342 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 $ . 

 Lamia interrupta, Oliv. Enc. Meth. 58. 

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

 Leptocera scripta, Dej. Cat. p. 360. 



Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 10.9. 

 Hab. Isle of France. 



2. Leptocera graphica. 



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

 lineis quatuor albicantibus ; elytris punctatis maculis tribus 

 impressis sutm'aque postice albicantibus ; antennis pedibusque 

 nigris, femorum basi testacea. 



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

 Hab. Tanikoro, Australia. 



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



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

 tarsis albidis, thorace pilis fiavidis confertis bivittato, elytris 

 singulis truncatis apice, vitta impressa longitudinali a basi 

 ultra medium, pilis fiavidis confertis; vittaque altera simili 

 apicali sed angustiore ad suturam. 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Of a deep metallic-green ; head violet ; canthus of the e}^e 

 and a patch behind each eye thickly covered with short close 

 yellowish hah ; 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 



