Plate XXXI. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx P. _Linn._ (SUBGENUS: Sternotomis,
_Perch._)
LAMIA (STERNOTOMIS) MIRABILIS. Nigra, thorace spinoso, antice fasciis,
elytris punctis viridibus, his basi mucronatis. (Long. Corp. 10½ lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Mirabilis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
Lamia pulchra, _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 285. 25. _Syst. Ent._ 171. 6.
(nec C. pulchra, _Drury_, _vol._ 1. _t._ 32. _f._ 6.) _Oliv. Ent._ 488.
115. _t._ 22. _f._ 167.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
Varied with beautiful green and black colours, the former exceedingly
bright. Head green, with two others running downwards from the eyes. Jaws
with the upper part green, the extremities black, with four green palpi.
Antennæ black, ten-jointed, the basal joint being thickest. Thorax green,
with black streaks running round it, the sides terminating in an obtuse
point. Scutellum very small, black, and triangular. Elytra black and
margined, beautifully streaked and spotted with green: the former running
across the anterior part, the latter placed near the extremities. Abdomen
green, with black rings. Legs green, streaked with black. Tarsi green at
top, brown beneath.