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PLATE LXIV. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME AFRICAN LONGICORN BEETLES. 
PARISTEMIA. Wesiw. 
Genus novum e familia Cerambycidarum, generibus Lopbonoccro et Pteracantbse Newm.* 
affine. Caput parvum facie obliqua. Oculi valde einnrginati. I^abi-um transversum 
ciliatum. Mandibulrc parva*. Maxillm loboapicali dense at breviter penicillato. Labium ad 
apicem cmarginatum. Antennso breves (in femina vix ad medium elytrorum extensa), 
crassaj, articulis 1 ct 3 longitudine subequalibus, reliquis parum brevioribus. Prothorax 
capite multo latior latcribus utrinque oblique porrectis vel in spinam latam productis, 
angulis posticis valde emarginatis; disco in medio elevato«carinato. Elytra ad basin vix 
prothorace latiora, sensim rotundato*dilatata, apicibus simplicibus, disco longitudinaliter 
costata. Pedes breves subccquales. Species Africse tropicalis incol». 
Species I.—Paristemia Platyptfra. (Plate 64, fig. 1). 
P. nigra scricea prothorace rufo utrinque striga nigra e capite ad angulos posticos ; elytris 
pone medium fascia latissima postice angulata et fere ad apicem extensa rufa; ahdomine 
obscure rufo. 
Syn. —Paristemia platyptera^ Westw. in Ann. Nat. Hist. October 1841. Long. corp. 
lin, 12J. Lat. elytrorum, lin. 
Habitat in Africa tropicali. In Mus. nostr, Communic, D. Raddon. (Fig. 1 o. maxillary 
palpus; fig.'.l 6. labial palpus; fig. 1 c. extremity of pro & meso-sterna; fig. 1 d. 
mesostemum, seen sideways.) 
Species II,— Paristemia Apicalis, Westw, (Plate 64, fig. 2). 
P. nigra seiicea, capite linca media fulva, prothorace fulvo linea tenui media alterisque 
duabus lateralibus scutelloque nigris; elytris ad apicem nigris plaga antice in angulum 
acutum versus basin extensa, corporc subtus nigro, prostemo et mesosterni parte elevata 
fulvis. 
Long. corp. lin. 9^. Lat. elytrorum, lin. 4^-, 
Habitat in Africa tropicali. In JIus. D. Turner, 
Ohs .—The antennee are unfortunately broken off at the 7th joint; they are, however, 
evidently longer than in the former species, which is therefore to be regarded as a female, 
and this as a male. 
SAPERDA CARISSIMA, IVestw. (Plate 64, fig. 3). 
Annals of Nat- Hist. October 1841. 
S. brevis opaca, supra viridi-lactea, pronoto vittis tribus longitudinalibus brunneo-fulvis, elytris 
fascia lata irregulari (in medio interrupta) ex humeris fere ad suturam ducta maculaque 
magna communi discoidali bruuneo-fulvis; his etiam g^ttis 10 nigris rotundatis ornatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 5. 
Habitat in Africa tropicali. In Mus. D. Raddon, Parry, Hope, &c. 
NEMOTRAGUS. King. 
I am not aware whether any characters have hitherto been 
published by Dr, King, of the genus instituted for the reception 
of the interesting insect represented in fig. 4. It is to the kind¬ 
ness of that distinguished entomologist that I am indebted for my 
specimeiij which I received from him in 1835, since which period a 
considerable number of individuals have been obtained by one of 
the London dealers in objects of natoal history. In this uncer¬ 
tainty I shall merely notice that its greatly elongated form, large 
* The undescribed genus Pteroplatus of Dejean’s Catalogue, composed of three Brazilian 
and Mexican species, is evidently also closely allied to these insects. 
