268 LONGICORNES. CERAMBYCIDiE. 



§ 4. Stirps 2. LONGICORNES Latreille. 



Fam. 51 Prionid^e. Eyes notched : labrum very small or obsolete : head 

 not narrowed behind into a neck : mand. large, robust : tho. transverse, 

 mostly toothed on the sides : body elongate, convex : ant. moderate, stout, 

 serrated in $ . 



Fam. 52 Cerambycidje. Eyes notched : labrum exserted, transverse : head 

 exserted, nutant : tho. somewhat cylindric, the lateral margin sometimes 

 spined : body long and flattish, occasionally rather convex : ant. very long, 

 never serrated. 



Fam. 53 Lepturid^e. Eyes entire, rounded, or very slightly notched : 

 labrum exserted, transverse : head nutant, with a distinct neck : tho. some- 

 what conical, narrowed in front, sometimes with a lateral spine : elytra 

 narrowed behind : ant. moderate. 



Fam. 51. PRIONID^ Leach. 

 ccccxxxii. Spondylis Tho. somewhat globose ; sides entire : ant. short, mo- 



niliform : leys short ; tibia somewhat serrated : elytra smooth, 

 ccccxxxiii. Prion us Tho. with the lateral margins acutely spined : ant. 



serrated, especially in $ : legs longish ; thighs and tibia compressed, the 



latter smooth : elytra rough. 



432 Spondylis Fabricius. 



2105 f buprestoides Fab. E. ii. 376. — Pz. F. xliv. f. 19. — Ste. M. iv. 

 226. — Black ; spotless ; very thickly and irregularly punctured ; elytra 

 each with 2 raised lines, which do not reach to the tip. (L. 71.) Wind- 

 sor Forest : 8. 



433 Prion us Geoff roy. 



2106 coriarius L. ii. 622. — Don. xiv. pi. 491. — Ste. M. iv. 226. — 

 Pitchy-black ; rather chestnut beneath ; thorax on each side with 3 acute 

 spines : elytra roughly punctured, and with 3 very obscure raised lines. 

 (L. <J 9 - 16 1. : $ 11 - 20 1.) Old trees : Coombe Wood Lane ; Hert- 

 ford ; Broxbourne ; Sevenoaks ; Cambridge ; Norwich ; Netley ; Ep- 

 ping ; Colchester ; Glamorganshire, &c. : 6. 



Fam. 52. CERAMBYCIDiE Kirby. 



ccccxxxiv. Cerambyx Elytra not shortened : eyes not divided : body convex ; 

 tho. transversely wrinkled ; its sides with a spine : middle tibia, simple : 

 ant. not spined, very long. 



ccccxxxv. Aromia Elytra not shortened : eyes undivided : body flat : tho. 

 tuberculated, and with a spine on each side ; tibia compressed, simple : 

 ant. glabrous, rather elongate. 



(ccccxxxvi. Purpuricenus Elytra not shortened: apex slightly truncate, the 

 angles a little prominent : eyes undivided : body flattish : tho. cylindric, 

 with 1 lateral tubercle: middle tibia simple: ant. glabrous, elongate.) 



ccccxxxvii. Monochamus Elytra not shortened : eyes undivided : body con- 

 vex, elongate-cylindric : tho. with a lateral spine : fore legs long ; middle 

 tibia 1 -toothed : anter. tarsi of $ hairy : ant. longer than the body, 

 glabrous. 



(ccccxxxviii. Eburia Elytra not shortened, truncate at the tip, the angles 

 prolonged into a spine ; disc with raised spots, resembling ivory : eyes un- 

 divided : body convex : tho. cylindric ; generally armed with 2 approxi- 

 mating dorsal spines or tubercles ; sides 1 -toothed: tibia simple: ant. 

 velvety.) 



(ccccxxxix. Elaphidion Elytra not shortened, linear, spinose at the tip: 



