CERAMBYCID^E. 125 



3. Plocederus Batus. B.M. 



Cerambvx Batus, L. Syst. Nat. ii, 625. 



Olio. Col. iv. 10. t. 5. f. 32. 

 Cerambyx datus, L. Mus. Lud. Ulr. Reg. p. 69. 

 Hamaticheras Batus, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 16. 

 Plocaederus militaris, Dej. Cat. p. 347. 

 Hah. Brazil. 



4. Plocaederus Patruelis. B.M. 



Plocaederus Patruelis, Dej. Cat. p. 347. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. S. America. 



I 5. Plocjederus Carthagen^!. B.M. 



Plocaederus Carthagense, Guer. MSS. 

 Hab. Columbia (Coll. Goudot). 



68. HAMMATICHERUS. 



Hammaticherus, Meg. Dej. Cat. p. 347. 

 Hamaticherus, Steph. Brit. Ent. iii. 228. 



Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 15. 

 Pachydissus, p., Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 

 Cerambyx, p., L. 



1. Hammaticherus viridipennis. B.M. 



H. nigro-fuscus, elytris latiusculis aeneo-wescentibus, antennis 

 pedibusque ferrugineis, thorace transversim undulato-strigato 

 litera W supra inscripta. 



H. viridipemiis, Hope ? Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, p. 366. 



Of a deep blackish brown, beneath with a slightly greyish 

 pubescence. Thorax spined on the sides in the middle, on the 

 back transversely striated and grooved, the striae waved ; four 

 short inscribed lines on the back form the letter W. Scutellum 

 black, somewhat pointed, covered with short hairs. Elytra 

 smooth, shining, of a brassy green hue, truncated at the tip with 

 two slight teeth. Antennae and legs ferruginous ; basal joint of 

 antennae bent and punctured in front ; third and fourth joints 

 cylindrical, thickened at the end ; fifth and following joints with 

 the inner edge dilated and pointed triangularly at the tip so as 

 to be considerably serrated. 



Length 1H lines. 

 Hab. Sierra Leone (Rev. D. F. Morgan). 



