CERAMBYX (ROSALIA) ALPINA. Subcoerulescens, elytris fasciâ mediâ
maculisque quatuor atris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx alpinus, _Linn. Fn. Su._ 654. _Syst. N._ 1. 2. _p._ 628.
35. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 272. 30. _Panzer F. I. G._ 2. 22. _Serville
Ann. Soc. Ent. de France_, 2. 561. (Rosalia a.)
HABITAT: Hungary (_Drury_). The mountainous districts of Continental
Europe.
General colour beautiful blueish grey, partaking much of a lead colour.
Head grey. Eyes black. Antennæ longer than the insect, grey; the ends of
the first four joints having tufts of black hair surrounding them. Thorax
grey and cylindrical, with a small black spot at the top; the sides
having a short spine, and a little swelling beneath it. Scutellum small
and triangular. Elytra grey and margined, with three beautiful black
spots, like velvet, on each; the middle one being largest, and crossing
the wing cases entirely, the smaller one being placed near the anus. Legs
blueish grey, but at the tips of the femora and tibiæ black. Tarsi ash
grey at top, underneath brown.