360 LAMIID^E. 



18. ACANTHODERES VARIUS. B.M. 



A. thorace spinoso et tuberculato, corpore nigro vel cinereo 

 vario, femoribus clavatis, antennis mediocribus. 



Lamia varia, Fabr. S. El. ii. 288. 



Panz. F. I. Germ. 48. 19. 

 Cerambyx varius, Oliv. Col iv. p. 82. t. 3. f. 16. 

 Cerarnbyx nebulosus, Degeer, Ins. v. p. JHL 

 Cerambyx clavipes, Schrank, En. Ins. p. 135. 

 Acanthoderes varius, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. p. 31. 



Mulsant, Col Fr. p. 143. 

 Hab. Europe. 



19. ACANTHODERES DaVIESII. B.M. 



A. fuscus, albo-punctatus. 



Cerambvx Daviesii, Swed. Act. Holm. iii. (1787) p. 195. t. 8. f. 6. 

 Oliv. CoZ.iv. p. 104. t. 6. f. 42. 



Lamia punctata, Fabr. S. El. ii. p. 288. 

 Acanthoderus multiguttatus, Dej. (olim). 

 Acanthoderes Daviesii, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. p. 29. 

 Hab. Columbia. 



20. Acanthoderes Swederi, n. s. PL IX. f. 6. B.M. 



A. niger, sericeus ; capite maculis sex parvis luteis, duabus 

 frontalibus, duabus in genis, et duabus verticalibus ; thoracis 

 lateribus singulis maculis duabus pallide luteis, marginibus 

 anticis et posticis punctis impressis ; elytris singulis maculis 

 tribus majoribus pallide luteis, una suturali, communi, alte- 

 risque sex minimis, una basali ad scutellum, una apicali; 

 pedibus nigris, tarsorum articulis duobus ultimis supra auran- 

 tiaco-fulvis. 



Deep black, with a silky lustre especially on the elytra ; head 

 with six small yellow spots, two on the front, one on each 

 cheek, and two on the crown of the head ; antennge black, some 

 of the joints a little cinereous at the base. Thorax with im- 

 pressed punctures near the front and hind margins, and two 

 short punctured lines in the middle, one at the base of each of 

 the two dorsal tubercles ; each side has two light yellow spots, 

 one before and the other behind the lateral tubercles. Elytra 

 above smooth, with a slight indication of a keel : above are five 

 largish pale yellow spots, three a little before the middle and 

 across the elytra, the middle one common to both, being on the 

 suture, and twelve smaller spots, two at the base, one on each 

 side near the scutellum ; eight behind the middle on an undu- 

 lating line, and two at the tips ; the tip truncated, somewhat 



