62 O R D E R I. Cerambyx. 



To thofe which have fcrrated antennas placed 

 3n the eyes, or furrounded at their bafe 

 by the eyes, they have given the generic name 

 Prionus* 



To thofe whofe antennae grow gradually taper, 

 from the bafe towards their extremity, and are 

 placed in the eye, they have preferved the name of 

 Cerambyx ; the thorax in this genus is armed with 

 fpines. 



Others with fetaceous antennse placed in the 

 eyes, and the thorax of a cylindrical form, with- 

 out fpines, they have arranged along with their 

 Lepturas. 



The antennae in their ft eno corns taper to- 

 wards their extremity, as thofe of the Ceram- 

 byx, but they are placed before the eyes, and 

 the elytra diminifh in breadth towards their 

 point. This genus is divided into two fami- 

 lies, the firft of which only belong to the Lin- 

 naean Cerambyces, being fuch as have the 

 thorax armed with fpines, the other, in which 

 the thorax is unarmed, belongs to the Leptura 

 of our author. 



The infecl: generally known by the name 

 of the Goat-Chafer, or Mufk- Beetle, is a 

 Cerambyx, and as its thorax is round, and 



found 



