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CERAMBYCID^E. 



224. LEPTOCERA. 



Leptocera, Dej., Latr.. Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 109. 

 Cerambyx, p., Fabr. 



1. Leptocera scripta. B.M. 



L. thorace inermi, nigro ; lineis duabus albis, elytris obscure- 

 cyaneis ; lineolis fasciaque media abbreviate compressis, 

 cinereis. 



Cerambyx scriptus, Fabr. S. El. ii. 280. 



Cerambyx ccelatus, Oliv. Col. iv. p. 99. pi. 11. f. 79 2 , pi. 12. 



f. 79 b e . 

 Lamia intemrpta, Oliv. Enc. Meth. 58. 

 Saperda scripta, Schcenh. Syn. Ins. i. 3. p. 420. 

 Leptocera scripta, Dej. Cat. p. 360. 



Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 109. 

 Hab. Isle of France. 



2. Leptocera graphica. 



L. supra aenea ; thorace nigricante, punctato, subcylindrico, 

 lineis quatuor albicantibus ; elytris punctatis maculis tribus 

 impressis suturaque postice albicantibus ; antennis pedibusque 

 nigris, femorurn basi testacea. 



Leptocera graphica, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. ii. p. 511. pi. 9. f. 17- 

 Hab. Vanikoro, Australia. 



3. Leptocera Helena, n. s. PI. VIII. f. 8. B.M. 



L. viridis metallica ; antennis runs, capite pedibusque violaceis, 

 tarsis albidis, thorace pilis flavidis confertis bivittato, elytris 

 singulis truncatis apice, vitta impressa longitudinali a basi 

 ultra medium, pilis flavidis confertis; vittaque altera simili 

 apicali sed angustiore ad suturam. 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Of a deep metallic-green ; head violet ; canthus of the eye 

 and a patch behind each eye thickly covered with short close 

 yellowish hair ; thorax on each side with an impressed vitta 

 running from the front to the hinder margin and filled with 

 closely lying yellowish hairs ; this vitta is bent a little inwardly 

 on the hind margin ; scutellum impressed down the middle. 

 Elytra with scattered punctures, a longitudinal impressed vitta 

 down the middle of each, from the base to beyond the middle, 

 filled with closely lying yellowish hairs ; another narrower vitta 

 immediately behind it, close to the suture, widest in front ; apex 



