98 ' CERAMBYCID^E. 



3. Heterops maculosus. B.M. 



H. capite rufo, femoribus miniaceis, antennis tibiis tarsisque 

 nigro-fuscis ; thorace elytrisque fusco-sericeis, elytris singulis 

 maculis duabus geminatis eburneis, una basali, altera mediana. 



Cerambyx maculosus*, Oliv. Col. iv. 46. t. 21. f. 165. 

 Stenocorus maculosus, Fabr. S. El. ii. 308. 

 H. erythrocephalus, Chevr. Coll. 



Head rufous, femora vermilion, antennas, tibiae and tarsi of a 

 blackish brown ; thorax punctured on the sides and on the mid- 

 dle, covered more or less thickly with pubescence, two slight dorsal 

 and two similar lateral warts, the latter sometimes obsolete. 

 Elytra punctured on the shoulder, each with two large ivory- 

 like spots divided by a line down the middle, rest of elytra 

 covered with silky ash-coloured pubescence, with yellowish re- 

 flections on back part of elytra, the base and round the spots 

 brown, under side closely covered with a brownish ash-coloured 

 pubescence. 



Length from 5 to 8 lines. 

 Hab. Jamaica (Coll. Gosse). 



43. ORION. 



Orion, Dej. Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) hi. 229. 

 Blanch. Hist, des Ins. ii. 146. 



1. Orion Lachesis. B.M. 



Orion Lachesis, Blanch. D' Orbigny, V Aimer. Mer. vii. 209. t. 22. 



f. 1. 

 Orion Patagonus, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) hi. 229. 

 Hab. Bolivia; Patagonia (Coll. Bridges). 



2. Orion brunneus. 



Orion brunneus, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) hi. 229. 

 Hab. Patagonia. 



44. DIDYMOCANTHA. 



Didymocantha, Newman, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 20. 

 Strongylurus, Hope, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. 



* As the description of Olivier seems to be derived from a rather dull 

 specimen, the above, which is taken from fine recently caught ex- 

 amples in the Museum Collection, may be regarded as not altogether 

 unnecessary. 



