LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) PULCHRA.

Plate XXXII. fig. 6.

ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.

GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr. &c._ Cerambyx p. _Linn. &c._ SUBGENUS. Sternotomis,

_Percheron_.

LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) PULCHRA. Nigra, thorace transversé fulvo trifasciato,

elytris fulvo maculatis et variegatis, maculis interdum viridi-cinctis.

(Long. Corp. fere 1 unc. 3 lin.)

SYN. Cerambyx Pulcher. _Drury, App. vol._ 2. (nec C. pulcher Fabr. qui ad

C. mirabilem _Drurii_ pertinet.)

Lamia blanda, _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 3. 373.

Lamia ornata, _Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. Pl._ 37. _f._ 1.

Lamia regalis, _Fabr.? Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 286.

HABITAT: Jamaica.

Head orange colour, encircled with black stripes. Antennæ black, being a

little longer than the insect. Thorax orange-coloured, encircled with

black rings; having a single spine on each side. Elytra with

orange-coloured clouds and spots on them, separated by black partitions,

some being margined with green. Abdomen orange-coloured, the middle being

of a dirty green. Femora simple, dark green. Tibiæ the same.

{66}PLATE XXXIII.

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CETONIA AURATA, var. [Greek: g].

Plate XXXIII. fig. 1.

ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ.

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