60 P L A T E XCIV. 



F I C. II. 



CERAMBYX MOSCHATUS. 



COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas articulated, and tapering to the end. Shells long and 

 narrow, four joints in each foot. Thorax with lateral fpines or tu- 

 bercles. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae length of the body. Shells green, changeable, purple, 

 copper colour, &c. Body dark blue. 



Cerambyx MofchatuSy Thorace fpinofo, elytris obtufis viridibus ni* 

 tentibus, femoribus muticis antennis mediocribus. 



Linn. Syji. Nat. i. 627. 34. — Faun. Suec. 65." 



C-EK.AMB.YX odoratus, &c. Degeer. Inf. 5. 64. 2. 



Scarabjeus. Raj. — Fr'ijch. — Lifter. 



■ amu 1 Mi*r^mnnr*~~*m. 



Few Infects vary more in their colours than the Cerambyx Mof- 

 chatus ; in fome fpecimens the Green colour is very predominant, in 

 others the Copper colour ; in ibme the Purple is the mod vivid, and 

 again in others the colours are £o blended as to appear altogether of a 

 dull brown. They feed on the foft wood of willow trees ; are 

 very plenty in moft places in fummer, and emit a very powerful mufk- 

 iike odour. 



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