of the maxillary subfusiform, truncate; of the 

 labial subovate, acuminate. Antennce shorter than the body, robust, the basal 

 joint very stout, elongate, attenuated at the base, second nodose, third elon- 

 gate, the remainder gradually diminishing in length to the tip, the terminal 

 joint being somewhat longer than the preceding : head large, nutant, exserted : 

 thorax convex, with a very acute spine on each side : body very convex and 

 robust: elytra rugose, convex, entire: legs stout: intermediate tibia; com- 

 pressed, with a stout cihated tooth without; posterior with an obsolete tooth, 

 and ciliated towards the apex. 



With the exception of Prionus coriarius, the only indigenous 

 species of the present genus is the most bulky and conspicuous of 

 the family, and may be at once recognized by its abbreviated robust 

 antennae, acutely and stoutly spined. thorax, convex rugged upper 

 surface, and uniformly dingy black tint of body, and by its short, 

 stout legs, of which the intermediate tibise have a strong denticula- 

 tion on the middle of their outer edge, and the posterior are ciliated 

 towards the apex, 



Sp. 1. Textor. Nigra opaca, thorace ruguloso, elytris granulatis. (Long. corp. 

 6—15 lin.) 



