PRIONUS (ORTHOMEGAS) CINNAMOMEUS.

Plate XL. fig. 2.

ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Prionidæ, _Leach_.

GENUS. PRIONUS, _Geoffr._ Cerambyx, _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Orthomegas,

_Serville_.

PRIONUS (ORTHOMEGAS) CINNAMOMEUS. Thorace marginato denticulato, corpore

ferrugineo, elytris ad apicem denticulatis. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 3 lin.)

SYN. Cerambyx Cinnamomeus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. _p._ 623. 10. _Fabr.

Syst. Eleuth._ 2. _p._ 264. 33. _Syst. Ent. p._ 163. 16. _Merian Ins.

Surinam, tab._ 24.

Prionus corticinus, _Oliv. Ent._ 4. 66. _p._ 21. _t._ 9. _f._ 34.

HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). Surinam (_Merian_).

General colour like that of cinnamon. Head covered with hair in front.

Eyes black, extending almost round the head, being only separated both

above and beneath by a narrow space. Antennæ shorter than the body;

flattened towards the tips. Thorax thin on the sides, and margined;

having two spines, the posterior largest; and on the top are two round

tubercles, covered with very short fine hairs or down. Scutellum small

and rounded. Elytra margined deeply on the sides, but more faintly at the

suture, extending beyond the anus; having a small spine at their

extremities, where they are nearly as broad as at the thorax; clothed

with exceeding short fine hairs, as are likewise the abdomen and breast.

Tibiæ with two spurs.

{86}LAMIA VERRUCOSA.

Plate XL. fig. 3.

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

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