Plate XXXI. fig. 3.
_Order_: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx P. _Linn._ (SUBGENUS: Acanthocinus,
_Meg._)
LAMIA (ACANTHOCINUS) SPINOSA. Fusca, griseo-variegata; thorace spinis
quatuor, elytrisque seriebus quatuor longitudinalibus spinarum. (Long.
Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx spinosus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Sch. Syn. Ins._ 3. 381.
(Lamia s.)
HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). South America?
Head and antennæ brown, the latter about the length of the insect. Thorax
lighter brown and rough, terminating on the sides in two very long and
sharp spines, bending upwards; on the middle are two others that are more
obtuse and thick, with a small bump or rising behind them. Scutellum
black. Elytra brown on the middle and sides, but at their extremities
grey, terminating in two long spines. A row of small but sharp spines
runs on each side the suture, from the middle almost to the scutellum;
and along the sides runs another row from the anterior corners almost to
the extremities. Six others are placed on each side the scutellum,
running towards the middle in regular order; and on the remaining parts
of the wing cases are placed a great number of small pustules, that are
to be discerned only by the help of a microscope. Legs brown. Tibiæ
marked with grey.