TIMBER BEETLE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae composed of articulations which gradually dimi- 
nish in size towards the extremity. 
Thorax either spiny or gibbous. 
Body oblong. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cerambyx violaceus. C. thorace subpubescente, corpore vio- 
laceo, antennis brevibus. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 1848. 
Thorax somewhat downy, body of a vio- 
let colour, antennae short. 
Sternocorus violaceets. Scop. Ann. 
Hist. Nat. 5. p. 9 7- no. 5 9 • 
Cantharis nigra. Thorace rotundato, 
elytris caemlescentibus. Gadd. Hiss. 
28. 
Timber Beetle. . . Donovan Brit. Ins. 2. p. 73. pi. 6l.f. 1. 
Linn. Trans. 5. p. 252. pi. 12. 
The Rev. Mr. Kirby has taken some pains to investi- 
gate the history of this mischievous little insect; and 
to his paper, inserted in the Linnaean Transactions, 
we must acknowledge ourselves indebted for the fol- 
lowing information. 
