THE 
GREAT CERAMBYX. 
Generic Character. 
Antenna; fetaceous. 
'Thorax either fpinofe or gibbofe. 
Palpi four. 
Wing-Cafes long or linear. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Black CERAMBYX, with ferruginous wing- 
cafes, fhort antennae, and thorax tridentated 
on each fide. 
Le THUSTE de Cayenne. 
PI. Enl. 6 \.f 2 . 
The great fhort-horned CERAMBYX. 
The Cerambyx giganteus, reprefented in its natu¬ 
ral fize on the annexed plate, is a native of South 
America, and was introduced to the notice of Euro¬ 
pean naturalifts fome few years backwards. It has 
been extremely well figured by Mr. Drury, in his 
elegant work on exotic infechs; as alfo by Monf. 
Daubenton in his Planches Enluminees. Its color 
is a uniform dull chefnut, or earthy brown : the 
thorax is fomewhat darker or blacker than the other 
parts : the elytra or wing-cafes are of a roughilh 
furface, and the antennae are remarkably Ihort. 
