288 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 33. Cersmbyx. 



Cbinenjts. Downy, brown*, fhells punctured, pale, with uneqwj 



black bands. 

 Inhabits China. Fabricius. J!ppe?td. 4, 444. 

 Larger than the laft: head and thorax brown, the fore-edge a 



little pale : jliells with a black band at the bafe, another 



towards the tip, and one on the tip itfelf. 



* Monoceros Thorax projecting like a horn over the head; fhells pale 



with a black band and dot. 

 Meloe monoceros. Donovan s Englijli In feels vi. plate 182. 

 Inhabis Europe , on umbelliferious plants. 



Cornutus. Thorax projecting like a horn over the head : fhells with 3 

 black bands. 

 Inhabits Italy. Rofs. Fn. Etr. 1. tab. 2. fg. 14. 



z-punflatus. Thorax ferruginous : fhells teftaceous with a black dot. 

 Inhabits Germany, fmall. 



Antennae pale tipt with black: head black: thorax fubcylindri- 

 cal : falls ftriate, paler than the thorax : body black : legs pale. 



* Antheri- Black ; fhells with 2 ferruginous bands. 

 *us* Inhabits Europe, on flowers : is very nimble. 



* Flora/is.. Black ; thorax ferruginous. 



Inhabits Europe; fize of the lafb 



Minuts, Black, polifhed: antennae and legs paiilh. 



Inhabits Europe; very fmall. 



33. CERAMBYX. Antenna* fetaceous :/£<?/- 

 ers 4: thorax fpinous or gibbous \Jhells 

 linear. 



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This is a very beautiful and finely variegated family : the larvae 

 refemble foft oblong flender worms, with a fcaly head and 6 

 hard legs on the fore-part ; they bore through the inner part oft 

 of trees, pulverifmg the wood, and are transformed into perfeft 1 

 in feels in the cavities they make r many of them difFufc a ftrong | 

 fmcll, perceivable at a great diftance ; and fame, when taken, \ 

 utter a fort of cry, produced by .the friclion oi the thorax on; 

 the upper part of the abdomen and fhells. 



The antennae are termed fhort when they are fhorter than the 

 body; moderate when of equal length with the body; and* 

 long when they exceed the body. 



A. Feeler i\ 



