CERAMBYCID.E. 30.9 



elytrisque in utroque lineis birds longitudinalibus, elevatis, 



glabris. 

 Opsimus quadrilineatus, Eschsch., Mannerh. Bull. Nat. Mosc, 



1843, p. 305. 

 Hab. N. America (Sitka). 



196. OXYPLEURUS. 

 Oxypleurus, Mulsant, Col. Fr. p. 57 (1839). 



1. Oxypleurus Nodieri. 



O. corpore subdepresso, rufo-fusco ; thorace pubescente, late- 

 ribus angulato-spinosis ; elytris pubescentibus, punctis sparsis 

 nudis. 



Oxypleurus Nodieri, Mulsant, Col. Fr. i. 57. pi. 3. f. 2. 

 Hab. South of France. 



197. ROMALEUM, n. g. 



Antennae long, with the third, fourth and fifth joints (at least) 

 on the outside with a short spine at the tip ; third joint the 

 longest, somewhat bent, first three joints rather thickly ciliated 

 behind (last three joints wanting in the specimen). Thorax large, 

 wider than long, plano-convex above, somewhat narrower behind 

 than in front. Elytra bimucronate at the tip. Legs strong, 

 femora somewhat compressed, sides parallel. 



1. Romaleum operarium, n. s. PL VI. fig. 9. B.M„ 



R. fusco-nigrum, brevissimis pilis subsericeis densissime tectum ; 

 thorace confertissime punctulato, lateribus singulis, sulcis 

 duobus antice curvatis, et fossula in medio postice; elytris 

 singulis crebre punctatis, apice sinuatim emarginatis et bimu- 

 cronatis ; abdominis segmentis quatuor subtus niarginibus 

 laevibus, nitidis, runs. 

 Long. lin. 18. 



Of a deep brownish-black, face above labrum with a narrow 

 yellowish transverse line ; a longitudinal shallow furrowed line 

 down the middle of the head, deepest between the eyes. Thorax 

 very densely covered with minute punctures ; on each side are 

 two deepish irregular grooves, not reaching the hind margin and 

 running far short of the fore margin, the inner one longest, 

 curved at the end; a short impressed fossula in the middle before 

 the hind margin, with a short smooth line before it. Elytra 



