LAMIID.fi. 353 



2. Steirastoma ixtricata. B.M. 



Steirastoma intricata, Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. S. America. 



3. Steirastoma larva. B.M. 



Steirastoma larva, Dej. Cat. p. 362. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. Columbia. 



4. Steirastoma depressa. B.M. 



5. thorace quadrispinoso, dorso depresso, elytris fastigiatis ne- 

 bulosis, aritice pimctis elevatis sparsis. 



Cerambyx depressus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 626 (nee Fabr.). 

 Steirastoma confusa, Dej. Cat. p. 362. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. S.America; Columbia. 



Linnaeus erroneously gives Coromandel as the habitat of this. 



5. Steirastoma stellio. B.M. 



Steirastoma stellio, Dej. Cat. p. 362. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



6. Steirastoma marmorata. B.M. 



S. atra, albo-maculata, thorace tricostato, lateribus dilatato, spina 

 truncata armato, tibiis runs, elytris oblongo-trigonis, dorso 

 planis, carinatis, apice oblique truncatis. 



Trachvderes marmoratus, Thunb. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. viii. 



p. 307. t. 10. f. 4 (1822). 

 Lamia manuelata, Germ. Ins. Spec. Nov. p. 480 (1824). 

 Steirastoma Lacerta, Dej. Cat. p. 362. 

 Lap. Hist. An. Art. ii. 461 (1840). 

 Hab. Brazil. 



7- Steirastoma sexex, n. s. B.M. 



S. capite supra cano ; antennis, articulo tertio supra canaliculato, 

 basi extus spinis quatuor parvis ; thoracis latere tuberculo 

 trinodoso ; elytris singulis carina forti, basi ad mediam partem 

 supra verrucosa, spatio suturali cano, elytrorum lateribus sub- 

 ferrugineis nigro variegatis ; humeris et basi subverrucosis, 

 sutura verrucis paucis parvis nigris, apice fortiter mucronato. 



Head in front and above grey ; antennas with the third joint 

 channeled above, the base on the outside with three or four small 

 spines ; antennas darkish brown, the base and tip grey ; the basal 

 joint in the male clubbed, simple; sides of the thorax with a 



