Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Prionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PRIONUS, _Geoffroy_. Cerambyx p. _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Mallodon,
_Serv._
PRIONUS (MALLODON) MELANOPUS. Thorace marginato denticulato, mandibulis
porrectis multidentatis, elytris ad apicem mucronatis. (Long. Corp.
mandib. inclus. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Melanopus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 623. 8.
_Fabricius Sp. Ins._ 1. _p._ 208. 20. _Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 264. 34.
_Oliv. Ent._ iv. 66. _p._ 18. _t._ 12. _f._ 46. _Merian Ins. Surinam, t._
24. _f._ 1.
Cerambyx crenulatus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). "In America Meridionali" (_Fabr._).
Head short and black. Mandibles short. Antennæ dark brown, almost black;
shorter than the insect. The thorax broad, rough and black, margined on
the posterior and anterior edges; having many small sharp spines on its
sides, the two last of which are larger than the rest, and having two
tubercles on the upper side. Elytra dark brown, almost black, margined on
the sides and suture, with a small spine on each, at the extremities, and
extending a little beyond the anus. Abdomen smooth and shining, and of a
dark brown colour, nearly black. Sides of the breast hairy. Legs dark
brown, almost black, smooth and shining, with three small tibial spurs.