Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx p. _Linn. Drury_.
LAMIA CAPENSIS. Thorace bispinoso; nigra, elytris fasciis quatuor rufis,
antennis mediocribus. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 4½ lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Capensis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 628. 36.
_Fabricius Syst. Ent. p._ 173. 14. _Syst. Eleuth._ II. 296. 78. _Oliv.
Ent._ iv. 67. _p._ 121. _t._ 8. _f._ 51. a. b.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
Head black; face vertical. Antennæ black, and about the length of the
insect. Thorax black and rugged, with two obtuse spines on each side.
Scutellum small, black and triangular. Elytra black, rounded and margined
at the sides and suture, extending beyond the anus; being rough next the
thorax, with a multitude of small round pustules. Each elytron has four
red bars crossing it, placed at equal distances, and inclining toward
each other; the two first, next the thorax, almost joining at the suture;
the two last separated by a small space. In some specimens there are five
of these bars. Abdomen and breast black; the latter having between the
middle and hinder feet, two oblong red spots. Legs black. Tarsi cushioned
beneath and lighter coloured.