CERAMBYX (CALLICHROMA) VIRENS. Thorace rotundato spinoso, corpore viridi,
femoribus rufis, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long Corp. fere 2 unc.)
SYN. _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. _p._ 627. 33. _Fabr. Syst. Ent. p._ 166. 8.
_Syst. Eleuth._ 2. _p._ 267. 3. _Oliv. Ins._ 4. 67. _t._ _II._ _f._ 78.
_t._ 18. _f._ 138? _Browne Nat. Hist. Jamaica, p._ 430. _t._ 43. _f._ 8.
_Sloane Hist. Jamaica_, 1. 1. _p._ 208. _t._ 237. _f._ 39. 40.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head green and shining. Palpi orange brown. Eyes black. Antennæ black,
and twice the length of the body; the last joint very long. Thorax green
and round, the upper part transversely rugose, and armed on each side
with a spine, before which is a small tubercle. Elytra green, and
margined; tapering gradually towards their extremities, where they are
narrow and pointed; being covered with an infinite number of very small
pustules. Abdomen and breast covered with small short hairs, and
appearing of a grayish green colour. Thighs dark red, black at the tips.
Tibiæ black, and compressed. Tarsi black beneath, cushioned, and
orange-coloured.